More than half a million people have been affected by severe flooding in Ethiopia, with some places recording the heaviest rains in a century, the minister for water and irrigation Seleshi Bekele has said. About 200,000 have been left homeless by the floods which have swept through at least five of Ethiopia’s 10 regions, he added. The floods have killed ...

American business magnate and Co-founder of Microsoft, William Henry Gates, popularly known as Bill Gates, has, lauded Ghana for showing exemplary leadership and making strides on several fronts. Mr Gates made the remarks when Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia held a meeting with him via Zoom, to discuss three pertinent issues affecting Ghana. They discussed Ghana’s progress on immunization against the ...

WiLDAF Ghana has congratulated Ms Brigitte Dzogbenuku, for being nominated as the Presidential candidate for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) for the upcoming election. “Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ghana, congratulates Brigitte Dzogbenuku on her selection as the flag bearer and presidential candidate for the Progressive People’s Party to contest in the 2020 general elections,” WiLDAF stated. ...

Over 750 residents of the North Gonja District of the Savanna Region have been rendered homeless following the spillage of the Bagre Dam, reports Class News’ regional correspondent Zion Abdul-Rauf. Nine communities, namely: Dambolto, Wawato, Lingbinsi, Disa, Singa, Tari, Mankargu, Yagbon, Sekpala and Sakpege have been cut off from the district capital of Daboya alongside farmlands, while occupants of the ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the 2020 polls are not about who or which party can make the most mouthwatering promises. Rather, he said it will be about track records since the two leading parties, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the biggest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been in office before. Speaking at the maiden edition of the NPP’s Round 2 ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo says Ghana cannot afford ethnic agitation and sectarian pronouncements. He has therefore asked citizens to conduct themselves in a manner that would keep them united in respective of ones gender, ethnic or political affiliation. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA)’s Webinar held at the Law Court Complex on Monday on the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the conduct of a free, fair, and transparent election, one whose result is beyond dispute, forms a good basis for strengthening cohesion amongst the Ghanaian citizenry, and preventing needless disputations. Speaking at the Annual Conference of the Ghana Bar Association on Monday, 14th September 2020, President Akufo-Addo explained that from 1992 to date, the conduct of ...

Mr James Twene, the Upper East Regional Director of Department of Gender (DoG) has called on members of Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) to use their platforms to campaign against dehumanising socio-cultural practices. He said some of the practices and beliefs were unfavourable to women and did not support the fight against Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV). Mr Twene made the ...

Telcos in Ghana have reduced call and data tariffs to reflect the reduction in the Communication Service Tax (CS) from 9% to 5%. In a statement released on Monday, September 14, 2020, the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications said: “mobile network operators will adjust tariffs to reflect the 4% reduction in Communications Service Tax by Tuesday 15th of September 2020.” The ...

The Registrar-General’s Department is set to hold a two-day virtual meeting on September 15th and 16th with investors of 53 Asset Management Companies (AMCs) whose licenses were revoked by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The meeting is to provide an update on a Government’s Bailout Plan for creditors who qualify as investors of the AMCs and are under the ...