•Protesters in Accra today Hundreds of Ghanaians, most of them university students, protested on the streets of the capital city Accra today to demand an immediate halt to illegal mining. The demonstrators, who plan to stage rallies for three days, are also demanding the release of 54 activists detained last month for demonstrating against ill...
Members of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) have approved the design for the $15bn Lagos-Abidjan Corridor Highway Development Project. The approval was given during a meeting in Lagos State, reports Channels TV. The group also said it will initiate the procurement process for the project at its next meeting. The meeting wh...
•Ghana police in a scuffle with protesters Ghanaian police said they had arrested 42 demonstrators in the capital, Accra, after clashes erupted during protests against economic hardship and the government’s handling of illegal mining, known locally as “galamsey”. The protests, organised by the group Democracy Hub, began on Friday and were set ...
•Tinubu traveling out President Bola Tinubu will depart for Accra, Ghana tomorrow, Saturday, July 20, to attend the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU). As chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Tinubu will address the meeting on regional integration, highlighting achievements and...
•Ghanaian Flag Ghana’s Supreme Court today deferred its ruling on a request to restrain parliament from transmitting a highly contested anti-LGBTQ bill to President Nana Akufo-Addo for his final approval. The ruling means debate around the bill, which has dominated Ghana’s political discourse since parliament passed it in February, will be sid...
A 63-year-old influential Ghanaian traditional priest has sparked outrage by marrying a 12-year-old girl. Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII married her in a customary ceremony held on Saturday. However, the marriage has sparked criticism, with community leaders saying people do not understand their customs and traditions. Videos and photos of ...
•Osimhen Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Taiwo Awoniyi of Nottingham Forest were among the players ruled out of Nigeria’s friendly games against Ghana and Mali. The Super Eagles camp for the game opened today. But Osimhen, Africa’s Player of the Year, would miss the matches, according to an update on the team’s social media page, reports […...
•Parliament of Ghana The Ghana Parliament, today, passed the bill on human sexual rights and family values, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ bill. The bill, called the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, was introduced by Sam Nartey George, the MP for Ningo-Prampram. GhanaWeb reports that the bill was...
•Secondhand clothes It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their weighty nets to shore on the bustling Korle-Gonno beach of Ghana’s capital Accra. Finally, their catch emerges — a colossal barracuda and a less welcome bounty of bundles of discarded clothing. Where once nets teemed with fish, they are […]
•Sacked Coach Chris Hughton The Ghana Football Association late yesterday sacked Chris Hughton as head coach of the senior National team “with immediate effect”. “The Executive Council has also taken a decision to dissolve the technical team of the Black Stars,” the FA said in a statement. “The Ghana Football Association will in the coming [&h...
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