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The Ghana Education Service(GES) has interdicted Mr. Kenneth Agbomodze, Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School with immediate effect over alleged illegal fees collection in the school. This was contained in a statement issued by the GES on Tuesday, April 18. He has been asked to hand over the administration of the school to the Western Regional Director of Education. The ...

G7 foreign ministers on Tuesday urged warring forces in Sudan to “end hostilities immediately” and return to negotiations, after clashes that have killed almost 200 people. A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly violence Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, ...

A fire incident that occurred at the onsite laboratory at Newmont Africa’s Ahafo South mine on Sunday, 9th April, has been brought under control.  According to the mining giants, no fatalities or injuries were recorded. “We are relieved that the incident did not result in any injury or fatality to the workforce who remain our most important resource. Everyone is ...

A Professor at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Godfred Bokpin, says the global geopolitics is affecting “vulnerable” countries like Ghana, making the application for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) difficult. Prof Bokpin said the West African nation needs assurances from its bilateral and multilateral partners before the IMF’s Executive Board can be convinced to approve the request for the ...

The coalition of Individual Bondholders Forum has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the non-payment of matured bonds that were not tendered under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. In a petition, the Coalition made up of the Ghana Individual Bondholders Forum and the Individual Bondholders Association of Ghana expressed sadness that despite several assurances by the government, it had ...

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) has intensified its calls for the government to consider making sign language an official language in the country. This proposal, the organization argues, could be achievable if sign language is incorporated into the country’s core educational curriculum from basic up to the tertiary levels. “We believe that sign language could be made an ...

Zimbabwe’s Vice-President, Constantino Chiwenga, announced that the country intends to introduce a law that would make it illegal for other nations to recruit its health workers. The move aims to prevent the loss of valuable healthcare professionals to other countries, which has been a long-standing issue for Zimbabwe’s healthcare system. Mr Chiwenga, who is also the health minister, stated that ...

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has started a nationwide revenue mobilization exercise to collect all arrears owed by customers. The company is out to collect about GH₵800 million in debts as of January this year, up from GH₵684 million in debts that stood on the company’s books as of January 2022. This was when in September 2022, the Public ...

Executive Member of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Tsonam Akpeloo has told the government to review some of the areas it is spending revenue. He said times are hard therefore the government must review its expenditure to reflect the realities. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Wednesday, April 5 in connection with the three revenue bills – Excise Duty, ...

A member of the Advisory Board of Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Reverend Fred Deegbe fears the stay in office of two newly appointed board members of the Electoral Commission (EC) will adversely affect the confidence Ghanaians have in the electoral body. He said the newly appointed board members are politically tainted and are not inclined to serve in ...