By Isaac Asirifi / Clement Eshun,GNA Cape Coast, July, 23, GNA - A 24-year old steel bender, Samuel Kobina has been sentenced to a month imprisonment by a Cape Coast Magistrate Court for stealing a mobile phone and a wallet with money all valued at Gh¢ 545.00

By Isaac Arkoh / Winifred Sekyibea Abakah, GNA Cape Coast, July 23, GNA - Professor Paul Buah-Bassuah, a former Head of the Laser and Optic Fibre Centre (LAFOC) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC),has encouraged members of the African Spectral Imaging Network (AFSIN) to inculcate the habit of coll

By Afedzi Abdullah, GNA Cape Coast, July 23, GNA - Sixty African scientists from eight countries are attending a two weeks intensive workshop on spectroscopy and spectral imaging at the University of Cape Coast.

By Isaac Newton Tetteh GNA,

SYDNEY, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) -- A van carrying over 270 kg of methylamphetamine collided with police vehicles parked in front of an Australian police station on Monday morning, with the driver facing court on Tuesday charged with commercial drug supply.Although nobody was injured, one of the police cars was ba

THE HAGUE, July 23 (Xinhua) - A 32-year-old refugee from Syria who stabbed three people in The Hague on May 5, 2018 has been acquitted on Monday of attempted murder and threat with a terrorist purpose.The judge of Court of The Hague sentenced him to compulsory treatment in a mental institution for an indefinit

ARUSHA, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - The East African Community (EAC) has urged partner states to increase risk and crisis communication measures to keep out Ebola fever.Michael Katende, the acting Head of Health at the EAC Secretariat, on Monday called on partner states to strongly engage the communities in th

PYONGYANG, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), recently made an on-site inspection of a newly built submarine, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.The submarine will perform its duty in the operational waters of the

HARARE, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - Ailing Zimbabwean vice president Constantino Chiwenga has left South Africa for China this week to receive further medical treatment, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba said on Monday.This comes after Mnangagwa said last Friday that the VP, who has not be

MOGADISHU, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - Foreign envoys have lauded the ongoing process to integrate forces of moderate Islamic group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ) into Somali security forces.The envoys from the African Union, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the UN who visited Gal

By Maxwell Awumah, GNA     Ho, July 23, GNA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended the use of anti HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for all populations, including pregnant wom

By Gideon D. Ebbah, GNA         Effiduase (Ash), July 23, GNA – Parents have been urged to prioritize the education of their children by providing them with their needs and ensuring that they are always in school.

By Alex Baah Boadi, GNA Sefwi Waiwso (WN), July 23, GNA - A total of eighteen National Democratic Congress (NDC) aspirants out of an initial number of twenty five people who picked nomination forms have successfully filed their nominations.

By Godfred A. Polkuu, GNA     Bolgatanga, July 23, GNA – The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly has fixed the malfunctioning street lights in the Municipality.

By Erica Apestua Addo, GNA Akoon (W/R), July 23, GNA - Fifty apprentices have successfully graduated from Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL) Tarkwa Mines apprenticeship training programme.The graduates,

KAMPALA, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday said the country is committed to building its first oil refinery in the western territory.Museveni made the remarks during a meeting with the delegation of Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC), said the east African country's St

HARARE, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - Western sanctions have caused immense economic harm to Zimbabwe, with the country losing billions in potential economic funding over the past two decades, Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo said Monday.Moyo told a parliamentary portfolio committee on foreign affairs that apart from l

KAMPALA, July 23 (Xinhua/GNA) - Uganda has urged local construction companies to build capacity in a bid to reap from the 15-20 billion U.S. dollars investment that will be generated by the development of the oil and gas sector over the next three years.Monica Azuba Ntege, minister of works and transport, in a

By Bertha Badu-Agyei, GNA     Koforidua, July 23, GNA - Nana Nyantakyi Tutu Boateng, Krontihene of New Juaben Traditional area, has suggested to the Driving Vehicle and licensing Authority (DVLA) to consider testing applicants for driving

By Florence Afriyie Mensah, GNA  Kumasi, July 23, GNA – The Atwima Mponua Rural Bank Limited, has pledged to continually provide excellent banking services to its customers and ensure progressive optimal performances that