Fishermen, fish processors and coastal communities have been urged to help to protect and conserve sea turtles in the country.
This is because even though sea turtles are listed among endangered species in the world by the Internation…
Australia captain Meg Lanning will miss this summer's Ashes series against England for medical reasons, Cricket Australia has announced.
Lanning, 31, has been withdrawn from the squad on the advice of medical staff because of an issue…
As the tennis world came to terms with Rafael Nadal announcing his absence from this year's French Open, there was a certain irony about the identity of the man who directly benefited from his withdrawal.
Next in line in the rankings,…
England's Harry Hall holed four birdies midway through his round to maintain his three-shot lead after two rounds of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas.
The Cornwall man followed his opening round of 62 with a four-under-par 66 at …
Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown says it's a "massive relief" to win her first World Triathlon Championship Series race of the year in Cagliari.
The 29-year-old had missed out on the podium in the opening two races of the series, finish…
Steven MacLean has been named St Johnstone manager on a permanent basis, signing a three-year contract.
The former Perth striker took interim charge in April, replacing Callum Davidson.
St Johnstone had won just two games in 2023…
Valencia's punishment following the racist abuse of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr has been reduced on appeal.
The partial closure of the club's Mestalla Stadium has been reduced from five to three matches.
And their fine has be…
Three into two does not go.
With Southampton already relegated, come 19:00 BST on Sunday, two of Everton, Leeds and Leicester will be contemplating trips to Plymouth, Ipswich and Millwall in the Championship next season, while the sur…
There will be a first-time BAL champion, and the potential for the first BAL champion from West Africa in AS Douanes. Al Ahly (6-1) is led by head coach Agustin Julbe Bosch (Spain), who led Egypt's Zamalek to the BAL Championship (https://…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ghana Health Service and with funding from the Government of Japan has put up mobile laboratories at four points of entry, to facilitate swift and accurate detection …
Angola represents a large market potential for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), serving as the sixth-largest economy in Africa. The country’s economy is largely driven by its oil sector, which contributes to approximately 50% of its GDP, 7…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) walked away with two of the most prestigious prizes at the African Banker Awards 2023 held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, receiving the awards for the African Bank of the Year …
Viewers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to greater access to the ESPN and ESPN 2 channels, thanks to an ‘Open Window’ from MultiChoice. From 31 May to 3 July, more customers on DStv and GOtv will be able to revel in the thrills and excit…
Seven organisations from Africa and Europe have partnered to form a consortium and launched the project, WITH: Boosting Women Entrepreneurship Education in Tourism and Hospitality in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Co-funded by the European…
The African Development Bank Group’s (www.AfDB.org) 2023 Annual Meetings officially opened on Tuesday, with a clarion call by African leaders, together with the Bank’s President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, to ramp up financing to meet Africa’s u…
Angola is home to significant upstream potential, as demonstrated by the sharp contrast between its proven and estimated reserves: 9 billion versus 57 billion barrels of oil and 11 trillion versus 27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
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Angola started producing oil from the Benfica oilfield in the Cuanza Basin in 1955.
Nearly 70 years on, the country has risen to become one of the biggest producers and exporters in Africa, with production hitting an all-time hi…
BWB Global Camp During NBA (www.NBA.com) All-Star 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah; Will Bring Together Top 40 High-School-Age Prospects from 27 Countries.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Fed…
Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej is one of 100 Most impactful Change Makers for her great efforts to transform patient care, women empowerment and girl education through her position as Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) CEO; The Humanitar…
Africa’s largest polio vaccination campaign since 2020 kicks off today in three West and Central African countries, in a combined effort by national health authorities to immunise a total 21 million children under the age of five.
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The Agri Carbon Days, a flagship event focused on carbon emissions reduction in the agro-industrial sector and carbon sequestration through agriculture, experienced resounding success during its occurrence on May 24th and 25th in Rabat. Or…
Manchester United's rising star, Kobbie Boateng Mainoo, has achieved a significant accolade at the renowned Old Trafford club.
The 18-year-old midfielder was honoured with the prestigious Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award ea…
OpenAI says it’s launching a program to award ten $100,000 grants to fund experiments in setting up a democratic process for deciding what rules AI systems should follow — “within the bounds defined by the law.”
The launch of the grant …
Ford has reached an agreement with rival Tesla that will give owners of Ford EVs access to more than 12,000 Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada.
However, this agreement reaches far beyond providing access to Tesla’s superchargers v…
OpenAI has expanded the availability of its ChatGPT app for iOS users in India and 32 other countries — just a week after its launching it in the U.S.
