2018

Some 53 journalists were killed while doing their job in 2018, and 34 of them were targeted for murder in reprisal for their work, according to the journalists advocacy group, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The CPJ says the…

The rate of open defecation is said to have been increased from 8 per cent to 11 per cent in urban areas from 2014 to 2017. Officials in some Assemblies have expressed worry over the trend and are warning and are taking steps to address…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has debunked claims by the Minority that the Ministry has inflated the cost of a building it bought to house Ghana’s new mission in Oslo, Norway. “No…

Two remand prisoners at the Navrongo Central Prison in the Upper East Region, have been freed under the Justice for All Programme (JFAP). Dantani Bugri, 32, was arrested and thrown into jail in 2016 after he was found in the room of a…

Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs Directorate, at the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA),Oswald Essuah-Mensah, has said, the Authority's new mobile renewal system for clients will help reduce fraud in the operations of the National…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Monday to take part in the High Level Africa-Europe Forum 2018, under the theme: "Taking Cooperation to the Digital Age". The Forum which opens today…

The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obed Boamah Akwa, has called on all ranks of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), to stay away from illicit drugs and drug abuse, describing it as a huge canker in society. "If…

German police shot and killed a 74-year-old man in the city of Bochum in a rare incident of German law enforcement officers using their firearms. The man suddenly pulled out an object as police instructed him to identify himself late…

The United Nations (UN) climate talks (COP24) in the Polish city of Katowice, has agreed on the way forward for the Paris Agreement. The close to 200 countries, that attended, adopted a set of rules for implementation of the landmark…

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Madam Christine Madeiline Odette Lagarde, has asked Sub-Saharan African countries to enhance their domestic tax mobilisation to sustain their economies and help them to…