Alexey Navalny ends hunger strike
Russia’s main opposition figure Alexei Navalny has announced he is ending his hunger strike after 24 days of refusing food in jail. Hours earlier his private doctors had appealed to him to take food to preserve his life and health. Navalny began refusing food on 31 March to demand better medical care. He said he […]
Address By President Akufo-Addo At Opening Of National Consultative Dialogue On Small Scale Mining
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE OPENING OF THE MAIDEN NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE DIALOGUE ON SMALL SCALE MINING HELD AT THE ACCRA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ACCRA, ON WEDNESDAY, 14TH APRIL 2021. I thank the energetic, new Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor, Member of Parliament […]
Female engineers behind Ghana’s solar cars
Three Ghanaian female engineers, Belinda, Gifty and Erica have embraced opportunities offered by Solar Taxi, a transport service start-up, by assembling its solar-powered fleet of vehicles in Ghana. This becomes the first time in the history of Ghana that an all-female engineering firm is creating green solutions for the automobile industry. They have also set […]
AI unlocks ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
Researchers say Artificial Intelligence (AI) has for the first time shown that two scribes wrote part of the mysterious ancient Dead Sea Scrolls. Tests were carried out on the longest text, known as the Great Isaiah Scroll. It was found that probably two unknown individuals had copied down the words using near-identical handwriting. The scrolls, […]
MP for Madina marks 100 days in office with launch of Educational Project
Member of Parliament for Madina, has launched an educational scholarship scheme to reward the best teacher with a car and has also instituted MP’s Excellence Award in Law for the best student from the UPSA faculty of law to encourage the study of law in the constituency. Speaking at the occasion to mark 100 days […]
Police to set up “Tent Cities” in Kasoa
The Central Regional Police Command has said it will set up tent cities in the Kasoa enclave to increase police patrols and visibility as part of strategies to combat increasing criminal activities in the area. Already, police surveillance has established where these tent cities will be set up. These “tent cities”, which will serve as […]
Zambia’s Ambassador calls on GBC Director-General
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation(ZNBC), are to establish a business forum which will allow both public broadcasters to exchange information and programmes on their networks. The High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Richard Mwanza on his maiden visit to the state broadcaster, said a collaboration between the two will […]
Chaos in European soccer as English clubs pull out of breakaway league
The architects of the European Super League appeared to strike a defiant tone Tuesday, promising to “reshape the project” following the withdrawal of all six English clubs from the controversial breakaway competition. The dramatic collapse of the multibillion-dollar league comes less than 48 hours after it was first launched, sparking a furious continent-wide backlash among […]
Blema Community in the Savannah Region attains ODF
Blema Number one, a community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah region has attained open defecation free status. Blema embraced the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) initiative introduced by Global Communities at Blema and its surrounding communities and today it is among 243 out of over 300 communities in the district that have attained […]
“Friendly Shopping Mall’ opens at Korle Bu
A former Mayor of Accra, Dr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, who is also the current Honorable Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ablekuma South constituency in the Greater Accra Region has opened the Korle Bu branch of ‘Friendly Shopping Mall’. He said that the opening of the Korle Bu branch of ‘Friendly Shopping Mall’ will help […]
