On Sunday, September 5, 2021, Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, a commander of the elite Guinean Special Forces and former French legionnaire announced a coup to overthrow Professor Alpha Condé, the President of Guinea. He declared not on national television but in a video that the Guinea army has taken power in Guinean capital, Conakry. The Guinean …
The leader of the coup which ousted Guinea’s President Alpha Condé has said a new “union” government would be formed in weeks. Col Mamady Doumbouya told ministers who served in Mr Condé’s government that there would be no witch-hunt against former officials. President Condé remains in detention, but his fate is unclear. The United Nations …
Israeli authorities have launched a massive manhunt after six Palestinian prisoners escaped from one of the country’s most secure jails overnight. The men are believed to have dug a tunnel from their cell over several months that led to a road outside Gilboa Prison’s walls. Officials were alerted by farmers who noticed them running through …
The Taliban has claimed victory over opposition forces in the last holdout province of Panjshir, completing their takeover of Afghanistan three weeks after capturing Kabul. “With this victory, our country is completely taken out of the quagmire of war,” chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday. The anti-Taliban National Resistance Front (NRF), pledged to carry …
One-year-old twin girls who were born conjoined at the back of their heads have seen each other for the first time after undergoing rare separation surgery in Israel. The 12-hour operation at the Soroka Medical Centre in the city of Beersheba last week took months of preparation, and included the scalp grafts for both. Dozens …
A pool of water which gathered between the National Police Training School, Tesano and Abeka Junction on the Nsawam-Accra highwayDOfollowing days of heavy rainfall, yesterday created heavy vehicular traffic on the stretch. An attempt by drivers coming from the direction of Nsawam and adjoining communities to Accra, to dodge the pool of water, which had …
A Public Lands Protection Team has been inaugurated in Accra with a task to stop encroachment and stealing of public lands. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, who inaugurated the team yesterday, highlighted the perennial challenges that have engulfed public lands and asked them to explore ways to effectively deal with …
The Sekyere South District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has stepped up public education on the Delta variant with a call on citizens to strictly observe the COVID-19 safety protocols. Officials of the Directorate have been visiting public places and community information centers to draw the people’s attention to …
The Central Regional House of Chiefs has resolved to support government’s measures aimed at combating illegal mining and other environmental illegalities in the country. According to the chiefs, as custodians of the land, it was within their interest to back efforts of government to rid the country of activities that deplete the environment and threatens …
Euroget De-Invest, the main contractor on the Ministry of Defence’s 500-bed capacity hospital has stated that work on the project is still ongoing and it is untrue that it was completed in 2018.This followed a video that has gone viral on social media on the project giving the impression that equipment among other things have …
The Council on Foreign Relations Ghana (CFR Ghana) will on Thursday, September 9, 2021 host a virtual conference on the current political situation in Guinea and possible ways forward. The conference, on the theme; “Guinea in crisis; which way forward?”, will have two main discussants; Mr Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah, UN Resident Coordinator for the Republic of …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, has demanded an immediate release of the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, from military custody and a return of the country to constitutional order. The President made the demands following a military insurgency in the Guinean capital of Conakry …
The Rural Initiatives for Self- Empowerment-Ghana (RISE-Ghana), a Non-Governmental OrganiSation operating in the five regions of north is using the Mobile Money Model to promote women financial inclusion, and reduce Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Northern Ghana. The NGO is implementing the model under a new project dubbed “Women Entrepreneurs in Northern Ghana Gain Access …
Formar President John Dramani Mahama has said the economic hardship Ghanaians are facing now is down to the mismanagement of the economy and not solely coronavirus-induced, as government would want the citizenry to believe. According to the former president, though the dreaded coronavirus pandemic has some level of impact on the economy, government’s appetite for …
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, has appealed to Ghanaians to contribute wholeheartedly towards the construction of the National Cathedral, which is expected to be completed on March 6, 2024. He said “the project is one of the best gifts that the Lord has given to …
The Accra Aquila Lions Club, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has raised funds for the construction of a Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound, at Frafraha, in the Adentan Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The project, which is expected to be completed next year, would take care of basic health needs of people of …
Nana Kwame Baanyin Okutseaku VIII, was last Friday unveiled as Gyaasehen by the chiefs and people of Ampia Ajumako Divisional Area in the Central Region. Known in private life as Bright Ishmael Ochir, the Gyaasehen was enstooled in 2015 but the coronation only took place recently. He is expected to bring his expertise to bear …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced that the list of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will be released before the end of September. Announcing this on Saturday, in an interview on Skyy Power FM in Takoradi, on the second leg of his tour of the Western Region, he explained that “the …
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has stated that it will implement the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) law to the letter. The PVP law gives breeders intellectual property over new plant varieties including exclusive rights to commercialise seeds. The Deputy Director-General of the Council, Professor Paul Bosu, stated this in his submission at …
This year’s Greater Accra Wrestling Championship came off at the Bukom Park in Accra on Saturday with over 80 wrestlers in attendance. Organized by the interim Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Wrestling Association, NiiAyitey, the event was aimed at providing a platform for wrestlers from Accra and Tema to battle for glory in …
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