Upper West Region

Stories from Upper West Region

Economy

Sissala East Assembly breaks ground for 24-hour economy market

May 2, 2026
GNA

By Mohammed Balu Tumu, (UWR), May 02, GNA – The Sissala East Municipal Assembly on Friday broke ground for the construction of the 24-hour…

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Mawums Construction makes progress on Tumu-Sissili road project

May 2, 2026
GNA

By Mohammed Balu, GNA  Banu (UWR), May 01, GNA – Mawums Construction Limited says is it has completed about 33.07 per cent of the work on the Tumu–Sissili-Navrongo Road project under the government’s Big Push…

Social

Plan International Ghana facilitates community development plans in project communities 

April 28, 2026
GNA

By Philip Tengzu, GNA  Wa, (UW/R), April 28, GNA – Plan International Ghana, a humanitarian Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has facilitated the development of community…

Education

WACCU CEO Assures Members of Their Savings’ Safety and Security 

April 28, 2026
GNA

By Freda Mwini/Simon Gali  Wa (UW/R), April 28, GNA — Dr Abraham Dakurah, Chief Executive Officer of the Wa Community Cooperative Credit Union (WACCU), has assured members…

Economy

WACCU CEO Assures Members of Their Savings’ Safety and Security 

April 28, 2026
GNA

By Freda Mwini/Simon Gali  Wa (UW/R), April 28, GNA — Dr Abraham Dakurah, Chief Executive Officer of the Wa Community Cooperative Credit Union (WACCU), has assured members that…

Politics

Wa East among first 50 districts for Farmer Service Centres

April 26, 2026
GNA

By Philip Tengzu  Chaggu (UW/R), April 24, GNA — Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has announced that the Wa East District is among the first…

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Vice President presents sanitary pads to some schools in Upper West

April 26, 2026
GNA

Wa, (UW/R), April 26, GNA – Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice President, has presented hygiene supplies to selected schools and health facilities in…

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Democracy must not be goods we import – Prof. Lumumba

April 25, 2026
GNA

Wa, (UW/R), April 25, GNA – Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, a renowned Pan-Africanist, has urged Ghana and Africa to pursue governance systems rooted…

Economy

Fire guts seven stores in Tumu, destroying grains

April 24, 2026
GNA

By Mohammed Balu Tumu (UWR), April 24, GNA – A fire outbreak has destroyed seven stores in Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality, burning…

Court & Crime

Police arrest suspected hardened armed robber 

April 24, 2026
GNA

By Mohammed Balu, GNA  Tumu, (UWR), April 23, GNA – The Tumu Police have arrested a suspected armed robber believed to be behind a series…

Politics

No campaign can secure victory better than unity – Asiedu Nketia 

April 24, 2026
GNA

By Philip Tengzu, GNA  Boli, (UW/R), April 23, GNA — Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has advised party members to prioritise unity…

Social

Stakeholders in UWR call for legal regime for funding OSP

April 22, 2026
GNA

By Phillip Tengzu, GNA  Wa, (UW/R), April 22, GNA – Some stakeholders in the Upper West Region have called for a legal regime to criminalise delays and…

Politics

“My ‘thank you tour’ is driven by gratitude,” Asiedu Nketia stresses

April 22, 2026
GNA

By Joseph Agrace Wiyorbie, GNA   Lambussie (UW/R), April. 22, GNA – Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has dismissed claims that his…

Headline Politics

Farmers’ challenges are temporary – Asiedu Nketia

April 22, 2026
GNA

By Mohammed Balu, GNA  Welembelle (UWR), April 22, GNA – Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the National Chairman of the NDC, has called on farmers in Welembelle and the wider Sissala East Municipality to…

Health

Red Cross intensifies community outreach to promote health awareness  

April 21, 2026
GNA

By Simon Gali/Freda Mwini, GNA  Loho, (UW/R), April 21, GNA – The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has intensified its community outreach activities in…

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Stakeholders call for equitable development to curb rural-urban migration

April 16, 2026
GNA

By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), April 16, GNA – Some stakeholders in the Upper West Region have called for increased investment in less developed…

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Queenmother advocates deliberate investment in girls’ development 

April 14, 2026
GNA

By Phillip Tengzu, GNA  Duong (UW/R), April 13, GNA – Pognaa Rosemary Bangzie Mumwillima I, the Queenmother of Duong in the Nadowli-Kaleo District, has called for deliberate and sustained investment in the development of…

Politics

Sissala East MP commits funds to boost healthcare infrastructure

April 12, 2026
GNA

By Mohammed Balu, GNA  Fachoboi (UWR), April 12, GNA – Mr Issah Mohammed Bataglia, the Member of Parliament for the Sissala East Constituency has…

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CSSM donates machinery and items to Lambussie District  

April 12, 2026
GNA

Lambussie (UW/R), April 12, GNA -The Coastal States Stability Mechanism (CSSM), an initiative implemented by the International Migration Organization has supported the Lambussie District with vehicles, motorbikes and educational suppliers to…

Education

UBIDS Governing Council elevates Prof John Yaw Akparep to full professorship 

April 12, 2026
GNA

By Phillip Tengzu, GNA  Wa, (UW/R), April 12, GNA – The Governing Council of the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS) has confirmed…