A court in South Africa has admitted several UN experts as amici curiae in a class action suit filed by alleged victims of mining pollution in Zambia’s central Kabwe District.
UN Special Rapporteurs on toxics and human rights, e…
With the April- May rains in Somalia this year expected to be below normal for the sixth consecutive season, the number of households affected by the worst drought in the region in decades continues to grow every day. At least 8.3 million …
Jurgen Klopp will manage his 1,000th game when Liverpool take on Chelsea on Saturday with the German boss enjoying plenty of highlights in the dugout so far.
His managerial career has spanned 23 seasons at three clubs in two countries…
Manchester City overpowered Tottenham with a stunning comeback at Etihad Stadium to narrow the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points.
Spurs looked to be doing bitter north London rivals Arsenal a huge favour when they s…
Everton have taken the chaos theory to extremes in recent years but nothing comes close to the current atmosphere of dysfunction and mistrust at the heart of the latest Goodison Park crisis.
Billionaire Farhad Moshiri's arrival in Feb…
Manchester City's night of mood swings ended with a remarkable outpouring from manager Pep Guardiola as he virtually presented a list of demands to the entire club for a return to previous sky-high standards.
It was not delivered in a…
All member countries of the G20 group of economic powers are on board for a restructuring of Ghana’s debt and Paris Club members are ready to take the first step towards forming a creditor committee, an official from the Paris Club told Re…
The Ghana Health Service will from today to January 24, roll out the latest phase of a nationwide mass COVID-19 vaccination exercise to help increase the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The exercise is the sixth in the series of the Nat…
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project, Apostle Prof. Kwadwo Opoku Onyinah, has explained that given the membership of the board and the divergent views they represent, it is not possible for all members …
Olympic champion Usain Bolt is seeking to recover more than US$12.7 million (S$16.8 million) that disappeared from his account with a Jamaican investment firm and is willing to take the case to court if necessary, his attorney said.
Las…
Black Galaxies coach, Annor Walker, has assured of a different approach to the game against Sudan in their Championship of Africa Nations tournament on Thursday.
According to him, it is a must win game and after identifying some mistake…
Deputy skipper of the Black Galaxies, David Abagna, anticipates a tough game against Sudan in their Championship of Africa Nations (CHAN) game on Thursday but believes they will still prevail.
Abagna who was speaking at the pre-match pr…
Chadian referee, Alhadji Allaou Mahamat, has been appointed by the organisers of the Championship of Africa Nations (CHAN) tournament to handle the game between Sudan and Ghana’s Black Galaxies on Thursday.
The 36-year-old is an exper…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has donated GH?50,000 to the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) to support the 47th edition of the SWAG Awards slated for next weekend.
The SWAG Awards is held annually to honour distingu…
Ghana exhibited a five-star display to beat Sudan 3-1 in their second Group C game of the ongoing 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) to secure qualification to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Sudan broke the deadlock in the …
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said there are "no accidents at war time" after 14 people died in a helicopter crash in the capital, Kyiv.
Ukraine has not claimed Russian involvement, but Mr Zelensky told the Worl…
Amazon is shutting down its AmazonSmile charity program next month. The closure coincides with a variety of cost-cutting efforts announced by the e-commerce giant that includes laying off thousands of employees.
The AmazonSmile program …
Cardi B says she's "done" with plastic surgery over a year after giving birth to her second child.
The 30-year-old rapper and mother to Kulture, 4, and Wave, 1, talked about going under the knife on the premiere episode of REVOLT's The …
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) are distributing exercise books to a total of 19,000 students and pupils in 54 schools located in communities within its catchment area across the country.
A total of 100,00…
Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs today and hinted at some changes to its hardware lineup in an internal memo. The software giant is writing down $1.2 billion in its Q2 earnings next week related to severance costs, building leases, and “…
At least three more people are reported to have died amid protests against Peru's President Dina Boluarte.
Dozens of lives have been lost during weeks of demonstrations after former leader Pedro Castillo was ousted.
…
Three lawyers have refurbished and inaugurated a lecture hall of the Law Faculty at the University of Ghana, Legon, named after their late father, Moses Kweku Baiden.
The lawyers are Mrs Adelaide Baiden Heward-Mills (LLB Class of 1986),…
A UN spokesperson, Farhan Haq, has told the BBC’s Newsday programme that the body wants “the perpetrators” of killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to be “brought to justice” after it confirmed the discovery of two mass g…
Bringing us ever closer to the dark day when Blumhouse is going to have to sit down and figure out what the hell you call a third M3GAN movie—M33GAN? M3G3N? The mind boggles—the horror studio has officially confirmed that a second installm…
The government says it is optimistic of achieving 80 percent of the bond debt swap under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme by January 31, 2023.
