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According to data from Ghana’s Forestry Commission, illicit mining, or galamsey as it is known locally, poses a threat to 34 of the nation’s forest reserves. At a press conference on the condition of Ghana’s forest reserves held at the Ministry of Information, the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer, John M. …

A loan deal between the Ghanaian government and the World Bank for $200 million to support the Ghana Digital Acceleration project was approved by Parliament on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The West Africa Food System Resilience program’s phase 2 financing in the amount of $ 150 million was also authorized. …

The NDC constituency women’s organizer in the Ashanti Region’s Afigya Kwabre North constituency, Hon. Juliana Afriyie, has urged whoever wins the NDC presidential primary to pick a female as the running mate to increase the representation of women in politics. During a press conference for the party’s polling station women organizers …

During today’s emergency session, parliament approved a total of $710 million. The seven loan agreements, some of which have been unresolved since last year, were the reason MPs were called back from their Easter vacation. The funding includes US$60.6 million as a third additional funding source for the Ghana Covid-19 …

The visit of the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, to Ghana, according to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has strengthened existing strong bilateral, political and economic connections as well as people-to-people encounters between the two nations. Ghana and Japan exchanged notes during this visit, the first …

The High Court in Accra turned down a contempt petition brought against Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for the North Tongu Constituency. After the court, presided over by Justice Charles Gyenfi Dankwa, ruled that the application was flawed and inconsistent and that the applicant had failed to establish the elements of …

The resolution of the protracted tribal violence in Bawku, in the Upper East Region, has once again been emphasized by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as being the greatest priority of the administration in terms of national security. He claimed that urgent attempts had been made to ensure a long-lasting …

The slowness of criminal cases and the granting of bail to illegal miners who return to their sites, according to Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, are impeding efforts to combat “galamsey.” However, he claims that 727 people are currently on trial for a variety of crimes. Following a report by Prof. …

William Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, has been charged with failing to pay the state $20 million, and the Attorney General has petitioned the High Court to sentence him to a term in prison. On the eve of the court’s decision in the case in which …

Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah Bonsu, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) deputy director of communications, is pleading with voters to reject former president John Dramani Mahama a second chance to lead the nation. He contends that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer candidate is still devoid of any fresh ideas …