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Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said that more children have been killed there in recent months than in four years of conflict worldwide.  “This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, who described as “staggering” ...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, to appear before the House on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, over unlawful charges by the Ghana Airports Company Limited. This follows concerns raised by the Minority Caucus over the introduction of a $20 maintenance charge on all round trips by the Ghana Airports Company Limited and a $10 charge for ...

The Leader of the Western Nzema Youth League, Dr Patrick Ekye Kwesie, has bemoaned the lack of development in the Nzema areas of the Western Region despite the siting of Ghana’s foremost gas company, the Ghana National Gas Company. Dr Kwesie claims there is nothing to show for in Nzemaland despite hosting the gas company. These were contained in a ...

Latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed a decline in inflation, with the February figure standing at 23.2%. This represents a 0.3 percentage point decrease from the 23.5 percent recorded in January. During a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Government Statistician Prof. Samuel Kobina Anim provided a breakdown of the figures, explaining that the 23.2 percent indicates ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) will commence this year’s limited voter registration exercise on Tuesday, May 7, ahead of the December 7 general elections. The 21-day exercise will end on Monday, May 27, 2024. It aims at individuals who have turned 18 years old since the last registration to be enrolled in the national album. According to the EC, the exercise ...

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital admits over one thousand stroke patients every year. The figure is in contrast to some 200 cases recorded 40 years ago. A time-bound and minimally damaged treatment has been launched at the hospital to improve stroke treatment.  A decreased blood flow stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or ...

TAMA Foundation Universal, a Policy, Research, and Advocacy think tank is set to release three major comprehensive research reports on mining in northern Ghana on Wednesday, March 14, 2023, in the northern regional capital, Tamale. TAMA with funding support from Ford Foundation completed the research assignments in partnership with the Water Research Institute and the Faculty of Natural Resources and ...

“Hunger has reached catastrophic levels,” Jamie McGoldrick, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists at UN Headquarters on Wednesday, describing a two-day visit to war-ravaged Gaza. “Children are dying from hunger,” he said via videolink, as media reports indicate that at least 20 children have succumbed to starvation in the besieged and bombarded enclave, including most ...

Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth of 0.4 per cent over the preceding year, the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) reported on Tuesday. The global proportion of women in the world’s voting chambers inched up to 26.9 per cent on the back of elections and appointments through the year, the international organization said ...

Four members of secessionist group, Western Togoland have been sentenced to a total of 17 years for their roles in seeking to break Volta and Oti regions away from the country. The quartet, Michael Kwabla also known as Togbe Yesu, Nene Kwaku Agblorm, WO1 Emmanuel Hayford Afedo and Lance Corporal Abednego Dzreke Mawuena were also fined a total of 26,400 ...