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Kotoko condemns violent attacks in Nsoatreman match; one supporter dead
By Simon Asare Accra, Feb. 02, GNA – Asante Kotoko have expressed disgust over violent incidents that occurred during their Ghana Premier League match against Nsoatreman FC. The…
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
New NAFCO CEO pledges to ensure food availability and price stability
By Francis Ntow Accra, Jan 3, GNA – The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Mr George Abradu-Otoo, has vowed…
Business
Republic Bank makes Volta entry with Ho Branch
By Samuel Akumatey Ho, Feb. 02, GNA – The Republic Bank PLC has extended its services to the Volta Region with the opening of first branch in Ho…
Politics
Hohoe Member of Parliament pledges to resolve network issues
By Edward Williams Gbledi (V/R), Feb.3, GNA – Mr Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo, Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe Constituency, has pledged to resolve telecommunication network issues to ensure…
Social
KNUST and Mamfe formalize agreement to establish an Arboretum at the area
By Bertha Badu- Agyei/Harriet Kwakye Akuapem-Mamfe, Feb 3, GNA – The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Alumni Association has signed a ‘Deed of…
Court & Crime
Two friends jailed ten years each, for stealing
By Charles Tawiah Akropong (Ash) Feb. 03, GNA – The Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, has sentenced two friends to 10 years imprisonment…
Education
ACCA Ghana welcomes 100 new members
By Stanley Senya Accra, Feb. 3, GNA – Colonel Noble Carl Doe Del-Alorse, Chairperson of the ACCA Ghana Network Panel, says the successful finance professionals of tomorrow must…
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
GFA calls emergency meeting to address incidents of hooliganism
By Simon Asare Accra, Feb. 03, GNA – The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is set to meet with supporters of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) on Friday, February…
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.