GENERAL NEWS

Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Nicholas Duncan-Williams, says the animosity in African politics and high levels of youth unemployment are setting the stage for chaos. He predicts an uprising akin to the Arab Spring after 2020 in West Africa if political leaders do not …

A Security Analyst with the Kofi Annan Peace Keeping and Training Centre, Dr. Kwesi Aning has bemoaned the helplessness of the Ghana Police Service in executing its core mandate. He argued that the mandate and independence of the Service has been so undermined such that it makes it difficult for …

The Education Ministry has dismissed claims that plans are underway by the government to privatise education at the basic level in the country. Under the supposed Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) Project, a total of 100 selected public schools in the Ashanti, Northern, Central and Greater Accra Regions would be handed …

The Minister of Planning, Prof. Gyan Baffour, in representation of the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, the Krontihene of Dormaa Barimah Ansu Agyei, and Eni’s Executive Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa Guido Brusco cut today in Kyeremasu, Dormaa East, Bono Region, the sod of a new training center for diversified …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso for supporting the quest to create a lasting memorial for late Burkinabe leader, Captain Thomas Sankara. The former President also called on the people of Burkina Faso not to allow the pain of the tragic …

The Government of Ghana has protested a Cable News Network (CNN) documentary for its poor reflection of efforts by government to address the detestable practice of child labour on the Volta Lake. CNN, in the past week, has been airing a documentary which highlights the history and impact of the …

Worldwide, some 466 million people have disabling hearing loss, and the WHO estimates that by 2050 that figure will almost double, affecting one in 10 people. The cost of unaddressed hearing loss is believed to be around US$ 750 billion. To mark World Hearing Day 2019, WHO has launched a …

The 2020 National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Mahama has stressed the opposition party has no problems with the National Peace Council despite a leaked tape that called for insults on the Council’s chairman. Calls for verbal abuse on the chairman of the Council Rev. Prof Emmanuel Asante was made …

Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, is making a case for headteachers to be given more freedom to turn around the fortunes of basic education as an alternative to the Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) initiative. Speaking on The Big Issue, Mr. Ayariga noted how little power and management competency …

  The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress Ofosu Ampofo says he will on Monday honour an invitation by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police following some comments he allegedly made in a leaked audio. The recording, which the NDC claims is doctored, appears to have its …