The caretaker Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has confidently stated that the school feeding caterer’s arrears owed by the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) will soon be paid. The Minister made this... Read more
A dissident former leader of Colombia’s Farc rebels has been killed in an ambush in Venezuela, local media reported on Sunday. Hernán Darío Velásquez, nicknamed El Paisa, was reportedly shot dead in Venezuela’s Apure state. His death... Read more
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison, the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life. She was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under a natural disas... Read more
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh seems to have eaten his own cake after the circulation of an agreement document on the government’s purchase of laptops for teachers across the country. The current Energy minister is... Read more
Ten of Fred Ssegawa’s children may never go back to school again. Locked out of formal education since March 2020 by Uganda’s strict coronavirus containment measures, they have been caught up in one of the world’s longest schoo... Read more
The Coalition of Commercial Transport Operators is expected to begin a sit-down strike on Monday 6th December 2021 across the country. The Coalition in a statement has directed the leadership of all its affiliates to close their stations an... Read more
The Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has easily won re-election, authorities there said, in the first vote for decades held without long-term leader Yahya Jammeh. President Barrow received around 53% of Saturday’s vote, with nearest r... Read more
Nigeria has become the latest country to be added to Britain’s travel red list – which imposes stringent coronavirus testing and quarantine restrictions on people who wish to enter. They will have to pay for and self-isolate in a pre... Read more
The shortlist for BBC African Sports Personality of the Year 2021 award has been announced. The six contenders for the accolade were chosen by a panel of journalists from Africa and the United Kingdom. The panel selected a shortlist based on the... Read more
Hundreds of people have taken part in protests on beaches in South Africa against planned exploration for offshore oil and gas by the multinational energy company, Shell. On Friday, a court dismissed an application to halt an underwater seismic... Read more
The 2022 budget statement has been described as the best option for the government in dealing with the numerous foreign borrowing from Western countries. It has also been described as the best way of solving the unemployment challenge the countr... Read more
The New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams has made a historic visit to Akwamufie in Ghana. The Mayor who is expected to assume office beginning January 1, 2022, is in Ghana to pay respect to his ancestors who sacrificed through the slave trade. T... Read more
The Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghana’s digital agenda needs infrastructure development and investment. She made this known in her welcome address at the GhanaCARES Digitisation Readiness Worksh... Read more
The West Akim Municipal Assembly in the Eastern region has handed over a 3-unit classroom block to the Onyinafunso community. The edifice which comprises a library, office, store, a 6-unit KVIP toilet facility, and a 2-unit urinal block was fund... Read more
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