The Ghana High Commission UK has issued a warning dismissing as fake a circulating flyer claiming that Ghanaian nationals in the United Kingdom can receive free food from several major retail chains by presenting their Ghana Card. The commission emphasised that the flyer,
A new study indicates that global maternal deaths have declined over the past three decades, but progress has slowed in recent years and remains uneven across countries. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 research, published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, estimates that 240,000 women died from maternal
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has announced the 2026 edition of the Kwahu Easter Paragliding Festival, scheduled for April 3 to April 6 at the Odweanoma Mountains in the Eastern Region.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the departure of Black Stars head coach Otto Addo. This comes after Black Stars suffered backtoback friendly defeats against Germany and Austria. The GFA said in a statement that it “sincerely thanks Otto Addo for his contribution to
Residents in parts of the Ada East and Ada West Districts have been displaced, and properties destroyed following a nearly 10-hour downpour that hit the area over the weekend. The heavy rains, which began around 21:00 hours on Saturday and ended at about 07:00 hours on Sunday,
A new political party, the Action Alliance Party (AAP), has been launched with a strong resolve to challenge the dominance of Ghana’s two major political parties and offer a people-centred leadership alternative focused on youth empowerment, job creation, and anti-corruption. Addressing the party
Several persons sustained injuries after a three-vehicle collision at Tadieso, near the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Techiman Distance Learning Centre junction on the Techiman–Kumasi road on Palm Sunday morning. The crash, which occurred around 10:00 a.m. during a heavy downpour, involved a
World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Yaounde ended early Monday without agreement on the core issues of reform, agriculture and the renewal of a global ban on customs duties for e-commerce, after deep divisions blocked a deal. Among the setbacks, global trade ministers
Some medical scientists and researchers have advised policymakers in the health sector to put premium on neonatal infection research to strengthen newborn care in Africa. They said the continent could reduce to the barest minimum life-threatening infections in newborns through evidence-based research focusing
The leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch, has strongly opposed a recent United Nations resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade that calls for reparations, arguing that Britain played a key role in ending the trade and should not