Hunting of wild animals has been a very important aspect of life in Ghanaian societies. Hunting provides the main source of animal protein to many people in the rural areas in the past and more recently palatable meat for the affluent in the urban societies. At present-day Ghana, some people such as Bushmeat dealers, Chop bar operators, and market women ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s dismissal of the petition that was seeking the removal of the Chief Justice from office will create confusion because the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is also investigating the same matter, Private legal practitioner and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Gordon Edudzi Tameklo has said. President Akufo-Addo on Monday ...

Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has urged the government to utilise the US$1 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within the framework of the law. His comment comes after the inance Minister Ken Ofori Atta had said the funds will be used to support government’s budgetary needs. “The minister of finance was quoted as ...

According to the MP for Assin, Kennedy Agyapong, it is high time Ghanaians repurpose vocational training to aid national development. He cited the technical and vocational skillfulness of the Ewes as an essential national skill that needed to be adopted by all ethnicities in the country. Kennedy Agyapong mourned the steady erosion of the representation of technical and vocational skills ...

A former deputy Information Minister Pius Hadzide has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) by President Akufo-Addo, Starr News has gathered. He replaces Sylvester Matthew Tetteh, who is now a member of Parliament for the Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro Constituency, in the Greater Accra Region. Mr. Hadzide is expected to be assisted by two deputies in the ...

A Financial Expert with Dalex Finance Mr Joe Jackson has agreed with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s call for the Bank of Ghana to work to reduce lending rate. Mr Akufo-Addo has urged the central bank to work to bridge the gap between the monetary policy rate and the lending rates of commercial banks. If this is done, the president ...

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made the following statement released on Monday August 23. “The largest allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in history—about US$650 billion—comes into effect today. The allocation is a significant shot in the arm for the world and, if used wisely, a unique opportunity to combat this unprecedented crisis. “The ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that his party, the National Democracy Congress (NDC) is prepared to sit around the same table with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to deliberate on job creation for the teeming youth of the country. He explained that the issue of unemployment is not a problem only for the current government but all ...

President  Akufo-Addo has described Ghana’s relations with Germany as being “of utmost importance”, as Ghana is determined to participate fully in the global marketplace not on the basis of the exports of raw materials, but on the basis of the exports of things the country makes. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we, in Ghana, are drawing inspiration from the success stories ...

The School of Public Health of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in collaboration with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), has manufactured typhoid vaccines to combat typhoid disease in the country. The university has since commenced the trial of the manufactured vaccine at Agogo in the Asante Akim North District of the Ashanti region after government approval. ...