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Pope Francis has made it mandatory for Roman Catholic clergy to report cases of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups to the Church. In an Apostolic letter, which is set to become Church law, he makes clear that any sexual advance involving the use of power will now be considered abusive. The clarification is being seen as a message to the ...

Votes are being counted in South Africa’s general election, with President Cyril Ramaphosa hoping to prevent a slide in support for the governing African National Congress. With results declared in some 34% of districts, the ANC has won about 56% of the ballot, well ahead of the opposition Democratic Alliance on 25%. The governing party took 62% at the last ...

As if the exploits of Samuel Safo of the Ghana Police Service with the Black Stars of Ghana is not enough, another police officer at the Nsawam District Police Headquarters has emerged and poised to take Ghana football by storm. Sumaila Iddrisu, a two-footed bulky player who stands at 6.15’ft tall is making waves within the Nsawam Municipality and its ...

Lack of access to adequate and nutritious food at all times remains a major health threat to Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) as a recent study has found that 50 per cent of households with PLHIV are food insecure. Conducted by the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), the research which sampled 1,666 households ...

The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed Cameroon’s willingness to cooperate over finding workable solutions to “major human rights and humanitarian crises”, caused by months of serious unrest and violence across the west and north of the country. The  announcement came after the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, concluded a visit to the West African country. ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwesi Osei has reiterated the need to establish a levy that would provide the needed funding to service mental health care in the country. According to him, they lack resources at the Authority and stressed that government has failed to respond to their calls after several assurances. He made this ...

Kit manufacturing giants, Fitcom is expected to sign a four-year kit sponsorship deal with some 62 local clubs. Brokered by Nana Yaw Amposah, founder and chairman of Division One side, Phar Rangers, the deal is expected to provide each club with a set of home kit, a set of away kit, two sets of training kit, a set of tracksuit, polo ...

Two Ghanaian FIFA referees Juliet Appiah and Doris Ntiful are part of officials to handle matches at this year’s West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone B Tournament, which starts on Wednesday, May 8 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The two referees on Tuesday, May 7 joined their counterparts from other African countries for training at the Robert Champroux Stadium, where the ...

The government of Ghana has entered into an agreement with two firms – CH Africa and Rascopat Ghana – to build 100, 000 houses across Ghana.The move is aimed at reducing the country’s housing deficit which currently stands at two million units.The houses will be built under the Clever HouseTM housing and construction technology, which ensures the construction of a ...

Fishermen along the Volta Lake are sacrificing the living in a warped but desperate desire to make a living, JoyNews has found out. In the communities that hug the shoreline of the Volta Lake, children some as young as six are sunk across 8,502sq km of water which can run as deep as 245 feet – deeper than Ghana’s tallest building ...