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Speaker suspends four MPs to pave way for investigation, reconstitutes Appointments Committee
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, Jan 31, GNA – In a response to the altercations in Parliament on Thursday, Speaker Alban Bagbin has outlined a series of measures to…
World
Egypt-Gaza border crossing reopens to evacuate Palestinian patients
Al-Arish, Egypt, Feb 2, (dpa/GNA) – Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, reopened on Saturday for the first time in nearly nine months. Several sick and…
Economy
Ghana to host Investment Trade Week in July, More than 150 businesses to attend
Accra, Feb. 2, GNA – More than 150 international businesses with a diverse array of innovations and projects are expected to converge in Accra in July for the…
Business
Africa World Airlines holds banquet for partners in Takoradi
By Seth Danquah Beach Road (WR), Jan 31, GNA – Africa World Airlines (AWA), one of Ghana’s leading airlines, has expressed its gratitude to its partners in the…
Politics
Kadjebi residents share views on shortlisted candidates for DCE post
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Kadjebi (O/R), February 2, GNA – Some residents of Kadjebi in the Oti Region have expressed divergent views on the three candidates shortlisted for…
Social
Ellembelle District implements 15 Mineral Development-Funded Projects
By P. K. Yankey Salman (W/R), Feb. 02, GNA – The Ellembelle District Assembly has steadily progressed with its implementation of 15 Minerals Development-Funded (MDF) projects, between 2020…
Court & Crime
House help in acid harm trial: I did not know it was acid
By Gifty Amofa Bekwai (Ash), Jan. 31, GNA – The 26-year-old househelp accused of pouring acid on a Senior High School leaver has told the Bekwai Circuit Court…
Education
Mahama appoints Eight-Member Committee to organise National Education Forum
By Iddi Yire Accra, Feb. 02, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has appointed an Eight-Member Committee to organise the National Education Forum, fulfilling his pledge to the…
Health
Keta Municipal hospital organises free cervical cancer screening
By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu Keta (VR), Feb 1, GNA – The Keta Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region has ended this year’s cervical cancer awareness month of January…
Features
Public-Private Partnership as a Critical Development Driver
By Roland Kwame Akafia, Accra, Jan. 30, GNA – Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are collaborative agreements between governments and private entities designed to finance, build, and operate public projects. …
Foreign Features
Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong Extends 2025 Spring Festival Greetings to the World
(Guangzhou, China) – On January 28, 2025, the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Wang Weizhong, Governor of Guangdong Province, conveyed festive greetings on behalf of the…
Sports
Germany beat Israel 3-1 in Davis Cup, next face Japan
Berlin, Feb 1, (dpa/GNA) – Germany beat Israel 3-1 on Saturday, to advance to the second qualifying round for the 2025 Davis Cup Finals, despite the absence of…
Entertainment
Anita Akuffo challenges women abused in creative space to speak up
By Prince Acquah Cape Coast, Jan 31, GNA – Ms Anita Akua Akuffo, a celebrated creative and media personality, has denounced the systemic abuse against women in the…
Africa
M23 rebels advancing towards major city in eastern Congo, UN says
Goma, Congo, Feb 2, (dpa/GNA) – The M23 rebel group is advancing towards another major city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a leading UN official…
Americas
Los Angeles wildfires fully contained after burning for three weeks
Los Angeles, Feb 2, (dpa/GNA) – The devastating wildfires in and around Los Angeles, have been completely contained after burning for three weeks, state officials said late Friday.…
Asia
Pakistan says 18 soldiers killed in fierce clashes with militants
Islamabad, Feb 2, (dpa/GNA) – At least 18 soldiers and 23 militants have been killed in fierce clashes in south-western Pakistan, the military said on Saturday. The fighting…
Europe
Nursing home fire near Paris kills three, injures several
Paris, Feb 02, (dpa/GNA) – Three people died and several were injured in an early Saturday morning fire at a nursing home near Paris, French media reported. They…
Middle East
Three more Israeli hostages freed by militants in Gaza after 484 days
Tel Aviv, Feb 1, (dpa/GNA) – Palestinian militants released three more hostages in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, as part of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Yarden Bibas,…
Digital farming tools boost South Africa’s smallholder farmers
Smallholder maize farmers in six South African provinces are using homegrown digital tech normally available only to commercial farmers to get the most out of their fields.
Music bridges memory gaps for New York Alzheimer's patients
The Unforgettable Chorus in New York is using music to help people with memory loss reconnect with family, friends and themselves. Since 2011, the choir has been a beacon of hope, offering...
New York subway art project lets riders share worries, hopes, dreams
As another turbulent year ends, New Yorkers are finding an outlet for their emotions in an unusual place — a subway station wall. A public art project called Subway Therapy invites people to share their thoughts and feelings via colorful sticky notes, creating a collage of hopes, frustrations and reflections.
Foreign aid under Trump will be audited, analysts anticipate
How much U.S. foreign assistance is allocated and where it goes are two key questions as the Trump administration prepares to take office in January. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias looks at some sectors where cuts are expected and others that may be a priority.