UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023
A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in nearly 70 countries next year, the UN said on Thursday. The size of the…
IMF confirms Ghana’s intention to conduct debt restructuring in 2023
The Internal Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed that the government of Ghana has declared its intention to conduct a debt operation ( also called debt restructuring) in 2023. According to…
Moody’s downgrades Ghana’s credit rating from Caa2 to Ca
Ghana has been downgraded deeper into junk territory by Moody’s Investors Service on the likelihood that private creditors will incur steep losses during the government’s planned debt restructuring. The country’s…
2023 Budget offers unbearable hardship to citizens-Minority
The Minority in Parliament has described the 2023 budget statement and economic policy presented by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, yesterday to Parliament as not encouraging as it provides…
More iron ore discovered in Oti Region – Dep. Minister
More iron deposits have been discovered at Nkwanta in the Oti Region, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, has said. It adds up to the recent…
EU pledges to support Ghana’s development
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has pledged the European Union’s (EU’s) support to the government’s efforts to develop the country. He said the EU considered President Nana…
Road contractors warn of increased stalled projects across country
Eighty percent of road projects being pre-financed by Ghanaian contractors across the country have stalled, the National Chairman of the Association of Ghana Road Contractors, John Afful, has estimated. He…
Social impact assessment of sand mining
The growth of indiscriminate sand mining has led to the destruction of the natural environment, especially farmlands and water bodies. The population in Ghana has continued to grow almost fivefold…
GHS to deworm 2 million schoolchildren
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) began conducting a mass deworming exercise across 15 regions from yesterday, November 21 to December 9, 2022 The exercise is targeted at 1.94 million schoolchildren…
Criticism over premix shortage unfortunate – Premix Secretariat
Nana Abrokwa Asare, the administrator of the National Premix Secretariat, believes criticism of the secretariat from the Odododiodioo MP, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, because of the premix fuel shortage is…
