BOST MD calls for more industry-academia collaborations
Accra, Nov 6, GNA – Dr Edwin Provencal, the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), has urged academia and industry to collaborate effectively…
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World
US Republicans set to take control of Senate, House still unclear
Washington, Nov. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Republicans have secured a majority in the US Senate, US broadcasters reported on Wednesday, after flipping seats in Ohio and West Virginia. Republicans also kept hold of…
Economy
SSNIT takes SEED campaign to Somanya
By Kamal Ahmed Somanya (E/R), Nov. 6, GNA – The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has expanded its Self-Employed Enrolment Drive (SEED) initiative to include workers…
Business
BOST posts GH¢881 million profits in four years
By Godwill Arthur- Mensah Accra, Nov. 06, GNA – The Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) generated a total revenue of GH¢22.7 billion from 2019 to…
Politics
President Akufo-Addo congratulates Trump on election as 47th US President
Accra, Nov. 6, GNA- President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on his election as the 47th President of the United States. In…
Social
Chinese Ambassador calls for fair media reportage
By Benjamin A. Commey Accra, Nov 06, GNA – Mr Tong Defa, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, has appealed to the Ghanaian media to be circumspect in their…
Court & Crime
Sunyani Police confirm custody of suspected thieves
Sunyani, Oct. 6, GNA – The Sunyani Police have confirmed the custody of two suspected thieves who were nearly lynched by some angry youth at the Sunyani Zongo…
Education
GRA, UCC launch Masters of Science in Customs
Accra, Nov. 6, GNA – The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in collaboration with the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has introduced a new Master of Science programme in…
Health
Stop pressing girls’ breasts its barbaric — Dr Wiafe
By Gifty Amofa Accra, Nov. 06, GNA – Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe Addai, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Breast Care International (BCI), has cautioned parents and guardians against pressing…
Features
Pathway to Ghana’s oil sector growth
A feature by Obrempong Kwaku Duah Accra, Nov. 4, GNA – When industry players in Ghana’s energy sector recently gathered under the guidance of the Public Interest and…
Foreign Features
Global finals of the 17th Chinese Bridge
—Chinese proficiency competition for foreign secondary school students successfully held in Tianjin On the evening of October 28, the global finals and awarding ceremony for the 17th Chinese…
Sports
Social Kenya ViolenceKenya launches toll free line to report gender-based violence for athletes
NAIROBI, Nov. 5, (Xinhua/GNA) — A toll-free hotline to allow athletes to report abuse cases was launched in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Monday, as the country…
Entertainment
Tony Cealy, National Theater drive mental health awareness with interactive drama
By Ernest Nutsugah Accra, Nov. 12, GNA – Mr. Tony Cealy, a UK-based Creative Theater Practitioner and Cultural Producer, has called for sustained public discussions on mental health…
Africa
Chinese-funded bamboo project brings relief to flood-ravaged Kenyan communities
NAIROBI, Nov. 4, (Xinhua/GNA) — For decades, Francis Mayobo’s farm, located along the Nzoia River in western Kenya, was repeatedly inundated by floods that destroyed his crops and…
Americas
Harris speaks with Trump and concedes 2024 race
Nov 6 (CNN/GNA) – Vice President Kamala Harris has officially conceded the 2024 election, calling President-elect Donald Trump to offer her congratulations on Wednesday. Harris, a senior aide…
Asia
Israeli opposition calls for protests after Netanyahu sacks Gallant
Tel Aviv, Nov. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Leading Israeli opposition lawmakers called for protests after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The citizens of Israel should go on strike,…
Europe
Spanish government gives €10.6bn aid after deadly flash floods
Madrid, Nov. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Spain is to distribute €10.6 billion ($11.5 billion) in aid to those affected by the devastating flash floods that killed more than 200 people and wreaked havoc…
Middle East
Israeli opposition calls for protests after Netanyahu sacks Gallant
Tel Aviv, Nov. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Leading Israeli opposition lawmakers called for protests after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The citizens of Israel should go on strike,…
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.