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At least one person has been killed after a weak branch of a huge tree fell onto the road at Bubuashie early Sunday morning. The deceased is said to be a resident of the area who had climbed the tree in an attempt to cut off the hanging branches to …

Residents of Dambai Health Center, a farming community, in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region are in shock as a teak tree that was uprooted during a rainstorm appeared upright to its former position without branches. The branches of the almost dried tree are left on the floor …

Sekondi-Takoradi, known as the ‘Twin-City’, is the capital of the Western region of Ghana. Sekondi is the administrative capital while Takoradi is the commercial capital. Over the years, there have been so many accounts about how Takoradi got its name. The name ‘Twin-City’ is gradually becoming the ‘Oil City’ because …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has planted a tree as part of the Green Ghana Project. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is leading the Ashanti Regional version of the 2022 Green Ghana Project. The tree was planted at the Royal Golf Club in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region. Last …

As part of measures to create awareness and whip up public interest in the second edition of the Green Ghana Project, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has activated the ‘One Student, One Tree initiative’. The program which was launched by the Deputy Minister in charge of Forestry, Benito …

After hours of heavy downpour on Friday, May 6, 2022, a tree fell on a parked vehicle at the University of Ghana. The incident which is said to have occurred at the Cedi Conference Center fortunately didn’t record any casualties as there were no occupants of the said car. In …

  The government’s Green Ghana Project has officially taken off with the Asantenhene Otumfuo Otumfuo planting the first tree in the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi. At a brief event held at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi on Friday, June 11, 2021, the Asantehene in the company of the …

Konkoma is a town in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region still has its residents hanging their phones on trees for mobile networks. Community members say network is only accessible on mango trees in the community. The spots are however not enough to guarantee users’ network as …

The construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana, which will provide an interdenominational sacred space for the nation, “remains a national priority”, the government has indicated. “Despite delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, work is on course to construct the iconic edifice in the heart of the nation’s capital”, caretaker …

A mango tree at Korase, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region is regarded as the oldest mango tree in the region. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicates that it is also the biggest mango tree in the Bono Region. Residents in the …