Day: June 23, 2025

Istanbul: The foreign ministers of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), who convened in Istanbul for the 51st session of their Council, expressed admiration for the ongoing efforts of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. As the Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, King Mohammed VI has been instrumental in safeguarding the holy sites in Al Quds Asharif. According to Ghana News Agency, the OIC foreign ministers, in their resolution titled ‘The Capital of the State of Palestine, Al Quds Asharif,’ lauded the significant contributions of the Bayt Mal Al Quds Asharif Agency. This agency has been

Bolgatanga: The Most Reverend Alfred Agyenta, the Catholic Bishop of the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese, has raised alarms over the increasing incidence of teenage pregnancies in the Upper East Region. He voiced his concerns during a homily at a ceremony celebrating the holy matrimony of 32 couples at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish in Bolgatanga, describing the trend as a moral and societal crisis that necessitates immediate intervention from families, communities, and institutions. According to Ghana News Agency, Bishop Agyenta highlighted the troubling reality that more children, particularly girls as young as 15, are becoming mothers, signaling a collapse in family structures

Accra: An associate professor at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, has emphasized the need for a national shift from merely planting trees to intentionally nurturing them as a viable long-term climate change solution. Dr. Francis Kofi Ewusie Nunoo highlighted that while tree planting remains a crucial intervention for climate resilience, many of the trees planted across the country fail to survive beyond their first year due to insufficient maintenance and lack of community ownership. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr. Nunoo expressed these views during a tree planting exercise organized by Women in Water,

Tamale: A youth-led initiative aimed at promoting climate-resilient agriculture and empowering farmers for sustainable farming practices has been launched in Tamale. The Resilient Roots of Change: Empowering Ghanaian Youth for Sustainable Agriculture initiative seeks to equip young people with the knowledge and tools to adapt to climate change and drive innovation in the agricultural sector. According to Ghana News Agency, the initiative was launched by the Ghana Youth Guide, a youth-focused advocacy and empowerment organization operating in northern Ghana, as part of broader efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change while promoting sustainable agricultural practices. The launch brought together

Tamale: The Sustainable Soybean Production in Northern Ghana (SSPiNG) project created 99 direct jobs between October 2023 and January 2024, with 96 percent of beneficiaries being youth and 4 percent being females. The jobs were generated through the project’s access-to-mechanization initiative, where value chain actors, especially nucleus farmers and aggregators, were subsidized to acquire multiple purpose threshers for threshing soybean. According to Ghana News Agency, a total of 4,743 metric tonnes of soybean grains were threshed within that period, valued at GHc23.43 million. Implemented over four years from 2021, the project contributed significantly to increasing soybean production in the country

Techiman: The Techiman Catholic Diocese has ordained five priests into the priesthood of the diocese. They are The Revered Lawrence Acheampong Ayori, Rev Kenneth Ebenezer Afful, Rev Isaac Lamanum, Rev Solomon Akunduya, and Rev Isaac Nana Yeboah. According to Ghana News Agency, Most Rev Dominic Yeboah Nyarko, the Catholic Bishop of Techiman Diocese, officiated the ordination ceremony at Atebubu. He advised the newly ordained priests to adhere to their divine call, encouraging them to draw inspiration from the biblical figure Jeremiah, known for separating himself from the desires of man. Rev Nyarko emphasized the belief that God has a plan

Accra: As part of efforts to promote peace, the United Nations’ Peace Building Fund (PBF) project has introduced a mobile application to enhance public service delivery and establish robust referral pathways in the project communities. According to Ghana News Agency, the initiative was premised on the potential of poor service delivery and referral pathways to trigger community-level conflicts, which could disrupt peaceful co-existence, exposing the community and country to violent extremism. The application focused on four services – security, social service, social justice, and health – as part of the implementation of the UNFPA/UNDP PBF project through the Upper West