The list of new countries include Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Ca…
A judge on Thursday said she will throw out a lawsuit over a nude scene in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” after finding that the film is protected by the First Amendment.
The stars of the film, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting…
New figures show UK net migration reached 606,000 in 2022 - with Nigerians making up some of the largest number of new arrivals
The reason many opt to leave is that inflation in Nigeria is currently above 20% and food inflation is even …
Turns out you can teach the last action hero some new tricks. After a few years away from the action hero game, Arnold Schwarzenegger returns guns blazing in Netflix's new action comedy FUBAR, playing soon-to-be-retired CIA agent Luke Brun…
Russian's Wagner group could be secretly trying to obtain military equipment for the war in Ukraine through its operations in Mali and other African countries, the US says.
A Treasury Department statement said the private mi…
The Cape Coast Law Court Complex has been locked to both the public and staff in compliance with the indefinite strike action declared by the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG).
Consequently, litigants, police officers …
After a successful solo career, Susan Augustt as she has decided to put it, is being adopted by the Band ADORKOR to push their careers to another level.
This alliance for this project only seeks to combine the forces of a powerful voice…
A Ghanaian-born barrister, Barbara Mills, KC (King's Counsel), is to become the first black Vice Chair of the 129-year-old General Council of the Bar Council, commonly known as the Bar Council, in the UK.
She will take up her position o…
Northern Ireland is experiencing a significant rise in migration from India due to post-Brexit rule changes, an Ulster University economist's analysis suggests.
UK law now makes it harder for EU nationals to move for low-pai…
The World Vision Ghana (WVG), Nkwanta Area Programme, has donated 300 dual desks costing GHS105,000 to the Nkwanta South Municipal Assembly to be distributed to seven basic schools in the Municipality.
Mr Irvine Aboagye, the Krachi-Nkwa…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is organising a four-day training session for about 40 traditional caterers and Kente weavers in the Ashanti Region in social media and digital marketing skills.
Packaged in partnership with t…
The Mozambican cabinet has approved a bill proposing pay cuts for ministers, deputy ministers, state secretaries and MPs as the government grapples with a rising wage bill.
Finance and Economy Minister Max Tonela on Thursday said the pr…
Elon Musk suggested Thursday during a Twitter Spaces with Ford CEO Jim Farley that Tesla might open up some of its automotive operating system code to other automakers.
“In the same way that maybe Android is helpful to the phone industr…
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecasted heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds and lightning in the north-eastern part of the country.
It said if it turned out as predicted, it could lead to local floods at the peak …
Fastest-growing premier gaming company, Betika, has announced the introduction of a new USSD code, *263#, to enhance customer accessibility and convenience to betting.
This makes Betika the only betting company currently offering USSD e…
Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged internal auditors to promote innovative approaches to ensure an environment devoid of corruption, collusion and other malpractices that result in waste of public resources.…
FOR close to 50 years, veteran Highlife musician, Pat Thomas has maintained his relevance in a very competitive industry with his evergreen songs which have earned him both local and global accolades.
Despite new and seasoned acts makin…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has picked nomination forms to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential race.
A group known as the ‘Bawumia Fun Club’ picked the forms on his behalf on Friday morning (May 26, 2023.)
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The Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service, Kwame Asuah Takyi, has called on ECOWAS Heads of Immigration to "up their game" towards the effective integration of their immigration systems.
Moreover, he said there was the …
The Computer Science and Informatics Department of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has received funding for a project to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application to detect pests and diseases of crops and ev…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on African countries to work together in the development of agriculture to drive intra-Africa trade for economic growth.
According to him, such a move would also further continenta…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has identified more than 6,000 substandard and inferior electrical products on the market and therefore called for collaboration between importers, manufacturers and dealers to rid them off the system.
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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Wednesday commissioned the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) Financial Industry Command Security Operations Centre (FICSOC), to deal decisively with cybersecurity threats in the financial services sector.
The FICSOC …
It's come a long way since the days of the Aberdeen Prima Donnas, Cambuslang Hooverettes, Johnstone Red Rockets, Fife Dynamites and Tayside Toppers.
And, while the team names are now not so evocative, Scottish women's football will ta…
West Ham have confirmed midfielder Kate Longhurst will leave the Women's Super League club at the end of this season.
The 34-year-old has made 181 WSL career appearances - one shy of the league record - with her final Hammers game com…
Arsenal defender Rafaelle Souza will leave the club this summer, manager Jonas Eidevall has confirmed.
The 31-year-old Brazil captain has been with the Women's Super League side since January 2022.
Rafaelle has been key for Arsen…