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The state-funded Ethiopian Media Authority (Ema) has issued a statement calling on the authorities to stop harassing media workers, particularly investigative journalists. It came after the privately owned Ethiopian Satellite Television (Esat TV) said last week that it had received what it called a letter of intimidation from a court in the capital, Addis Ababa. “Of late, a tendency to stop the ...

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians to keep hopes alive in the New Year. According to him, despite the economic battering, the country has suffered in the closing year, Ghanaians “cannot give up on our dear motherland Ghana” in the face of incoming austerity measures and sacrifices 2023 brings. “As we face the future with fortitude, let us ...

Angola’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the preventive seizure of assets of Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former president Eduardo dos Santos deceased in July this year. This is the second seizure of Isabel dos Santos assets in Angola since 2019.  The court order covers 100 percent of the shares of the company Embalvidro, of which the defendant is the beneficial owner as well as the balances of all bank ...

The Ghana Police Service has reminded all, especially faith-based organisations that the law on the communication of prophecies is still in force. It prohibits the public communication of doomsday prophecies, particularly of deaths and harm and similar ones with the potential to lead to the breakdown of law and order. The Police says it has consequently instituted 27th December every ...

Organised Labour has declared an indefinite strike from Tuesday, December 27. This follows what leaders say is the government’s refusal to listen to their “advice” on the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. According to Labour’s spokesperson Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, who is also the Secretary General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), the government seems to have turned a deaf ear to ...

The Minority in Parliament has rejected plans by the government to increase government machinery personnel by 1,570 people. The group says this number is contained in the 2023 budget statement. The Minority said it is unacceptable to increase government machinery staff to 3,681 at a time when there is an announced freeze on public sector employment. The passage of the ...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2022 West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In a statement on Thursday, WAEC said the results relate to only Ghanaian students who took part in the exams this year. According to the examination body, candidates can access the results on its website. However, some 8,486 candidates who ...

The National Identification Authority has begun the registration and issuance of Refugee Identity Cards to refugees living in Ghana. The process is expected to enable refugees in the country to access some social services they do not currently enjoy due to their unregistered status. Accessing basic services such as opening a bank account, registering SIM cards, etc. is often a ...

A lawyer at Adom Legal Consult, Daniel Korang, has warned the public against pleading guilty on the behest of police prosecutors when they get charged with a crime. According to him, some police prosecutors misconduct themselves by inducing accused persons to plead guilty under the pretense that they would receive lighter sentences. This, he says, infringes on the accused person’s ...

An Assistant headteacher of Mpatasie D/A primary in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, Akwasi Anane, has died after an illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) pit collapsed on him. The 47-year-old is said to have gone to the site to work around 9 pm on Tuesday. According to the district National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) office, Mr Anane was ...