The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources George Mireku Duker has led a joint operation of Military and Police against illegal mining in Birim North and Asante Akyem South Districts in the Eastern and Ashanti Regions respectively. The borders of Birim North and Asante Akyem South Districts in Eastern And Ashanti regions respectively have been invaded by illegal miners ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has replied the Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, over the usage of Ghana’s presidential jet by other heads of state. The Ministry said it was a “proactive” gesture that undergirds the tenets of Ghana’s foreign policy. Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa, who is also the Member of ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new Covid-19 vaccination certificate, which he said would ease travel and access to events that require proof of vaccination. “Streamlining and standardising proof of vaccination will also go a long way towards getting a number of international travel restrictions both from and into our country eased,” he said, but gave no timelines of the ...

Ghana Tech Lab, an Ecosystem hub has launched the Ghana Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2020. Developed as an initiative of the Ghana Startup Ecosystem Mapping that seeks to build a stronger ecosystem, the ranking measures the nature and level of Ghana’s Startup Ecosystem in 13 regions across Ghana, currently. The Ghana Startup Ecosystem Mapping forms part of the Pathways to Sustainable ...

The mass re-registration of subscriber identification module (SIM) cards across the country is scheduled to begin today, Friday, October 1. The six-month exercise is expected to take data from all SIM card users across the country. The National ID card, the Ghana Card, is the only document of identification for the exercise. Announcing this early last month, Minister of Communications ...

More than seven in 10 Ghanaians (76%) favour election of MMDCEs, a survey by the Centre for Democratic Governance has found. “Only 20% want them to be appointed by the President”, the findings said. It noted that while over two-thirds of the respondents (71%) say they prefer MMDCEs elected on nonpartisan election format similar to that used in local government ...

The ruling party will from Friday, October 1 begin its regional delegates’ conferences across the 16 administrative regions of Ghana as it rallies its grassroots for the next elections in 2024. The Savannah Region will begin it all for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as new regional executives are elected. This is the start of activities ahead of the 2021 ...

Three MMDCE nominees by President Nana Akufo-Addo in the Ashanti region have been rejected by their respective assembly members. The rejected nominees are David A. Asare, the nominee for Offinso North who had 57.60% of the total votes cast, Michael Awuku Amoah nominee for Atwima Nwabiagya South with 61.30% and Juaben nominee Alex Sarfo Kantanka the constituency chairman also secured ...

Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president. The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace and will be attended by those who have been invited only. Col Doumbouya led the coup that ousted President Alpha Condé early last month. He is expected to form a government in the coming weeks. ...

The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG), has appealed to the government to pay allowances due to members on time. According to them, the way their allowances are paid is disrespectful. “We feel disrespected about the way our allowances are paid as if it is a favour being done to us,” Justice Senyo Dzamefe, the President of AMJG, ...