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Released at a global family planning event in Thailand, a new report reveals a steady rise in demand for contraception; new data on sub-Saharan Africa shows women persevering in face of pandemics, conflict, and natural disasters. USAID makes its first-ever FP2030 commitment, pledging US$15 million over five years, while governments …

With the withdrawal of some 300 British peacekeepers from Mali in the wake of frosty relations with Bamako over the involvement of Russian mercenaries in the fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel, some special forces are expected to arrive in Ghana. In a report by UK-based ‘The Telegraph’ and …

Ecuador captain and all-time top scorer, Enner Valencia scored two first goals as the La Tricolor began their World Cup campaign with a comfortable win over Qatar in the opening match. The South American team extended their unbeaten run to eight matches by earning a 2-0 victory over the hosts …

It has now been established that the ‘Galamsey Economy’ documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas had footage from 2018 forming the juiciest part, an alleged bust of a Minister of State soliciting bribes for others and and receiving same for himself. In opening up on the extent of his involvement in the episode …

After enduring a significant decline in his net worth between May and October, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote experienced a significant increase in his wealth figures in the first week of November, propelling him to the position of the world’s 82nd richest man. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which …

Even before the fate of Ken Ofori-Atta is decided, intelligence picked up by The Chronicle Newspaper has suggested that some people are fiercely lobbying to replace him. This suggests that the agenda to force President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack Ofori-Atta is an orchestration by some who aspire to become Ghana’s …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) owes Independent Power Producers (IPPs) some US$996million for power purchased. The arrears, accumulated between 2021 and this year, stood at US$900million as at last May but have now risen to US$996million at the end of September 2022 due to ECG’s inability to fully pay …

The 2022 World Bank’s Africa Pulse Report has ranked Ghana as the country with sub-Sahara Africa’s (SSA) highest food prices. The report was released at the end of last month, October 2022, and indicated that domestic food prices have gone up by 122 percent since January this year. Indeed, the …

One-time presidential spokesman, Koku Anyidoho, has vowed to expose appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the current state of the Asomdwe Park. The park, which is the resting place of former president John Evans Atta-Mills was only recently refurbished and recommissioned by the state-owned Coastal Development Authority, CODA, …

Dangote Industries Limited, a multinational manufacturing group owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, has announced that the Dangote Oil Refinery, a $19-billion integrated petrochemical refinery complex, is 97-percent complete. In a recent update on the ongoing construction work at the multibillion-dollar petrochemical complex in Lagos’s Lekki Free Zone, the …