The country’s peace is anchored on religious tolerance – Kwabena Agyepong
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor Adaklu Abuadi (V/R), Oct. 22, GNA – Mr Kwabena Agyepong, a Senior Aide of the Dr Bawumia Campaign team, on Tuesday said the peace being…
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World
Diplomat: UK ‘waging’ war against Russia by giving weapons to Ukraine
London, Oct 20, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – The UK is “waging” war against Russia, by supplying Ukraine with weapons, Moscow’s ambassador has said. His comments come as Ukrainian President,…
Economy
Creating employment opportunities for the youth key to govt – Kwofie
By Dorothy Frances Ward Kumasi Oct. 22, GNA – The government is determined to go extra mile to support the youth with the requisite knowledge and skills needed…
Business
Absa Bank, BEN Africa step up ethical business practices promotion
By Francis Ntow Accra, Oct 17, GNA – Absa Bank Ghana Ltd has partnered with Business Ethics Network Africa (BEN Africa) to hold a conference to promote ethical…
Politics
The country’s peace is anchored on religious tolerance – Kwabena Agyepong
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor Adaklu Abuadi (V/R), Oct. 22, GNA – Mr Kwabena Agyepong, a Senior Aide of the Dr Bawumia Campaign team, on Tuesday said the peace being…
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Minister urges quantity Surveyors to address financing gap in construction sector
By Benjamin A. Commey Accra, Oct 22, GNA – Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Works and Housing, has charged the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) and the…
Court & Crime
Washing bay attendant jailed for defiling student in bush
By Erica Apeatua Addo Tarkwa (W/R), Oct 22, GNA- A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment…
Education
Group of university lecturers denounce UTAG’s strike
By Frances Dorothy Ward Kumasi, 0ct. 22. GNA- A group of University Lecturers have appealed to the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to call…
Health
Community Water and Sanitation Agency marks Handwashing Day in Tamale
By Comfort Sena Fetrie -Akagbor Tamale, Oct 22, GNA – The Community Water and Sanitation Agency in collaboration with World Vision has marked Handwashing with Soap Day to…
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Features
The double burden of obstetric Fistula: Pain, Stigma and effect on Children
A GNA Feature by Eunice Hilda A. Mensah Genesis Accra, Oct. 21, GNA – A 46-year old mother of three, Mariam Tuffuor, after a prolonged labour for the…
Foreign Features
30,000 Marathon enthusiasts ignite beauty of Dalian with their run
At 7:30 on October 20, the 34th Dalian Marathon kicked off, with 30,000 marathon enthusiasts successively dashing past the starting line. They crossed the city, running passionately in…
Sports
Britain cycling great Chris Hoy reveals his cancer is terminal
London, Oct 20, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Chris Hoy, one of Britain’s greatest cyclists and Olympians, has announced that his cancer is terminal. The six-time Olympic cycling champion, has…
Entertainment
Sèmè City, EbonyLife Media join forces to accelerate transformation of screen industries
Accra, Oct.18, GNA - Sèmè City, the flagship initiative of the Benin Republic’s government dedicated to human capital development, and EbonyLife Media, Africa’s leading media conglomerate with a global…
Africa
IMF approves $341 million for Ethiopia’s first loan program review
Oct 20 (Reuters/GNA) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia’s $3.4 billion lending programme, the fund said on Friday, paving…
Americas
Trump says Biden tries to ‘hold back’ Netanyahu
Washington, Oct 20 (dpa/GNA) – US Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has accused President Joe Biden of failing to adequately support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during wartime.…
Asia
North Korea threatens Seoul after alleged discovery of downed drone
Seoul, Oct 20, (dpa/GNA) – North Korea has accused Seoul of a “serious provocation” following the alleged discovery of a downed South Korean drone that it claims violated…
Europe
Revenge taken on dozens of SUVs after cyclist’s death in Paris
Paris, Oct 20, (dpa/GNA) – Following the death of a cyclist who was run over by an SUV in Paris, activists in the southern French city of Toulouse,…
Middle East
Prosecutors: Man planned shooting attack on Israeli embassy in Berlin
Berlin, Oct 20, (dpa/GNA) – A Libyan man, being held by German police, for allegedly plotting an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin, was planning to use…
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.