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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana made a strong case for increased China-Africa economic cooperation in a stirring speech at the China-Africa Private Sector Cooperation Forum on September 7, 2024, in Shenzhen, China. The speech highlighted Ghana’s efforts toward industrialization, agricultural modernization, and green development. During his address at …

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman for the Afigya Kwabre South Constituency, Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (COKA), has spoken out against party members choosing to vote for an independent or alternative parliamentary candidate instead of the NPP’s presidential nominee. “ there is something about our political lexicon called skirt and …

Joseph Whittal, the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has voiced his profound dissatisfaction with the way the government has been managing the campaign against illicit mining, or “galamsey.” Mr. Whittal chastised President Akufo-Addo for not keeping his word to address the issue, which has …

A major victory for the party has been achieved by Bernard Mornah, the winner of the People’s National Convention (PNC) flagbearer contest. On September 7, 2024, at the UDS Guest House in Accra, representatives from the Electoral Commission made the official announcement of his victory. Mornah received a dominating 1,138 …

On Monday, September 9, 2024, John Dramani Mahama, the leader of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is scheduled to formally submit his candidacy forms to run in the forthcoming general elections. Joyce Bawah Mogtari, a spokeswoman for Mr. Mahama, emphasized the significance of the filing and the campaign’s …

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is scheduled to formally file his nomination at the Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters in Accra on Monday, September 9, 2024. An important phase in the NPP’s electoral preparations has been reached with this file. Along with Dr. Bawumia, Dr. …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s (2020) presidential candidate, John Mahama, has promised to supplement a court-mandated settlement to the victims of the violence that took place in Techiman during the 2020 election season. The former president expressed gratitude to the courts for taking action to provide some solace to the …

Former President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council Rev. Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso has voiced grave concerns about the country’s growing illicit mining (galamsey) operations, which are negatively affecting water sources. If this problem is not resolved right away, he said, the country faces an existential threat. “We are sitting …

Nine persons are presumed dead following a catastrophic vehicle collision on the Goaso-Mim route. The unfortunate event involving the worker-transporting bus occurred this morning. Witnesses claim that when the bus was involved in the accident, it was transporting a group of workers. Although the reason of the collision is yet …

Ghana’s Free Senior High School (SHS) program has been dubbed the most ambitious social intervention project of the Fourth Republic by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene. He spoke about these issues on Thursday, September 5, at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), at a ceremony when he received an …