BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - The Chinese military has cut 300,000 personnel to keep the total active force at 2 million, said a white paper released by the State Council Information Office on Wednesday.Reform measures have been taken to transfer more officer positions to non-commissioned officers and civili

ADDIS ABABA, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) -- The African Union (AU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to refrain from closing borders or placing restrictions on travel and trade from the Ebola-affected countries.The urgent call was made on Tuesday by the AU's Africa Centers for Disease C

HARARE, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - The World Food Program (WFP) has said that more than a third of rural households in Zimbabwe are "dangerously" food insecure following the El Nino-induced drought that hit the country and other parts of Southern Africa during the 2018/19 rain season.WFP said in a tweet that it wa

MAPUTO, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - A regional conference of women police kicked off Tuesday in Maputo, bringing together police from Southern African countries with the aim of discussing mechanism to increase the number of women in police sector.The 3-day event is promoting change of experiences between different

LUSAKA, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - The African Union (AU) has called on African countries to quickly put in place early warning systems to respond swiftly to effects of climate change.Harsen Nyambe, AU Head of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Land Management Commission said the continent has been reactive to

By Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA Tarkwa (W/R), July 24, GNA - A thirty-year-old farmer, Enoch Kwasi Edzro on Wednesday appeared before a Tarkwa Circuit Court for allegedly murdering his wife known as Esther Gyasi.

By Bertha Badu-Agyei, GNA    Koforidua, July 24, GNA - Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana, has threatened to take legal action against institutions that destroy their fibre cables, resulting in poor network services.

By Stephen Asante, GNA     Kumasi, July 24, GNA - A fact-finding exercise to allow traders who had received their allocation papers to confirm details on their shops at the newly-constructed Kejetia market, has been organized in Kumasi.

By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA     Axim (W/R), July 24, GNA - The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of the Axim landing site to improve the lot of the fisher folks within the district.

By Comfort Sena Fetrie, GNATamale, July 24, GNA - Mr Salifu Saeed, Northern Regional Minister, has called on motorists to stay away from alcohol and drugs in the effort to maintain sanity on the roads and help prevent road crashes.

By Kofi Mensah, GNA         Obuasi, (Ash), July 24, GNA - A 26-year-old woman, who inflicted cutlass wounds on her 10-year-old biological son, is in the grips of the Obuasi Divisiona

Yendi (N/R) July 24, GNA - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Yendi Cathedral Parish has held a town hall meeting in Yendi. The meeting, which brought together various stakeholders including assembly members and the public, was to deliberate on local governance and sanitation issues in the municipality.

Akyem Abenase (E/R), July 24, GNA – The Achiase Jungle Warfare School of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has begun the “Ex-Tigers’ Path 2019” tri-service field training exercise at Akyem Abenase in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region.This year’s exercise, the 14th edition, would take four days

By Iddi Yire, GNAAccra, July 24, GNA - The Melcom Group of Companies has held its third draw of the raffle campaign dubbed: “BIG 30”, in Accra to reward its numerous loyal customers.The event, which w

Accra, July 24, GNA - Lojaanor, a product of ProFish Ghana Limited will launch its operational facility on Friday, July 19 to enable its customers access fresh wholesome seafood and fish from local fisher folks. The operational facility, which also serves as a pick-up, point is located in Roman Ridge and will

UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - The 10-year-old crisis in northeast Nigeria has left over seven million people in need of life-saving assistance, including three million who are food insecure, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the cr

JOHANNESBURG, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow 0.7 percent in 2019, said International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its economic outlook report released on Tuesday.South Africa's growth rate in 2018 was 0.8 percent. IMF said it would continue registering a slugg

Charity Warigon, WHO's spokesperson in Nigeria, said in a statement that the WHO office in Nigeria was optimistic of Nigeria's ability to meet the polio-free status, considering the government's efforts to fight the polio scourge.Warigon said the last case of polio in Nigeria was recorded on Aug. 21, 2016.

RABAT, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) - Moroccan Foreign Minister Nacer Bourita on Tuesday highlighted his country's "steadily progressing" relations with Guinea.  "Morocco's relations with Guinea are steadily progressing, as both countries are very close partners and coordinate their stances on all continenta

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