Despite sitting down as she shells bright-pink beans, Margaret Tindimutuma’s swollen feet are in pain. The Ugandan matriarch has a rare type of elephantiasis that has caused her family untold suffering. “I have always had allergies since I was young. So when my legs started to develop little swellings, like boils, I didn’t think much of it,” the octogenarian says ...

The African Union has unanimously endorsed a Ghanaian, Dr Edward Kwakwa, as the sole African candidate for the position of Director-General of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The decision was taken at a late-night meeting during the recent summit of the AU in Addis Ababa. The 83-member WIPO Coordination Committee is to meet on March 5 and 6, ...

Ghana last year rescued 778 victims of human trafficking and offered them comprehensive trauma and informed care before their reintegration into society. A total of 147 cases were reported and investigated, out of which 23 cases were prosecuted. These involved 37 defendants with 15 of them being convicted. Mrs Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, ...

Vice President of policy think tank IMANI, Kofi Bentil, has expressed concerns over the rising debt level of the country. According to him, managers of the economy must redirect their path as the country is back to the status of a highly indebted poor country despite the debt cancellation under former President Kufuor. “Prez Kufuor got our debts cancelled under ...

The Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority (MHA), Dr. Kwasi Osei, has revealed that Ghanaians will soon be required to pay a special levy to cater for the needs of mentally challenged people in the society. According to Dr. Osei, the public would be obligated to pay the levy to the mental health fund to support the battle against ...

Professor George Oduro, the immediate past Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has called on students leaders to remain committed to their core mandate and resist all attempts to infiltrate their rank with partisan politics. He noted that the habitual politicization of all issues in Ghana was not merely a concocted perception but a veritable phenomenon ...

Infrared Imaging Solutions (IRIS) Ghana, an electrical service provider, has advised the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to include infrared electrical inspection in the fire safety certification processes to help reduce fire outbreaks. Mr Awal Sakib Mohammed, the Chief Thermographer and Electrical Wiring Inspector of IRIS Ghana, gave the advice at an event to introduce the Infrared Electrical Inspection system ...

The report provides an assessment of the progress and performance of Africa’s development between 2013 and 2019 The African Development Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union has acknowledged the significant progress made in implementing Agenda 2063 and urged African countries to go further to fast-track economic transformation. The call was made on Saturday at the launch of the ...

The management of the Tumu Community Cooperative Union (TCCU) has expressed its readiness to embrace the Warehouse Receipt System Project (WRS). The leadership of the Union observed that the WRS presents real opportunities for the association to enhance the financial status of its members thereby improving their livelihoods. At a training session organized at Tumu in the Upper West Region ...

The Omanhene of New Juaben traditional area Daasebre Prof. Emeritus Oti Boateng says poverty will end if traditional rulers in the country unite to fight for the welfare of the people. He says there is no justification for Ghanaians to be poor considering the abundance of natural resource in the country. “If chiefs unite, poverty will end in this country. ...