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Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. A day packed with events in London and Windsor began early when the doors of 900-year-old ...

The Women’s Manifesto Coalition (WMC) hosted by ABANTU for Development, has marked 18 years of the launch of the Women’s Manifesto for Ghana. In September 2004, the Women’s Manifesto for Ghana was developed and launched by a broad constituency of women’s groups and allies nationwide. It was necessitated by the failure to place emphasis on tackling the underlying causes of ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a change in the leadership of the country’s judiciary to repair what he describes as its broken image. Mr. Mahama believes the current state of the judiciary has sunk so low that it has lost the trust and faith of the ordinary person. “So badly has the image of our Judiciary deteriorated ...

The US Senate has approved a bill that includes $369bn (£305bn) for climate action – the largest investment in America’s history. The authors of the Inflation Reduction Act say it will cut the country’s carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. Some households could receive up to $7,500 in tax credit to buy an electric car and $4,000 for a used ...

At least 34 people died on Sunday night in central Kenya after a bus carrying passengers fell off a bridge. The National Transport and Safety Authority NTSA, initially put the death toll at 33, saying operations of the bus company, Modern Coast Express Ltd, had been suspended. The bus plunged some 40 metres into the Nithi River as it crossed ...

Members of the Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana (SSA UOG) have dared the Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC),  Benjamin Arthur to go ahead and withhold their salaries after they declared their strike starting today, Wednesday, July 13. Announcing the declaration of the strike at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, July 13, ...

The Speaker of Parliament has constituted an ad-hoc body of five parliamentary committees to probe the activities of the National Food Buffer Stock Company and the National School Feeding Programme. The mandate of the committees among others is to look into the feasibility and sustainability of the organisations, especially in recent times when there are reports of food shortage in ...

MindFreedom Ghana, a leading mental health advocacy organization in the country has congratulated Mrs Janet Naa Karley Amegatcher on her appointment as a Member of the Governing Board of Mental Health Authority. Mrs Amegatcher is a prominent lawyer and also serves as the Director of MindFreedom Ghana. “Congratulation to Mrs Janet Amegatcher, our organization’s Director on her appointment as a member of ...

Residents of Apremdo in the Western Region have discovered an unknown substance beneath the soil. The black sticky material is suspected to be crude oil. Following the finding on Sunday, the traditional ruler in the area, Nana Egya Kwamena XI took up the matter. According to him, the community would investigate and ascertain what exactly the substance could be. Nana ...

The Executive Director for the West Africa Centre for Counter Extremism (WACCE), Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar has warned Ghana not to create fear and panic in the country with threats of terror attacks. Although he called for extra vigilance to forestall any possible attack, he said there is the need to have a conversation about not creating panic within the system. He explained on ...