Day: July 21, 2025

Koforidua: President John Dramani Mahama has received a warm reception from traditional leaders in Eastern Region, as they applauded his electoral victory and a successful six months in office and pressed for accelerated development and environmental protection. Addressing the gathering at the Jackson Park in Koforidua, President Mahama thanked the residents for their role in maintaining peace during the Election 2024 and reiterated his administration’s commitment to tackling infrastructure and educational challenges. According to Ghana News Agency, President Mahama reaffirmed plans to invest in roads, hospitals, and schools under the ‘Big Push’ initiative, citing a $1.5 billion annual infrastructure deficit.

Accra: President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday praised Eastern Region residents for helping maintain peace during the 2024 elections while unveiling an ambitious infrastructure plan designed to boost roads, healthcare, water, and education across the region. According to Ghana News Agency, Mahama spoke at Jackson Park in Koforidua alongside top officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), including National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia and General Secretary Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey. He credited the region’s ‘prayers and solidarity’ with helping to avert anticipated unrest during the polls. ‘By the grace of God, victory came to the side of the National Democratic Congress,’

Accra: Some pupils in the Upper East Region have justified the calls and movement for reparative justice for African countries that suffered the devastating effects of the slave trade several centuries ago. Through a stage play, the pupils of Rovega Preparatory School reenacted the transatlantic slave trade perpetrated by the West, depicting the horrors and enduring wounds of slavery left in the hearts of Africans and the continent. According to Ghana News Agency, the performance, staged at the historic Pikworo Slave Camp in Paga, Nania as part of this year’s PANAFEST/Emancipation Day celebrations, portrayed the deception, betrayal, and brutality meted

Accra: Zipline Ghana is to open a seventh drone distribution centre in the coastal zone to expand nationwide reach and enhance last-mile delivery of medicines, vaccines, blood products, and laboratory samples. The move reinforces Zipline’s commitment to equitable healthcare and logistics for underserved communities, making Ghana the first country globally to operate seven Zipline hubs in drone-enabled health logistics. According to Ghana News Agency, speaking to journalists following a tour of the sixth distribution centre in Anum, Mr. Daniel Kwaku Merki, Head of Zipline Ghana, mentioned that the expansion aligns with efforts to build an inclusive and resilient health system.

Accra: The U.S. Embassy’s FBI Legal Attach© Office, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Counterterrorism Bureau, has wrapped up a detailed six-week capacity-building initiative for Ghana’s National Intelligence Bureau-Counterterrorism Directorate (NIB-CTD). According to Ghana News Agency, this initiative represents the first extended modular training focused on enhancing the operational and legal competencies of the Counterterrorism Directorate in counterterrorism investigations. Thirty-five NIB-CTD officers from different regions in Ghana participated in the programme, chosen for their current or anticipated roles in counterterrorism casework and interagency coordination. The training aimed to develop core competencies in six key areas: Basic Counterterrorism Investigations,

Ayanfuri: Perseus Mining (Ghana) Limited has agreed to relinquish a 70-hectare portion of its Ayanfuri Mining Lease to the Government of Ghana for re-allocation under its Small-Scale Cooperative Mining Scheme initiative. The Ayanfuri Mining Lease is situated near the town of Ayanfuri in the Upper Denkyira District of the Central Region of Ghana and hosts Perseus’s Edikan Gold Mine, which has been successfully operating on the lease since 2011. According to Ghana News Agency, the Government’s new Small-Scale Cooperative Mining Scheme initiative aims to empower local communities by involving local chiefs, youth, and other stakeholders in organizing cooperatives and applying

Accra: About 150 delegates from 30 countries are expected in Accra from August 10-17, 2025, for the triennial Congress of the Union Catholique Africaine de la Presse (UCAP), which will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the preservation of human values. The Congress, scheduled to take place at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), will be held under the theme: ‘Balancing Technological Progress and the Preservation of Human Values in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.’ According to Ghana News Agency, participants will include journalists, researchers, ecclesiastical communicators, technology leaders, non-governmental organisations, government representatives and Vatican envoys. UCAP