Over 250 delegates gathered in Lilongwe for the inaugural Malawi Health Promotion Conference, a landmark event that has set a new benchmark in the nation’s efforts to communicate health effectively, transform lives, and influence positive behavioural change.
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A suspected human trafficking ring operating from an apartment complex in Effiakuma New Site has been dismantled, following the dramatic escape of a young man believed to be among dozens held against their will. Police have rescued 25 victims—six of them women—and arrested five suspects in connection with the case.
Over 7,000 rare diseases remain unnamed in Ghana, leaving thousands of children undiagnosed and untreated. This in-depth investigation exposes the hidden crisis of rare childhood disorders, revealing the human toll, health system gaps, and urgent need for early diagnosis and policy reform.
Ghana lost about $9.8 million to cybercrime in 2022, according to the Cyber Security Authority (CSA). Many of these crimes include mobile money fraud, fake online shops, email scams, and data theft.
Discover how 62% of Ghana’s CHPS compounds are ghost facilities, leaving rural communities without healthcare. This investigative report exposes corruption, empty clinics, maternal deaths, and the urgent need for reform in Ghana’s primary healthcare system.
“Why isn’t Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student’s [sic] education, nor do they ever intend to.”
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has clarified that it is not waiting for a 60-day window before reducing prices of made-in-Ghana products. Rather, the Association emphasized that price reductions are already underway, as manufacturers respond to recent improvements in the macroeconomic environment.
Adwoa works hard on her 15-acre cocoa farm. With the help of these trees, she’s increased her cocoa harvest by 50%. But her carbon earnings for the whole year? Just $14.72. Meanwhile, big chocolate companies in Europe are making over $120 million by trading carbon credits from trees like hers.
Adwoa is one of 140,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana who joined the REDD+ program. It promised that farmers would get paid for protecting trees and reducing deforestation. But in her region, Western North, nearly 92% of farmers have no formal land documents. Because of this, their trees don’t count in the digital systems used to trade carbon. They are left out.
President John Dramani Mahama has officially inaugurated the eighth National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), charging the body to craft a comprehensive, long-term development blueprint that transcends political administrations and secures Ghana’s future prosperity.
A newly constituted 13-member Board of Directors has officially been sworn in to steer the affairs of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBoD).