2020

Ghana’s economy contracted by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter (July to September) of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the same period of 2019, the growth was 5.6 per cent.…

The Assembly Press in Accra has gazetted the 2020 presidential election results declared by Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), who is also the Returning Officer of the presidential election. This gives…

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold a public event to properly address computational errors in the presidential results it declared. It described as unfortunate the EC’s…

The 25 alleged secessionists, standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court, have been admitted to bail. The accused were granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 each with two sureties. The Court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel Essandoh,…

The case of Anderson Ofosuhene, the administrator of Empressleak, who is being held over publication of pornography, has been adjourned to February 24, 2021, by an Accra Circuit Court. Ofosuhene’s case was adjourned after he appeared…

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for investigations into incidence of electoral violence recorded during and after the December 7 polls. The CSOs Coalition, in a statement issued on Tuesday and copied to the…

Construction of the China-aided future Headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) commenced in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Monday as part of the ever-growing Sino-Africa cooperation in the…

Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara officially inaugurated on Monday his third term as head of Cote d'Ivoire at the presidential palace in Abidjan. This is the first time that an elected president has been sworn in on the…

Chinese and Ugandan engineers are putting the final touches on the Karuma Hydropower Plant, Uganda's flagship project that promotes clean energy and limits its carbon footprint on the Nile River. Kenneth Kiyingi, a Civil Engineer at…

The Sunyani Technical University (STU) at the weekend held its 13th congregation and awarded Bachelor of Technology degrees to 389 graduates. They successfully underwent four-year programmes in Engineering, Technical Vocational Education…