An 80 per cent participation by individual bond holders, according to the Finance Minis…
Sugarcane Out-growers Association of the Central and Western regions (CWSOA) engaged to supply their produce to the Komenda Sugar Factory, have resolved not to sell their produce to the factory anymore due to what they described as a breac…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has raised two important issues about gold and mining of the country’s minerals at the UAE-Ghana Business Forum in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
He says the government would collaborate wit…
The question of whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a fraud or is just too careless with his words took center stage in a San Francisco court room Wednesday. Under the microscope was Musk’s notorious 2018 tweet that stated funding was “secured”…
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has advised students to remain focused and study hard so that the huge investment being made in the education sector does not go waste.
He explained that if all students went to school regula…
Highlife singer Bisa Kdei is urging his colleagues in the music industry to inject highlife flavour in their songs as a means to promote the genre.
Speaking with Entertainment journalist, Kwame Dadzie on an interview session on YouTub…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned against campaigns supporting rights of homosexuals in the country.
Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda.
The president termed gay rights as "nonsense" during remarks made on Wedn…
South Africa's military has announced it will next month hold joint military drills with Russia and China off its coast.
The drills will run for 10 days from 17 February to 27 February in the port city of Durban and Richards Bay.
The…
Market tolls collected from the various night and weekend markets contributed significantly to the 2022 revenue of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly, Mr John Ansu Kumi, the Municipal Chief Executive, has said.
The Assembly generated GHC3,1…
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has stressed its determination to supply prepaid meters to all homes in the Ashanti Region.
According to the company, 156,000 prepaid meters were expected to arrive soon to ensure that meter challenge…
PhonePe’s valuation has more than doubled to over $12 billion in a new funding round as the Indian fintech giant readies for life without parent firm Flipkart. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup said it has raised $350 million and anticip…
The Savannah Regional Minister, Saeed Muhazu Jibril is calling on the youth of the region to remain calm as steps are taken to address the impasse that led to the shooting of one person in Damongo on Monday.
One person sustained injurie…
Mr Jacob Takyi, the 2022 Dormaa Central Municipal Best Farmer, Wednesday said the lack of requisite equipment for farmers is impeding agriculture growth in the municipality.
He said the problem was a major dis-incentive, thereby making …
The third edition of Abena Serwaa Ophelia’s annual concert Nnaase Afore will come off on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at PIWC-ATTC Dome, Kokomlemle.
The 4pm all-white-free event promises spectacular performances from some of the best in t…
A group of Ghanaian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has released a statement calling on international lenders to cancel enough of Ghana’s debt to make it sustainable.
The CSOs in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency called on …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is working diligently to regain its electoral authority in the Central Region in the 2024 election, Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, a leading member of the party has said.
According to him, though, the…
A staunch member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the UK, Ernest Kwaku Kobeah, is set to pick forms to contest in the upcoming presidential primaries of the party.
The presidential candidate hopeful who is a modern sewage sy…
The Director-General of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Francis Ebenezer Doku says his outfit will begin prosecuting drivers who flout road traffic regulations including use of mobile phon…
A day after launching an annual subscription for Twitter Blue, the social media company has extended the paid plan to users on Android. Individuals will have to pay $11 per month if they buy the Twitter Blue plan through Android. The prici…
The Oti Regional Minister, Mr Joshua Makubu, has begun an official tour of some communities beginning from the Nkwanta South Municipality.
Mr Makubu, the Oti Minister, in an interview on the sidelines, said the tour’s objective was to …
Dr. Tiah Abdul-Kabiru Mohammed, Economic Advisor to the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured that firms that operate within the petroleum value chain will not be short-changed in the government’s gold-for-oil policy.
He ind…
The National Office of the Births and Deaths Registry in Accra has resumed operations after it was saddled with power outages for about a month.
For weeks, individuals who required the services of the Births and Deaths Registry were tur…
Ghanaian award-winning artiste Raphael Camidoh Kofi Attachie popularly known as Camidoh has released the track-list for his upcoming Extended Play (EP) titled “A lifetime is not enough.”
The EP which would be released on Thursday, Janua…
Lawyers of the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson have filed a motion seeking the Supreme to review its November 22, 2022 ruling that dismissed a certiorari application filed by the MP.
Mr Tsatsu Ts…
Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said nothing will stop the Akufo-Addo administration from making Ghana the digital enabler, and place of bridging the digital gap for other Africa countries with t…
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has sanctioned four Oil Marketing Companies (0MCs) for engaging in illicit third-party trading of petroleum products.
The affected oil marketing companies are Finest Oil, Petro XP, Glasark Oil, and…
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