Rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) have fallen dramatically among girls in Africa in the last two decades, according to new research. The study, published in BMJ Global Health, cited a “huge and significant decline” among under-14s. The practice involves ...

The death toll in the wildfires raging through California has risen to 25, according to officials. This comes after 14 more bodies were discovered in or near the decimated town of Paradise in the state’s north, bringing the number of ...

Gonzalo Higuain missed a penalty and was sent off against his former side Juventus as AC Milan slumped to a home defeat by the Italian champions. Mario Mandzukic’s header put league leaders Juve ahead after eight minutes. Higuain had the ...

Ghana coach Bashir Hayford has announced his final 21-man squad for the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations. The list includes 15 players who were at the last tournament in Cameroon two years ago where they won bronze. Experienced goalkeepers ...

President Akufo Addo says the Policies of his administration which have been implemented so far have taken strong roots in the Ghanaian body politic and they will grow and bear fruits for the benefit of Ghanaians. Addressing the Congregation of ...

Mortuary workers across Ghana have served notice to embark on a strike effective Tuesday, November 20, 2018, over what they describe as illegalities being perpetrated against its members by the Ministry of Health and its agencies. According to the Mortuary Workers ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the rehabilitation of existing schools and the construction of new ones are continuing across the country, all with the purpose of strengthening the delivery of quality, basic education. Speaking at ...

The Ghana Medical Association(GMA) has called on Government to suspend all allocations from the National Health Insurance Authority(NHIA) Funds to ancillary programs including allocation to Members of Parliament. “Government should suspend using NHIA funds for other purposes,” the association said. ...

Riots control police officers on Monday blocked angry residents of Adenta in Accra from staging a peace demonstration to demand the completion of footbridges on the Madina-Adenta Highway. Scores of residents had thronged the frontage of the West African Secondary School ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Monday, 12th November, 2018, for a day’s official visit to Qatar, at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who paid, at ...