In our series of letters from African journalists, writer Elizabeth Ohene considers why bodies are not buried for months, sometimes years, in Ghana. This past week there was another one of those typically Ghanaian funeral stories in the news. The body of a chief who had died six years ago was still in the morgue as the family bickered over ...

A passionate appeal has been made to the youth of Ghana to take keen interest in the planting of and caring of trees to help avert the effects of deforestation and global warming in Ghana. This appeal was made at the launch of the Green Republic Project, a youth-led tree planting project that seeks to plant about 20 million trees ...

About 968 robbery cases were recorded in the first quarter of 2018 across the country, that’s according to the Director General at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Joseph Oklu Gyamera. Out of the number, robbery took 484 cases, street robbery recorded 172, residential robbery 124 cases, workplace robbery recorded 95, while highway robbery recorded 49 cases. ...

Victims of the 2015 June 3 flood and fire disaster  will today gather at the site of the incident, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, where over 150 people died. They are massing up to demand compensation they feel they have been denied. Some of the victims have complained of economic hardships and have accused the government of neglecting them. One ...

News about the leading and indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL venturing into the upstream sector of the industry, could be a feather in the cap of local content participation as well as inclusive growth. Because it will lead to a significant increase in Ghana’s participation in this God-given resource. Although the upstream is considered one of the very profitable areas, ...

The Mallam Junction section of the Accra-Kasoa road that was closed to vehicular traffic, to make way for work on the Mallam Junction drainage project, will be opened to traffic by Saturday, June 2. This will bring great relief to motorists who ply the road who have been under intense stress since their routes were diverted for the GAMA Sanitation ...

One person has been confirmed dead by the police following a swoop in a town called Hain in Tumu of the Upper West region. Confirming the incident to Starrfmonline.com, the regional commander DCOP Otchere Boapea said the deceased, Kanwei Hanidu, 21, was part of a wee-smoking gang escaping arrest Thursday, May 17, 2018 after a SWAT patrol team spotted them smoking ...

The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) may demolish all structures in the capital that are in waterways. This will be in addition to constructing and desilting major drains in a bid to deal with the annual struggles with flooding during the rainy season. Speaking to Citi News the AMA Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, said his outfit would also embark on ...

Ghana’s balance of trade is set to receive support from cocoa export and oil production revenues this year according to researchers at Standard Bank, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana. This was contained in the April edition of the African Local Markets Monthly report prepared by Standard Bank. According to the report, “after strong economic growth in 2017, reaching 8.5 ...

The Association of LPG retailers will embark on a strike across the nation on Monday over the government’s plan to implement the cylinder re-circulation policy. This means consumers will not be able to buy the product at various retail outlets from Monday. The Operators, who are opposed to the policy, say their businesses will collapse if the government goes ahead ...