Ghana’s Industrial sector sees mixed performances in second quarter
By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released its most recent quarterly report on the index of industrial performance (IIP),…
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World
Alarming number of malnourished children in Afghanistan
Geneva, Oct. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Aid organizations are seeing widespread and acute malnutrition in children in Afghanistan, the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reported in Geneva…
Economy
Ghana’s Industrial sector sees mixed performances in second quarter
By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released its most recent quarterly report on the index of industrial performance (IIP),…
Business
GCB Bank empowers Micro and Small Enterprises owners to improve business skills
Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – Ghana’s leading indigenous Bank, GCB Bank PLC, has organised a workshop aimed at empowering customers in the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) segment…
Politics
Vote for positive human development — Nana Kwame Bediako
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi Oct. 17, GNA – Nana Kwame Bediako, an independent presidential candidate in the December elections, has called on the youth of Asawase to…
Social
Ghana Association Upstate South Carolina-USA donates to Village of Hope
By Benjamin Mensah Gomoa Fetteh, Oct 17, GNA- The Ghana Association Upstate South Carolina (GAUSC), a social group made up of Ghanaians and friends of Ghana based in…
Court & Crime
Unemployed man sentenced to five years for causing harm
By Joyce Danso Accra, Oct 17, GNA- A 34-year-old unemployed man has been sentenced to five years in prison for inflicting multiple cutlass wounds on a scrap dealer’s…
Education
GES releases 2024/2025 academic calendar for Basic and Senior High Schools
Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the 2024/2025 academic calendar for basic schools and Senior High Schools (SHS). The academic year begins…
Health
Ada East DCE expresses concern over cholera outbreak
By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu Totimekorpe-Ada, Oct. 17, GNA – Madam Sarah Dugbaki Pobee, Ada East District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed concern over the increased risk of the spread…
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Features
Revamping Ghana’s Black Stars; which way to go?
A GNA Feature by Simon Asare Accra, Oct. 16, GNA – The recent performances of the senior national team, the Black Stars, has plummeted to depressive levels, with…
Foreign Features
The 2024 Ningbo Open Kicks Off
On October 14, the main event of the 2024 Ningbo Open officially commenced! After partnering with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for the first time last year, the…
Sports
Ghana’s Jada Yankey sweeps 13 medals at the Africa Zone 2 Aquatic Swimming Championship
Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – Ghanaian swimming prodigy Jada Yankey won 13 medals at the just-ended Africa Zone 2 Aquatic Swimming Championship at the Borteyman Sports Complex in…
Entertainment
Abeiku Santana shines at Swahili International Tourism Expo
Accra, Oct. 16, GNA – Mr. Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey Santana, popularly known as Abeiku Santana, was named among top tourism professionals selected from 50 countries to grace the…
Africa
At least 94 die after fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
Lagos, Oct. 16, (dpa/GNA) – At least 94 people have been killed following the explosion of a petrol tanker in Nigeria, police reports said on Wednesday. Some 50 other people were…
Americas
UN probe finds torture and arbitrary arrests in Venezuela
Geneva, Oct. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Authorities in Venezuela have committed serious human rights violations as part of a coordinated plan to silence protesters and perceived government opponents in the course of…
Asia
Alarming number of malnourished children in Afghanistan
Geneva, Oct. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Aid organizations are seeing widespread and acute malnutrition in children in Afghanistan, the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reported in Geneva…
Europe
Italy criminalizes seeking surrogacy abroad
Rome, Oct. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Italy’s ultraconservative government on Wednesday passed a law making it illegal for people to seek surrogacy abroad in order to have a baby. The Italian Senate…
Middle East
Israel says 50 lorries with aid transferred to northern Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv/Gaza, Oct. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Following warnings about starvation in the northern section of the Gaza Strip, Israel reported on Wednesday that 50 lorries of aid had entered the area.…
South African study transforms global TB treatment
Over the past six years, the BEAT Tuberculosis study, conducted in South Africa and focused on children and pregnant women, has revealed a promising new oral treatment that could mark a significant breakthrough in the fight against drug-resistant TB.
Teenage mothers in Tanzania struggle with stigmatization
According to the U.N., one in four girls ages 15 to 19 in Tanzania is either pregnant or has given birth. Policies that forced teen moms to drop out of school were lifted in 2021. But despite these rules, many are still unable to be a mother and receive an education at the same time. Juhudi Mmari has the report from Dodoma, Tanzania, narrated by Salem Solomon.
Zimbabwean families seek proper burials for victims of 1980s violence
South Africa is exhuming remains of citizens who fought the apartheid regime but died in exile in Zimbabwe. Families of Zimbabweans killed in the same area by security forces are hoping their loved ones can be removed from mass graves and given proper burials, too
Market in Ukraine's Kharkiv region helps out-of-work farmers
Russia’s invasion has riddled the farmland in Ukraine's Kharkiv region with land mines, leaving many local farmers without a job. But since the occupying forces left, some are growing what they can, where they can, and selling it to make ends meet. And they’re getting help from a group of volunteers. Anna Kosstutschenko has the story.