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Price of food items, commodities shot up in Techiman market, as Xmas sets in
By Jerry Azanduna/ Maxwell Adarkwah Techiman, (Bono East), Dec. 13, GNA – Prices of food items and other commodities have shot up in the Techiman Central Market in…
World
Macron: EU, US must work ‘very closely’ on securing peace in Ukraine
Warsaw, Dec. 12, (dpa/GNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron is appealing for close cooperation between the United States and Europe on efforts to end the war in Ukraine – on terms…
Economy
Price of food items, commodities shot up in Techiman market, as Xmas sets in
By Jerry Azanduna/ Maxwell Adarkwah Techiman, (Bono East), Dec. 13, GNA – Prices of food items and other commodities have shot up in the Techiman Central Market in…
Business
HDG Homes, Turkish firm to build luxury apartments at Kumasi Airport City
Accra, Dec. 12, GNA – HDG Homes, a leading real estate and investment management company in Ghana, has partnered with Miller Holding, a prominent Turkish construction firm, to develop luxury apartments and penthouses in Kumasi, in the Ashanti…
Politics
NDC demands end to re-collation, re-declaration of “disputed” parliamentary results
By Benjamin A. Commey Accra, Dec 13, GNA – The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) and the security agencies to immediately halt…
Social
We need to intensify education on restitution- Prof Gavua
By Kodjo Adams, Eugenia Otenwaa Accra, Dec. 13, GNA- Professor Kodzo Gavua, a pan-Africanist has called for an intensive education on the plunder of African cultural heritage objects…
Court & Crime
Police investigate attack on Catholic priests in Nkwanta
By Eric Appah Marfo Accra, Dec. 13, GNA – The Ghana Police Service has commenced investigations into an alleged attack on three Catholic missionary priests in Nkwanta, Oti…
Education
TECHAiDE launches improved Asanka platform to boost digital teaching, learning
By Amadu Kamil Sanah Accra, Dec. 12, GNA – TECHAiDE Global in partnership with the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS) has officially launched its…
Health
MMDAs directed to institute measures to curb cholera outbreak in Western Region
By Emmanuel Gamson Takoradi, Dec. 13, GNA — The Western Regional Co-ordinating Council (WRCC) has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to institute stringent measures to curb…
Features
CBG secures historic GHS 350m capital raise for Kasapreko PLC
Accra, Dec.13, GNA – After six years of being in the market, Consolidated Bank Ghana Ltd (CBG) has proven to be the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) bank…
Foreign Features
Qingdao Meets Regensburg: Laoshan Tea Culture Seminar” Brings Chinese Tea Tradition to Germany
Regensburg, December 6 – The “Qingdao Meets Regensburg: Laoshan Tea Culture Seminar” took place in Regensburg, Germany, on December 6. The event was sponsored by the Information Office…
Sports
Cioba Aristica promises to put Aduana FC on the top four
Dormaa-Ahenkro (B/R), Dec. 13, GNA – Cioba Aristica newly appointed Head Coach of the Aduana Football Club has promised to position the club among the top four in…
Entertainment
Brago Cultural Group dazzle at Sankofa Music Festival
Accra, Dec. 13, GNA – The Brago Cultural Group wowed attendees at the prestigious Sankofa Festival of Traditional and Contemporary Arts. The festival featured cultural music and dance…
Africa
Ethiopia and Somalia find compromise over access to the sea
Dakar, Dec. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Ethiopia and Somalia have found a peaceful compromise in a simmering dispute over access to the Red Sea. With Turkey acting as mediator, the two countries…
Americas
Reports: Haiti gang boss has 100 people killed over Voodoo accusation
Havana, Dec. 9, (dpa/GNA) – An armed gang has killed more than 100 people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, according to human rights organizations and media reports. The Combine for Peace and…
Asia
South Korea’s Yoon won’t resign, but his party leader wants him out
Seoul, Dec. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Shortly before the second impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the chairman of the ruling party has said he’s in favour of removing…
Europe
Hungarian EU Council Presidency confirms: Bulgaria and Romania enter Schengen in 2025
Brussels, Dec 13 (BTA/GNA) – Bulgaria and Romania will fully join the Schengen Area from January 1, 2025, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union…
Middle East
Hope and fear as world powers absorb al-Assad’s stunning end in Syria
Cairo, Dec. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Government around the world have reacted to the abrupt fall of the al-Assad family’s five-decade rule over Syria with a mixture of hope and trepidation, as…
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.