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Some 778 new HIV infections were recorded in the Volta region in 2023
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor Ho, March 19, GNA – Mrs. Mary Naa Asheley Anyomi, Volta Regional Technical Coordinator, Ghana AIDS Commission Tuesday disclosed that there were 778 new HIV…
World
Heathrow Airport closes all day over power outage
London, March 21, BBC/GNA – Heathrow Airport will be closed for all of Friday over a “significant” power outage linked to a fire at a nearby electrical substation…
Economy
Relief for Weta rice farmers as choked drains set for dredging
By Michael Foli Jackidy Weta (V/R), Mar. 21, GNA – Rice farmers in the Weta enclave can now breathe a sigh of relief as dredging works are set…
Business
GCB launches ‘MSE Group Loans’ for Medium and Small Businesses
Accra, March 20, GNA – GCB Bank PLC has launched its innovative loan product known as the MSE (Medium and Small Enterprise) Group Loans aimed at offering financial…
Politics
Let us mobilise enough IGF for Kadjebi’s development -Regional Minister
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Kadjebi (O/R), March 21, GNA – Mr John Kwadwo Gyapong, the Oti Regional Minister, has called on the revenue collectors and technocrats at the…
Social
Dormaa East NIA has over 1,000 uncollected Ghana cards- District Director
By Robert Tachie Menson Wamfie, (Bono), March 21, GNA – The Dormaa East District of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has registered and processed 7,874 Ghana cards between…
Court & Crime
Man Remanded for brutally assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in Somanya
By Kamal Ahmed Somanya (E/R), March 21, GNA – The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Kwasi Apiatse Abaidoo, has remanded 26-year-old car washer, Isaac Tetteh Angmortey,…
Education
Prof Danso-Wiredu elected New Pro-V.C of UEW
By J.k Nabary Winneba (C/R), Mar 21, GNA – Prof (Mrs) Esther Danso-Wiredu of the Department of Geography Education at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has been…
Health
Gold Fields, Unilever Ghana celebrates World Oral Health Day with schools in Damang
By Erica Apeatua Addo Damang (W/R), March 21, GNA – Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) in collaboration with Unilever’s brand Pepsodent, has joined others globally to celebrate the…
Features
World Down Syndrome Day: A call to love and care
A feature by Auberon Jeleel Odoom Accra, March 21, GNA – Papafio Kwei, an 11-year-old boy from Accra-Chorkor, is the heart of his community. His laughter fills the…
Foreign Features
Guangdong demonstrates Openness, Confidence and Responsibility as an Economic powerhouse
Guangzhou, China – On the afternoon of March 6, 2025, the Guangdong Delegation to the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress convened a plenary meeting, drawing…
Sports
NPC-Ghana President Deen donates food items to Para Athletes in Accra
By Rihana Adam Accra, March 21, GNA – Mr. Samson Deen, President of the National Paralympic Committee (NPC)-Ghana who doubles as the Africa Paralympic Committee President has donated…
Entertainment
Stonebwoy has no control over “Up and Running” Tour ticket prices – BMG PRO
By Daniel Adu Darko Accra, March 18, GNA- Ms Vida Adutwumwaa Boateng, the Head of Public Relations for Burniton Music Group (BMG), has strongly refuted claims that ticket…
Africa
Kirsty Coventry is first woman and African elected IOC president
Pylos, Mar. 20, (dpa/GNA) – Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, making her the first woman and the first person from Africa to hold…
Americas
US defies court order, deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador
Washington, Mar. 16, (dpa/GNA) – A plane carrying more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the United States has landed in El Salvador, in apparent defiance of a US judge’s order blocking…
Asia
Turkey opposition calls for more protests, defying Istanbul ban
Istanbul, Mar. 20, (dpa/GNA) – Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday called for fresh protests in at least 14 cities and provinces, a day after the detention of…
Europe
Heathrow Airport closes all day over power outage
London, March 21, BBC/GNA – Heathrow Airport will be closed for all of Friday over a “significant” power outage linked to a fire at a nearby electrical substation…
Middle East
Cautious calm in Yemen after US strikes; Houthis vow ‘painful’ reply
Sana’a, Mar. 16, (dpa/GNA) – A cautious calm was prevailing on Sunday in the capital Sana’a and other areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen, hours after a series of US…
US economy on edge with uncertainty over tariffs
Talk of tariffs combined with fears of inflation sent the U.S. stock market tumbling Monday and again on Tuesday, a day of give and take between U.S. President Donald Trump and the premier of Canada’s most populous province, Ontario’s Doug Ford, on fraught trade relations between the United States and Canada.
Ukraine agrees to US ceasefire proposal
The United States praised Ukraine Tuesday for accepting a ceasefire offer and taking a step forward on the path to ending the war with Russia. Moscow is expected to weigh in next on the American proposal. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.
Writers, artists adapt AI technology to gain creative control
Artificial intelligence companies train their AI models using the works of writers, artists and creatives who typically aren’t credited or compensated. Instead of fighting AI, some tech companies are encouraging creators to take advantage of it.
Malawi lions get birth control in effort to save their prey
In Malawi's Majete Wildlife Reserve, conservation experts are testing birth control methods on lions. The goal of the wildlife management effort is to control the lion population to ensure antelopes and other prey species continue thriving.