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Madam Hawa Koomson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development symbolically locked the sea on June 1 at Elmina to mark the start of the close season for fishing. The ‘Close Season’ for fishing will spn between Saturday, July 1, to Tuesday, August 31. She led the government delegation that joined …

Some Africans, including Ghanaians, have reacted to a viral video on Tik Tok that indicates that South Florida has gone into quarantine because of snails. The video report sighted by GhanaWeb on ABC7 Chicago mentioned that neighbourhoods in South Florida, a state in the United States of America, has been put under …

An unamed Ghanaian traveller was briefly detained by border officials in the United States of America after banned giant African snails were discovered in his luggage. The man had arrived at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s Customs and Border Protection desk, whereupon an inspection by officers revealed his consignment. An Associated …

Tech giant, Microsoft is reportedly set to fire nearly 11,000 employees this week amid the global economic slowdown.   According to Sky News, the company is “finalising plans to become the latest technology giant to reduce its workforce during a global economic slowdown”.   The company’s contemplating reducing roughly 5 percent of …

The strength of the Beninese woman in modern history was reasserted this week in the West African nation when the President of Benin, Patrice Talon, unveiled a giant Amazon statue. It’s a 30-meter statue made of bronze and situated in Benin’s capital of Cotonou. It’s christened ‘Esplanade des Amazones’. For …

Reports reaching GhanaWeb indicate that Ghanaian dancehall legend, Sonny Kwabena Akoanor is popularly known as Sonni Balli has passed on. Although the exact cause of his death is yet to be confirmed, it is alleged that he passed on due to cardiac arrest. Sonni Balli’s death was reported on, Thursday, 9 June …

Italian Serie A giants Juventus FC coach Massimiliano Allegri is eyeing a summer move to bring Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey to Turin. The Arsenal FC star player is currently nursing an injury that has kept him out since April 2 when his team lost 3-0 at Selhurst Park, has always …

  Nigeria faces environmental disaster Oil vessel with capacity of 2 million barrels explodes and sinks Local media reporting 10 deaths Reports from Nigeria indicates that a giant oil production ship with capacity to store up to 2 million barrels of oil has exploded off the county’s coast. According to …