Crime prevention must be the bedrock of modern policing – Chief of Staff
By Kodjo Adams Accra, May 17, GNA – Mr Julius Debrah, the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, has urged the Ghana Police Service to prioritise crime prevention…
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World
Severe US storms kill at least 27 in Kentucky, Missouri
Washington, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – Severe storms have claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the US states of Missouri and Kentucky, authorities there said on Saturday. In Kentucky,…
Economy
CSOs demand urgent action, bold alternatives in sustainable financing amid Ghana’s debt crisis
By James Amoh Junior, GNA Accra, May 18, GNA – A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), development partners, and youth-led movements is demanding urgent fiscal reforms and…
Business
Ketu South MCE assures cross-border women traders of support
By Ewoenam Kpodo Denu (VR), May 16, GNA – Mr Nicholas Kwabla Worclachie, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ketu South, has assured cross-border women traders in the municipality…
Politics
Greater Accra Public Lands: Government to set up Commission of Inquiry
By Iddi Yire Dodowa (GAR), May 17, GNA – The Government is considering setting up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the acquisitions, allocation and use of public…
Social
Rev. Prof. Grace Nkansa Asante appointed Africa’s rep in selection of next Archbishop of Canterbury
A GNA Feature by James Amoh Junior Accra, May 17, GNA – The Reverend Professor Grace Nkansa Asante, a trailblazing Ghanaian academic and Anglican priest, has been appointed…
Court & Crime
Police receive fugitive robber from Lome
Accra, May 17, GNA – The Ghana Police Service on May 12, 2025, at about 0830 hours, received a lone fugitive robber who had been on the Police…
Education
Twenty-six special students to write BECE in the Volta region
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor Ho, May 16, GNA – Seventeen hearing and nine visually impaired candidates will be among 29,888 candidates to write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination…
Health
Keta Health Directorate educates public on ‘World Hypertension Day’
By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu Keta (VR), May 17, GNA -The Keta Municipal Health Directorate in the Volta Region, has educated the public on the importance commemorating the “World…
Features
Rev. Prof. Grace Nkansa Asante appointed Africa’s rep in selection of next Archbishop of Canterbury
A GNA Feature by James Amoh Junior Accra, May 17, GNA – The Reverend Professor Grace Nkansa Asante, a trailblazing Ghanaian academic and Anglican priest, has been appointed…
Foreign Features
Documentary ‘Xi’s Passion for Reading’ released
April 24 – China Everything recently released a documentary titled “Xi’s Passion for Reading,” a compelling documentary that explores the literary journey of Chinese President Xi Jinping and…
Sports
Vice-Captain of Captain One Golf Society donates to C1GS Kids Project
By Francis Ofori Accra, May 17, GNA – Mr Richard Boateng, Vice-Captain of Captain One Golf Society has donated 1,000 pieces of practice balls to the Captain One…
Entertainment
Ghanaian Highlife star Dada KD is dead
Accra, May 17, GNA – Ghanaian Highlife star Dada Kwaku Duah, popularly known as Dada KD, has died at the age of 56. According to family sources, the…
Africa
At least 13 killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing
Mogadishu, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – At least 13 people have been killed in a suicide attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said on Sunday. The attacker gained access to a military…
Americas
Severe US storms kill at least 27 in Kentucky, Missouri
Washington, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – Severe storms have claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the US states of Missouri and Kentucky, authorities there said on Saturday. In Kentucky,…
Asia
Indonesian volcano sends cloud of ash 3,500 metres into sky
Jakarta, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, a volcano in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Sunday, sending a thick column of gray ash approximately 3,500 metres into the…
Europe
Polling stations open as Portugal chooses third parliament since 2022
Madrid, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – Polling stations opened across Portugal on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in the third snap election since 2022, with the conservatives expected to come out on…
Middle East
UN demands global public pressure to get aid deliveries into Gaza
Geneva, May 16, (dpa/GNA) – Global civil society must push for the resumption of aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, given that the current situation is “so grotesquely abnormal,” the United…
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.