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Majority of Ghanaians continue to rely on solid fuels (charcoal, Firewood) for cooking and heating purposes, a situation experts say is putting pressure, on the country’s forest cover, while derailing Ghana’s hopes of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal 13. Even though the use of improved cooked stoves is one of the cheapest means of cooking and has minimal ...

The Eastern regional Technical Committee of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has asked owners of homes and properties located on waterways to move or face demolition. The warning comes after heavy rains left the regional capital submerged in flood waters on Wednesday. The rains which lasted barely an hour forced many residents out of their homes and left commuters ...

The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday cautioned the public against patronising unlicensed financial investment schemes and products, which are being marketed through various media forms, including electronic, outdoor and mass media advertising. “Operators of these unlicensed financial investment schemes are in serious breach of various provisions of the Securities Industry Act, 2016 (Act 929) and are warned to close ...

Ghana and Mexico are working towards opening a direct flight route between Accra and Mexico City in order to boost their aviation cooperation. This came to light when the Mrs Maria de los Angeles Arriola Aguirre, Mexico’s Ambassador to Ghana, paid a courtesy call on Mr Joseph Kofi Adda, the Minister of Aviation in Accra. The establishment of direct flight ...

The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) has directed the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to reduce water tariff by 10.08 percent. A release issued by the Executive Secretary to the Commission, Mami Dufie Ofori, said GWCL was in breach of Section 11 of the PURC Law (Act 538, 1997). According to the release, the water company has recently been ...

The scene at some intersections and traffic lights in Accra show self-styled philanthropists who have adopted new strategies to beg for alms. These beggars solicit funds from pedestrians and motorists by showing half naked children in public, with tubes inserted in parts of their bodies. They use the strategy to attract the attention of pedestrians and other road users by ...

There will be 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million people will die with the disease this year worldwide, a report predicts. The rise, from 14.1 million cases and 8.2 million deaths in 2012, is partly due to a growing and ageing population. The figures suggest one in five men and one in six women will develop the ...

World leaders and royalty have paid their respects to one of Africa’s most famous diplomats, Kofi Annan, at his funeral in his home country of Ghana. It is the climax of three days of mourning which saw thousands of Ghanaians file past his coffin as it lay in state in the capital, Accra. Annan died on 18 August in Switzerland ...

A new law criminalising sexual violence and harassment has come into force in Morocco. The law – which includes a ban on forced marriage – follows growing concern in recent years about levels of abuse against women. One survey found that six in 10 Moroccan women had suffered some kind of violence. Recent rape cases have received wide coverage on ...

Ghana’s Black Starlets have made the 2019 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations’ WAFU Zone B qualifying tournament final after beating Ivory Coast 2-1 on Wednesday. Coach Karim Zito’s boys had to come from behind to score two quick goals late in the first half of the game at Stade Général Seyni Kountché in Niamey. The Ivorians capitalized on a mistake ...