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The United State has announced new monetary support in the area of development assistance to Ghana. The sum of US$2.5 million announced today (August 5, 2022) is to help Ghana amid a global food crisis, a USAID statement read. The statement comes at a time a top official of the …

Nigerian billionaire and leading industrialist Aliko Dangote has seen his net worth fall by $700 million since the start of July as a result of the double whammy of stock sell-offs on the Nigerian Exchange and the recent naira depreciation on the country’s official foreign exchange window. According to the …

The resignation of coach Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum as the head coach of Asante Kotoko seems to be “unearthing the already existing internal divisions” in the rank and file of the club. Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum is reported to have resigned verbally in zoom with the board and management of Asante Kotoko after most of his proposal ahead …

Residents in parts of the Ashanti Region who have been hit with power cuts are without water, as well. Authorities at the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), say the Barekese Water Treatment Plant which supplies water to many households in the Greater Kumasi areas, has been affected by the blackout. …

The strike action declared by four teacher unions has hit basic and second-cycle institutions in the Hohoe Municipality as classrooms remain closed. The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Teachers Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana, (CCT-GH), announced …

At least seven trader unions at the Kumasi Kejetia market have directed their members to shut down their shops after the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, took the trading hub off the national grid due to a GHC5 million debt. Wednesday’s crackdown by the power distributor has affected business at …

Athletic Bilbao duo Inaki Williams and Nico Williams have arrived in Ghana for holidays amid widespread reports that the two brothers are close to pledging allegiance to Ghana. Ace journalist Michael Oti Adjei reported on Monday, June 6, 2022 that the two brothers were coming to Ghana with meeting scheduled …

Sudan’s military junta is seeking regional support months after deposing Prime Minister Abdula Hamdok’s administration with pressure mounting from international partners to hold elections. Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made whistle-stop tours to South Sudan and Uganda this week as the Sovereign Council he chairs struggles to bring peace and calm …

They had barely a week to prepare – getting medical screenings, making sure bills would be paid, arranging for relatives to care for children and pets – before marching with rucksacks and rifles onto a plane bound for Germany. “It’s been very hectic and stressful, but overall it’s worked out,” …

A Cameroonian student has described how he and his friends have been forced to hide in a basement in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to escape air raids. Christophe said that “every five minutes we are hearing bombardments”. “Sometimes we can hear airplanes passing through the sky, mostly bombardments …