On 21–22 July 2026, Ghana will host a landmark moment in Africa’s public health journey as leaders gather in Accra for the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Health. Convened under the theme”Advancing Justice, Equity and Universal Health Coverage: Ending AIDS, TB, improving maternal
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has intensified community engagement activities in the Chereponi District to address challenges affecting adolescents’ growth and development. The engagement focused on promoting behavioural change to address barriers to accessing accurate information on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and the prevention of
Residents and political actors in Kumasi have expressed mixed reactions to the 20-year prison sentence imposed on Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), by an Accra High Court. While some described the sentence as
The Accra Regional Police Command, in a joint operation with the National Police Intelligence Directorate, has arrested five suspects and retrieved firearms, ammunition and other offensive items at Sapeiman Faase in the Greater Accra Region. The suspects, identified as Torgbui Agah Semaglo, 50;
Two people died on Saturday, and two others sustained injuries following an accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway at Asuboi on Saturday, July 18, 2026. The accident involved a Hyundai Truck and a KIA Rhino. The casualties were trapped in the wreckage. Preliminary investigations
International Relations student at Cumbria University, Rumzia Sule, has been crowned Miss Ghana 2026 after beating 12 other contestants to win the national title. Sule emerged winner at the grand finale of the 69th edition of the pageant, held under the theme, “Empowering
The Accra High Court has sentenced the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years’ imprisonment over illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region. Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, who
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 54 suspected criminals, including 11 Malian nationals, and seized substantial quantities of substances suspected to be narcotics. The special co-ordinated operation exercise conducted in some parts of the region resulted in the arrest of the suspects: 49 men
The 43-year-old social media influencer, Camilla Alhassan, who claimed in a series of TikTok videos that President John Dramani Mahama had sacrificed 32 cows to secure political power, has been slapped with a one-year jail term. A Circuit Court in Accra slapped her
The government of Ghana has repatriated the mortal remains of Bashiru Isak, the Ghanaian national who died after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds during the wave of anti-immigrant protests that erupted in parts of South Africa on 30 June 2026. The Ministry revealed that