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Black Stars head coach Chris Hughton could name an attacking line-up for Ghana’s game against the United States of America. The Black Stars picked up a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Mexico and would want to make amends in the game against the USA. Hughton could make a few changes in the team that started the …

A Ghanaian delegation led by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been meeting the country’s external creditors to push for them to immediately provide debt relief for Ghana  to enable it access the second tranche of the US$3 billion IMF support. The meetings are being held at the sidelines of …

A new Genetically Modified (GM) cowpea variety developed by the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) is set to hit the Ghanaian market by the end of 2023. According to the developers, the new cowpea which is Ghana’s first ever GMO crop will increase the yields of farmers by nearly 300 …

Ghana’s women’s national team, the Black Queens take on Rwanda in the 2024 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers. The Black Queens arrived in Kigali ahead of the match and held their final training session at the Pele Stadium in Rwanda. Head Coach Nora Hauptle and her squad …

There is this notion in Ghana that politics is a ‘dirty’ profession which is usually full of criminals and corrupt individuals whose sole interest is to plunder from the state. Most Ghanaians who have reached the highest points of their careers, particularly academics, who have all the expertise and understanding …

One of Ghana’s favourite snacks; ‘Kosua ne meko’ (egg and pepper) found its way into a New York Times’ magazine piece. The publication sought to share with the rest of the world, what this snack comprises and how easy it is to prepare. Describing it as a ‘popular Ghanaian street …

Lyrical Joe, a standout talent in Ghana’s music scene, has once again marked his birthday with a special gift for his fans; the 7th installment of his “5th August” series. This yearly tradition, which began in 2017, has become a major event eagerly anticipated by his followers. Each year, Lyrical …

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Technician and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Gifty Twum-Ampofo has made a paradoxical statement that teachers must be blamed for the current economic challenges facing the country and not the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. Gifty Twum-Ampofo explained that for any country’s economy …

Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has been named as a successor to National Democratic Congress flagbearer John Mahama after 2024. This is according a senior Ahwoi family figure, Kwasi Ahwoi who says the 2020 NDC Running Mate will be become the first female President of Ghana after John Mahama has finished …

The former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has shed light on the dangers of the politics of ‘moneycracy’ and its detrimental impact on Ghana’s democracy and pervasive corruption. Delivering a lecture during the 2nd R. S. Blay Memorial lectures, under the theme “Consolidating Democracy and the Rule of …