Day: July 6, 2025

Lusaka: An adult elephant has attacked and fatally injured two women in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park, local authorities said. The victims, a 67-year-old New Zealander and a 68-year-old Briton, were on foot in the bush with an armed game ranger when the incident occurred. According to Ghana News Agency, the women encountered a female elephant with her calf at a river crossing and attempted to retreat by another route. Despite the game ranger firing warning shots, the elephant attacked the group. Both women sustained broken bones and injuries from the animal’s tusks, leading to their deaths. African elephants, known

Accra: Professor Godfred Bokpin, an economist, has called for policy continuity as a foundational element for the success of the recently launched 24-hour Economy policy. While the policy demonstrated a genuine commitment to advancing the nation’s economy, its effectiveness hinged on the ability to build upon and integrate with past development initiatives rather than discarding them, he said. According to Ghana News Agency, Prof Bokpin made the call on a political affairs programme monitored on Saturday. He said the fundamental solution to Ghana’s economic challenges was to transition from a primary commodity-dependent economy to one based on value-added production. That

According to ghana news agency:una-Kalba and North Gonja in the Savannah Region, and Mamprugu-Moagduri in the North-East Region. The tricycles were allocated to farmer-based organisations (FBOs) within these districts, recognized during the 40th Farmers’ Day celebration. The tricycles are intended to assist the FBOs in transporting farm produce to markets, thereby reducing post-harvest losses and increasing income generation. Meanwhile, the motorbikes will enable Agricultural Extension Agents to deliver services to remote communities more efficiently. At the handing over ceremony, Mr. Irchad Razaaly, the European Union Ambassador to Ghana, emphasized the EU’s commitment to promoting sustainable agriculture and resilient rural livelihoods

Accra: Ghana stands at a crossroads, needing visionary, patriotic, and selfless leaders to utilize the nation’s abundant resources to forge a robust and developed future. Mr. Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, President of the Ghana National Association of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Practitioners, emphasized this necessity during a graduation ceremony for 106 participants, including chiefs, from three Executive Master’s programs at the GNAT Hall in Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Owusu-Koranteng’s remarks came at the culmination of programs offered by the Institute of Paralegal Training and Leadership Studies (IPLS), which included Professional Executive Master in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Professional Executive Master

Accra: ‘What you don’t know won’t kill you’ is a common Ghanaian adage. But when it comes to climate change, ignorance is proving not only dangerous, but also deadly. Across the country, there are signs of avoidable man-made climatic conditions that are becoming harder to ignore, thereby resulting in rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and unexpected floods. According to Ghana News Agency, these are not distant scientific predictions, they are real-time events disrupting lives, destroying livelihoods, and threatening ecosystems. In spite of this growing threat, awareness and understanding of climate change among the Ghanaian population, particularly in rural

Tamale: YEFL-Ghana, an NGO, in collaboration with the Faculty of Sustainable Development at the University for Development Studies (UDS), has held a high-level stakeholders’ conference on climate change in Tamale. The conference, dubbed the ‘Savannah Climate Conference,’ aimed to bridge the gap between academic research and community-driven climate action, particularly in Northern Ghana’s vulnerable savannah ecological zone. According to Ghana News Agency, the event was organized with support from Oxfam in Ghana under the theme ‘Savannah Solutions: Local Actions with Inclusion, Innovation and Impact.’ The conference brought together a diverse range of stakeholders, including academics, youth groups, civil society organizations,

Accra: In the modern hyper-connected world, data has become both the fuel of innovation and the target of attacks. As enterprises embrace digital transformation, the complexity and vulnerability of their networks grow exponentially. Traditional security tools are no longer enough to combat modern threats such as ransomware, zero-day exploits, insider breaches, and supply chain attacks. Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI), a transformative force that is revolutionizing how we detect, respond to, and investigate cyber threats. According to Ghana News Agency, one of the leading IT professionals advocating in this transformation is Mr. Antwi Isaac Kwame, a respected Ghanaian network engineer and