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Police at Tarkwa in the Western region have arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly trafficking a number of girls from her country to Ghana to engage in prostitution. Victoria Omotayo promised to offer the young ladies lucrative jobs in Ghana because her company was in need of sales girls. “She approached them and her parents and told them that she is a ...

A new report on access to clean drinking water and sustainable water management in Ghana has found that the proportion of non-revenue water in the country is more than twice the international level of 20 percent and the benchmark of 33 percent for the low-income country peer group. Non-revenue water, according to the German Industry and Commerce in Ghana (AHK ...

Buildings at Tetegu, Oblogo, Away and other communities close to the Weija Dam site are to be demolished to ward off people from encroaching on the site. The exercise will also affect structures constructed on access roads, illegal routes and public lands which pose danger to lives and properties. The Weija/Gbawe Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Patrick Kwesi Brako, told the ...

The Awutu Senya District Assembly (ASDA) has taken steps to clear unauthorized dumpsites in three communities and would deal with two more in the coming months. The beneficiary communities are Bawjiase-Asempanyin, Mankessim and Adawukwa. Asempanyin was noted to have received a new skip container from the Assembly whereas the construction of a shared toilet facility to mitigate open defecation is ...

Dr Afisah Zakariah, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has said 260,000 girls below the age of 18 years got married in the country. She said the three northern regions experienced the highest rate of child marriages in the country, where more than one third of young women about 39 percent were married during ...

Patients requiring medical attention for mental health illnesses in the Volta Region have been left with no other option than to seek treatment elsewhere, as the region has no psychiatrist. Two years after the retirement of the only psychiatrist in the Volta Region, the region is yet to get another doctor to provide mental healthcare to the people. The Chief ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has taken delivery of 3,000 motorbikes for distribution to agricultural extension officers in the country. The sector Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, announced this in Sunyani after presenting 100 motorbikes to the Brong Ahafo Regional Directorate of the ministry. The minister, who made the presentation during his two-day visit to the region last ...

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation{UNESCO} has developed an indicator for media organisations on gender equality and women empowerment. Dubbed the ‘Gender Sensitive Indicators for Media’ (GSIM), the indicator seeks to foster gender equality within media organisations, as well as portray gender sensitivity in media content. The aim of the GSIM is to contribute to gender equality and ...

A $200,000 water treatment plant has been inaugurated for the Anwia and Teleku-Bokazo communities in the Western Region. The plant produces 144,000 litres of water per day. The project, which was funded from the Anwia-Teleku-Bokazo Trust Fund, will provide potable water for more than 5,000 residents of the two communities. Individuals and corporate customers can also extend pipelines from the ...

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) and the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), held a signing ceremony for the fisheries sector’s new Anti-Child Labor and Trafficking Strategy. The strategy outlines the Ministry’s plans to reduce and eventually eliminate child labor and trafficking in the fisheries sector.   The USAID Sustainable Fisheries Management Project ...