By Gifty Amofa, Linda Ngissah, GNANsawam (E/R), July 9, GNA - The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) in collaboration with the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and fuels (GHACCO), a Non-Governmental Organisation has formally launched the Int

Accra, July 9, GNA - The Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has organised a matriculation ceremony for the eighth batch of its Master of Arts (MA) in Gender, Peace and Security Programme.The ceremony attended by staff and the faculty of academic affairs and research was held to giv

By Christopher ArkoAccra, July 9, GNA - Parliament has commended Ghana for winning the bid to host the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).I

By Jerry Azanduna, GNAGaru (UE), July 9, GNA - Mr Solomon Awini, Former General Manager of the BESSFA Rural Bank, in the Bawku area in the Upper East Region, has charged Rural Banks to create enabling environment for the youth to access loans for agricultural purposes

TOKYO, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - In Japan, which boasts the world's strictest standards of garbage classification, waste sorting and recycling has been practiced for many years and has become a basic survival skill for the Japanese people.The practice of garbage classification and recycling in various parts of Ja

UNITED NATIONS, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than five times the number killed in armed conflict over the same period, a UN study said Monday.According to the study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Central A

Accra, July 9, GNA - Ghana has signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank that rewards community efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, making it the third country to initial the deal.A statement issued by the World Bank and made available to the Ghana News Agency on

ISTANBUL, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants against 211 soldiers across the country over their alleged links to a group accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016.

By Kodjo Adams, GNA     Accra, July 9, GNA - Mr Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, the Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority, has urged Ghanaians to be responsive to time to increase productivity, s

By Hafsa Obeng, GNA     Accra, July 9, GNA – The youth wing of the Federation of Muslim Women’s Organisations in Ghana has donated items worth GH?1,000.00 and an amount of GH?2,000.00 to inmates of the Weija Leprosarium, in Accra.

LUSAKA, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - The Zambian government said on Tuesday the operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was a milestone in boosting infra-Africa trade and economic integration.On Monday, African leaders launched the operational phase of the AfCFTA during the 12th extrao

JOHANNESBURG, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to hold discussions with power utility Eskom about an energy crisis currently affecting Zimbabwe.He made the remarks on the sidelines of the extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) in Niger after having talks with his Zimbabwean

CAPE TOWN, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday lauded the launch of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), saying the agreement will catapult the economies of many African countries onto a higher growth trajectory.The agreement "is a milestone that fulfills a dream c

LAGOS, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - Nigerian prosecutors on Monday arraigned in court Senator Elisha Abbo for alleged assault on a woman.The senator was captured on camera assaulting a woman at a sex toy shop in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

LAGOS, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - The death toll of a pipeline explosion at Ijegun, a suburb in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub has risen to 12, an official said on Monday.The tragedy occurred last Thursday after some vandals tried to escape with a tanker which they used for the theft of petroleum products from the

ABUJA, July 9, (Xinhua/GNA) - A march for the release of the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife on Tuesday turned violent when hundreds of protesters invaded the Nigerian pa

By Patience Gbeze, GNA     Accra, July 9, GNA – Stakeholders at a day’s meeting on Disaster Risks Reduction advocate for increased investment in disaster risks prevention mechanism to help build a sustainable resilience community.

By Desmond Davis, GNA London Bureau Chief

By Jerry Azanduna, GNANavrongo (UE), July 9, GNA - The Balobia Integrated Special Primary School at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality is in urgent need for support to avert collapse.The school

By Elizabeth Ofosu, GNA Accra, July 9, GNA – The Ark Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has re-opened its Shelter for Abused Women. Also known as ‘The Ark Shelter for Battered Women,’