Day: September 18, 2025

Kwapun: Over 200 youth and women in the Kwapun and Zini communities of the Sissala East and Sissala West Districts have received start-up tools to boost their livelihoods, aimed at promoting peace and social cohesion. The initiative, part of the ‘Improving Economic Resilience of Host Communities for Peacebuilding in Northern Ghana (PERCH)’ project, seeks to empower indigents, refugees, and asylum seekers. According to Ghana News Agency, the beneficiaries received tools covering more than twenty livelihood areas, such as baking, barbering, hairdressing, carpentry, electrical work, tailoring, shea butter, cosmetics production, masonry, and livestock rearing. Additionally, the project will construct a solar-powered

Accra: Pastors and religious leaders in Ghana have been called upon to leverage their influence and platforms to promote road safety awareness, aiming to reduce the increasing number of road accidents in the country. Reverend Cyril Benedict Crabbe, President of Accident Victims Support Ghana (AVSG), emphasized the critical role clergy could play in addressing the issue during a ‘Breakfast with the Clergy’ event in Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, the event brought together clergy members, road safety advocates, insurance companies, health professionals, and accident victims to discuss enhancing road safety advocacy. Rev. Crabbe highlighted the significant impact pastors could

Accra: The Government of Ghana, through the Environmental Protection Authority, has intensified its initiative to phase out the use of mercury in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector. This effort is part of the planetGOLD Ghana project, which is funded by the Global Environment Facility. According to Ghana News Agency, the project, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), organized two community workshops in Asankragwa, Wassa Amenfi West, and Prestea, in the Prestea Huni-Valley District. The purpose of these workshops was to educate miners on the hazards associated

Kumasi: Most Reverend Emmanuel Asante, former Chairman of the Peace Council, at the burial service (Doteyie) of the late Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has stressed the need for unity as the nation continues to pursue its development agenda. He emphasized that peace and harmony are crucial in the growth and development of every facet of national life. According to Ghana News Agency, preaching the sermon at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Most Rev. Asante pointed out that the show of solidarity from all manner of people from across the country to Asanteman was a demonstration that the chieftaincy institution

Accra: War leaders across the country have been urged to lay down their arms and pursue peace, as the nation grapples with rising tensions and divisions. The appeal was made by Apostle Dr Kadmiel E.H Agbelenyo, the Leader and Founder of the Seventh Day Theocratic World Congregation, during the annual Atonement Day ceremony held over the weekend at Shallom-Otiakrom, near Aburi in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region. According to Ghana News Agency, Apostle Dr Agbelenyo called on both political and religious leaders, as well as the general public, to reflect on their actions and seek reconciliation with