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Ghana will mark the National Youth Day on Friday, November 1. The day is set aside by the Africa Union Commission to promote an increased awareness and recognition of young Africans as critical agents of positive change. Here in Ghana, the National Youth Authority(NYA), the government agency mandated to regulate and coordinate Youth Development activities, is marking the celebration with ...

A staunch critic of homosexuality, Professor Mike Oquaye, has hit hard at persons engaged in the abhorrent practice, describing them as deviants in society who should not be accorded any rights as homosexuals. The legal luminary, who is also Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, argued that apart from the fact that persons engaged in homosexuality are humans, they “cannot have a ...

These days, it seems as if every advertisement aired on television or radio has a voice at the end saying, “This advertisement has been vetted and approved by the FDA.” Even on billboards all around town and in the print media, this statement is present. Here’s the thing you should note: it’s not all advertisements that have this statement. It ...

Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said women who are confident, assertive and articulate are deemed to be arrogant by the public’s definition of the word which should not be so. She explained on JoyFM’s Super Morning Show, Thursday, that due to how people are socialised, some are not used to a woman who exudes confidence. To her, though, outspokenness is ...

United Nations Youth Ghana has marked this year’s UN Day celebration by encouraging the youth to actively partake in decision-making especially with issues that affect them. Speaking to Ghanaweb, the Country Head for UN Youth Ghana, Lilian Sally Addo championed the youth to be change agents by being out outspoken to eliminate ignorance on happenings in society. “Every youth must ...

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that Ghana would soon criminalise the sharing of inappropriate social media content. Addressing stakeholders on the second day of the National week celebration of the Cyber Security Awareness Month 2019, being held at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful cited sexual images as an example ...

Stepup Aid and Education, a non-governmental organization on Friday organized a science quiz for the pupils of Fanteakwa North and South District in the Eastern Region. This project was duly in honour of Ms. Sinkah Janet Roberta, whose aim is to positively contribute to the educational upliftment and entrepreneurial capability of students in all levels and the less privileged. The ...

More than 100 elephants have died in two months in Botswana’s Chobe National Park due to drought, which has also affected wildlife in other countries in the region, the government said Tuesday. Several southern African countries are enduring one of the worst droughts in decades, caused by months of over-average temperatures and erratic rainfall. The drought has wilted grasslands and ...

After nearly two weeks of fighting in northeast Syria, the UN’s humanitarian wing has estimated that around 180,000 have been forced to leave their homes or shelters, including 80,000 children, all in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday that despite a shaky five-day ceasefire, airstrikes and a ground offensive launched ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange in Accra to help address the congestion commuters who use the roundabout face and help improve mobility on the Ring Road corridor. The project will have a three-tier interchange, with the ground level having a remodelled roundabout, while the second tier will be an ...