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Some 170 suspects have been arrested in a joint security operation code-named Koudanlgou III near the Ghana-Togo borders to stop planned terrorist activities and other criminal moves. “The exercise is aimed at preventing terrorist activities, illegal resource extraction, drug trafficking, dealing

Some ten members of the Volta secessionist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation have been arrested by the Volta Regional Security Council. This comes after the group declared parts of Ghana as independent ‘Western Togoland State’. The leader of the group, 80-year

Ghana and the United Arab Emirates have signed five (5) Co-operation Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, in different sectors of their respective economies. The agreement, signed on Monday, [18th November, 2019] is aimed at deepening the ties of co-operation and the

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday, 17 November 2019, for a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Germany and the United Kingdom. At the invitation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and

Ghana has committed to implement universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, as affirmed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, the government commits to reduce the maternal mortality rate of 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030 and reduce maternal morbidities. It will

Movie icon Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also an environmentalist dedicated to the protection and wellbeing of all earth’s inhabitants, has kicked against plans by President Akufo-Addo and his government to mine bauxite in the Atewa forest reserve in the Eastern Region

Ghana has been ranked the fifth most visa-open country on the African continent by a new report published by the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank. According to the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index, African travellers from 18 countries require

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised concerns over the health crisis in Ghana’s prisons and called for urgent and comprehensive healthcare for inmates in various prisons across the country. It has identified overcrowding, drug abuse, poor diet and hygiene, infections