Upper East Region

Stories from Upper East Region

Health

MCE breaks ground for SOCO projects in Builsa North 

November 10, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu, GNA  Zaring (U/E), Nov. 9, GNA – Madam Vida Akantagriwen Anaab, the Builsa North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in the…

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WaterAid trustees meet Upper East RCC in bid to strengthen WASH systems

November 10, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Bolgatanga, Nov 10, GNA – WaterAid Trustees has held a meeting with the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to…

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FGM carried out at some health facilities-Research 

November 9, 2023
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga   Bolgatanga, Nov. 09, GNA- A baseline survey carried out in some districts of the three regions of the North has revealed…

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Landscape Management Board Executive Council inaugurated at Kassena-Nankana West 

November 9, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Paga, (U/E), Nov 9, GNA- World Vision Ghana, a Christian relief organisation has inaugurated a seven-member Landscapes Management Board (LMB)…

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Climate Change, biodiversity loss, threats to poverty reduction – World Vision

November 9, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog,  Paga (U/E), Nov 9, GNA – Mr Francis Gumah, the Northern Regional Operations Manager, World Vision Ghana, says climate change…

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Sick GRNMA member in Bolgatanga receives support  

November 8, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, Nov. 8, GNA – Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has…

Science

UDS deliberates findings of research on adaptive CREMAs management

November 7, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Bolgatanga, Nov 7, GNA – The research team from the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment of the University for…

Politics

Only Bawumia and Agyepong had polling agents in Navrongo, Chiana-Paga

November 4, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Navrongo (U/E), Nov 4, GNA – Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyepong, both presidential candidates in the…

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Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly inaugurates sanitation task force 

November 4, 2023
GNA

Fatima Anafu –Astanga.  Bolgatanga, Nov. 4, GNA – The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly has inaugurated a 14-member sanitation task force to help in the enforcement…

Politics

NPP Primary: Delegates in queues, voting moving smoothly in Upper East  

November 4, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, Nov 4, GNA – Delegates are in queues at the designated voting centres awaiting their turn to cast their…

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Asylum seekers: UNHCR commends Ghana for inclusive system 

November 3, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, Nov 3, GNA – Ms Kelly T. Clements, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees of the UNHCR,…

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Coalition of NGOs in health donates pull-up banners of patient charter to hospitals

November 3, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Tongo, (U/E), Nov 3, GNA – The Coalition of Non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) in health in the Upper East Region, has…

Politics

NPP primary: more than 8,100 delegates to vote in Upper East Region

November 3, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, Nov 3, GNA – All things being equal, a total of 8,118 delegates across the 15 constituencies in the…

Health

NPP Bolgatanga East candidate donates GHS 20,000.00 towards Upper East dialysis centre

November 3, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, Nov 3, GNA – Mr Silas Matthew Amoah, the 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Bolgatanga…

Business

Radio Gurune facilitates guinea fowl rearing at Kalbeo community  

November 1, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Kalbeo (UE/E), Nov. 1, GNA- Radio Gurune, a local community radio station in the Upper East Region, has facilitated the…

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GNFS records 3,553 bushfire cases in three years, courts public support

November 1, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Pusu-Namongo, (UE/R), Nov. 01, GNA – The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has called on the public to support the…

Politics Top Story

“I am the most experienced in governance among candidates” — Bawumia

November 1, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, Nov 1, GNA – Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President, has touted himself as the most experienced candidate…

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NPP Primary: Please remember me — Dr Bawumia

November 1, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, Nov 1, GNA – The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on delegates of the New Patriotic…

Health

NGO sensitises, screens Zorko-Kodorogo residents for skin NTDs

November 1, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Kodorogo (U/E), Nov 1, GNA – Residents of Zorko-Kodorogo, a farming community in the Bongo District of the Upper East…

Education

Stool Lands funded classroom block inaugurated for Gatusi primary school

November 1, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Gatusi (U/E), Nov 1, GNA – A three-unit classroom block has been constructed and handed over to the teachers and…