The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has alerted residents, particularly those along border communitiesnationwide to be wary of the use of motorbikes for commercial purposes in order not to be exposed to human trafficking and related crimes. According to the GIS, some of the motor bike riders using their machines for commercial purposes aided human traffickers […]
Ghana has recorded 4,315 maternal deaths over the past five years, available statistics from the Center for Health Information Management of the Ghana Health Service reveals. According to the figures, the country recorded the highest deaths of 947 in 2022, 875 deaths in 2021, 779 deaths in 2020, 838 deaths in 2019, and 876 deaths […]
The 7th edition of the Africa Makeup and Beauty Fair (AMB), the largest beauty trade show in Africa was held on Thursday, 21st – Friday, 22 September, 2023 at the Avenue – Unique Floral Event Centre in Accra. This year’s fair is under the theme “Brands Beyond Borders: The Beacon of Economic Growth’. The event was […]
Students numbering 22, participated in a 2-day Wikipedia session dubbed, #WikiForHumanRights New Mexico 2023 where they were scored extra credit as part of a Spring Semester course. It is widely known that the State of New Mexico grapples with several environmental challenges caused by industrial pollution and other harmful pollutants. This is further heightened by […]
Like other developing countries, individuals with disabilities in Ghana encounter various forms of discrimination and are often perceived as a burden in society. Odarley Lamptey, a 15-year-old Ghanaian teenager with speech impairment who has dropped out of school due to her condition has set out to transfer her talent into the crochet art business. In […]
Mrs Joycelyn Adii, the Bono Regional Director of the Department of Gender has urged husbands to support their wives in household chores to strengthen family unity and cohesion. She said many women, especially ‘house wives’ denied their husbands sex because they were sometimes over-burdened by households’ chores, and thereby lacked the appetite, unable to fulfill […]
As part of Creative Commons Open Culture Platform Activity Fund 2023, we are fortunate to have been given the opportunity to work on a project that seeks to document some aspects of Ghana’s culture and heritage. Prior to Ghana’s independence in 1957 the country was colonized by a number of European countries like the Portuguese, […]
A renown environmentalist has called on Ghanaians to help nurture and sustain trees, planted under the Green Ghana programme to restore the nation’s depleted forest cover. Mr Richard Adjei-Poku, also the Executive Director of the Livelihood Environment Ghana (LEG), a Sunyani-based environmentally inclined non-governmental organisation said the “Green Ghana progranne”remained laudable and therefore called on […]
Dr Freda Prempeh, a Minister of State at the Office of the President on Thursday, led a government delegation to observe the one-week funeral rite of the late Nana Boakye Tromo II, the Paramount Chief of the Duayaw-Nkwanta Traditional Area in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. According to Nana Boakye Bonsu, the […]
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has implored the public to help people with mental disorders to access medication and facilitate their healing process. She said people with mental disorders needed extra attention, hence the need for the public to show compassion and support them, as the government prioritizes mental health. The Regional Minister […]
