Tag Archives: Afram plains

Afram Plains: 35-year-old man arrested over attack on mobile money vendor

35-year-old Elisha Asante, who is suspected to have taken part in the robbery attack on a mobile money vendor which resulted in the death of a bystander at Ekye Amanfrom in the Afram Plains South District, has been arrested by the recently-formed Anti-armed robbery unit. The deceased, Bright Narh, died …

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Court grants bail to 26 herdsmen arrested with arms in Afram Plains

The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Presided by Her Honour Mercy Adei-Kotei has admitted bailing all 26 accused herdsmen arrested by the Anti-Armed Robbery taskforce in possession of arms and ammunition at Donkorkrom in Afram Plains North District in Eastern Region. The accused persons were provisionally charged with seven counts but …

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Afram Plains District Assembly raises 150k cashew and Mango seedlings for farmers

A total of 150,000 cashew and Mango seedlings have been raised for free distribution to farmers in Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region under the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP) seeking to strengthen and improve social safety nets and productive inclusion of the poor and vulnerable. …

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Afram Plains: 18 drowned in boat disaster

Only two of “more than 20” passengers on a boat that capsized on the Volta Lake on Thursday, 28 May 2020, as it travelled from Jemeni to Agalakope in the Afram Plains North District, have been able to swim ashore alive as of Friday, the Member of Parliament for the …

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Afram Plains: Nurses perform emergency roadside delivery

Two Nurses – Opoku Richard an enrolled Nurse and Abekah Nelson, a Mental Health Nurse – Thursday night conducted an emergency delivery for a pregnant woman who was in unexpected labour while on a motorbike. The pregnant woman – Yaa Ziegeh, her mother, and husband were on a motorbike from …

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