As a tradition, whenever the annual World Economic Forum is held, the Public Eye Awards (PEAs) also takes place simultaneously. The PEAs name and shame companies which have acted irresponsibly, according to the organizers – Greenpeace Switzerland and the Berne …

An action plan has been adopted to accelerate intra-African trade on the continent, an African Union official has said. The plan to help implement the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017 is known as Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT). Mrs …

Black Stars After drawing 2-2 with DR Congo in their first game, the Ghana Black Stars today beat Mali 1-0, grabbing their first win at the ongoing AFCON 2013. Ghana’s goal came through a penalty kick by Espanyol midfielder Mubarak …

Africa is already the world’s second fastest growing economy after expanding 5% a year in the past two years, well above the global average, and Africa’s GDP is on track to grow by 5.3% this year, a televised debate with …

The Asante Akim South District Police Command is on the heels of a chainsaw operator, believed to be in his early 40s who is on the run after killing his girlfriend at Subinso near Kyempo. The suspect, Kwabena Tenkorang is …

Samuel Kingsley Yeboah aka Moses, a businessman who conspired with another person to snatch a KIA Pride taxi from its driver at West Legon was on Thursday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The accused has been charged with conspiracy …

The Proprietress of Angles of Hope Orphanage, Esi Antobam has been granted a GH¢20,000 bail by Tarkwa Circuit Court for pulling down 22 concrete pillars valued GH¢1,585.00 belonging to Tarkwa Jehovah Witnesses Movement. Her plea was not taken and she …

The country office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ghana has undertaken a week-long tour of the Central and Western Regions to gather information on the use and impact of the Long Lasting treated Insecticides Mosquito Nets (LLINs) …

The Accra Community Centre Court “A” presided by Mr Ali Baba on Wednesday fined two truck pushers GH¢1,200 for violating the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) ban not to operate around some streets in the metropolis. Musah Mohammed and Abdul Kadri …

A new World Bank report finds that improvements in border administration and transport & telecommunications infrastructure and services could result in an up to 4.7% increase in global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to the new report released by the …

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Thursday said it has not embarked on any recruitment exercise for the year 2013. A statement issued by the Service in Accra stated categorically that it had also not engaged the services of any …

Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma – AU Chairperson The African Union Commission (AUC) is proposing to focus on key areas for its Third Strategic Plan for 2014 to 2017. Welcoming delegates to the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the …

Kwesi Appiah – Black Stars coach Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah makes three changes to the team that started Ghana’s previous game for the Group B clash against Mali at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Isaac Vorsah, Rabiu Mohammed and …

ECOWAS together with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will host a three-day a conference on regional trade in locally produced food commodities in Ghana. Themed “Food Across Borders: Improving Regional Trade for Food Security in West Africa,” the …

A family of three perished in a heavy down pour at Egyam in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region on Wednesday, Mr. Japheth Baidoo, the Western Regional Coordinator for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), told the GNA …

Boys born in 2015 will have almost three times the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their lives than those born in 1990. Latest figures from research findings of Cancer Research UK show that the …

The Central Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) has instituted measures  to help in the maintenance  and  improvement  of sanitation in government flats, quarters and Bungalows in the region  to enhance the life span of those facilities. The Council has in this …

Four persons have submitted their nomination papers to contest the Council of State elections in the Western Region. Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) told the Ghana News Agency in an interview on Wednesday. He said …

The National 2012 Open Budget Survey results, was launched on Wednesday in Accra, by the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a non-governmental organisation. The biennial event was done in collaboration with the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS). Dr Zakaria …

The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC), a non-governmental organization has spent 17.5 million Canadian dollars in community development in areas to help improve the standard of living for rural poor. Mrs. Gifty Akosua Baka, the Country Director of the …