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Five dead in Cape Coast-Takoradi highway accident

  • December 22, 2025

Five people have died in a road accident that occurred on Saturday afternoon, at Ayensudo on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway.  Divisional Officer II Abdul Wasiu Hudu, the Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), told the Ghana News Agency that the Service received a distress call at 09:26 hours.   He said its rescue team from the Komenda Fire Station was quickly dispatched to the scene but upon their arrival, the crew found five lifeless, partially […]

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U.S. Envoy tours Zipline Omenako facility, highlighting U.S.-Ghana health ties

  • December 22, 2025

U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Rolf Olson has visited Zipline’s distribution center in Omenako, Eastern Region, to observe American innovation delivering life-saving medical supplies to hard-to-reach communities in Ghana via cutting-edge drone technology. The visit highlighted the enduring U.S.-Ghana collaboration in health security and technological advancement, exemplified by Zipline, an American robotics company designing, manufacturing, and operating […]

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Ghana and Japan discuss AI capacity-building programme for students

  • December 22, 2025

The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George (MP), has held discussions with a delegation from Japan’s University of Tokyo on a proposed artificial intelligence and data science training programme for Ghanaian students. The discussions focused on the Resource Development in AI/Data Science for Africa’s Economic Growth Initiative, led by the Matsuo Laboratory of the University of Tokyo. The initiative […]

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AFCON to switch to four-year cycle

  • December 22, 2025

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be played every four years starting in 2028, Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Dr Patrice Motsepe said on Saturday.   The decision by CAF’s Executive Committee means that after the 2027 edition in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, the four-year cycle begins in 2028, with the next edition to […]

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Dodowa parents and caregivers back formation of the National Association of Caregivers of PWDs

  • December 21, 2025

The Dodowa Parents and Caregivers Association, an NGO, has welcomed the formation of the National Association of Parents and Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), and expressed strong interest and support for its coordinating activities for members. The Association said it was ready to join the activities of the National Association and share its data […]

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Diaspora partnership central to Ghana’s reset agenda – Vice President

  • December 21, 2025

Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang says the African diaspora is central to Ghana’s economic recovery, historical justice and long-term transformation agenda. She urged sustained collaboration and concrete action as she officially closed the 2025 Diaspora Forum. The Vice President, speaking on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Diaspora […]

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Nana Oye urges structured diaspora engagement as Ghana pushes 24-hour economy, export-led growth

  • December 21, 2025

Madam Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, Deputy Chief of Staff in-charge of Administration, has called for a more deliberate and structured engagement with the African diaspora. She described it as an integral extension of Ghana’s political, economic and intellectual space rather than a symbolic “17th region.” Speaking at the ongoing Diaspora Summit, she said Ghana’s history […]

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Seventy-seven hearing-impaired students compete in Chung Do Kwan Championship

  • December 21, 2025

Seventy-seven hearing-impaired students took part in the second edition of the Chung Do Kwan and Deaf Empowerment Open Championship held at Akuapem Mampong in the Eastern Region.  The event featured 37 students from the Koforidua School for the Deaf and Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and 40 from the Demonstration School for the Deaf in Akuapem Mampong comprising of 44 girls […]

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26.8 percent of pregnant women has postpartum depression – Specialist

  • December 19, 2025

Dr Elsie Abakisi, Senior Specialist at the Department of Psychiatry at the Tamale Teaching Hospital has called for vigorous intervention strategies to control the surging trend of depression among pregnant women and nursing mothers. She said research showed that 26.8 percent pregnant women had Postpartum Depression (PPD), saying: “That is quite scary because it means […]