Category: News

Accra: The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) observed this year’s Food Safety Day with an event at the Wa Central Market, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing food safety over profit for traders and consumers. According to Ghana News Agency, the event also engaged students and staff from the Wa Technical Institute to highlight the significance of food safety practices in promoting healthier lives. The FDA encouraged traders to follow food safety measures such as selling products on raised platforms, while urging consumers to ensure that purchased food items are wholesome. Ms. Jocelyn Adeline Egyakwa Amusah, Head of Safety Coordination and

Tamale: The newly elected Northern Regional Executive Officers of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) have been officially sworn into office, marking the beginning of their three-year tenure in leading the association’s activities in the region. The officers, who were elected unopposed, include Mr. Yakubu Abdul-Majeed as the Regional Chairman, Mr. Albert Futukpor as the Regional Secretary, and Miss Joyce Kantam Kolamong as the Regional Treasurer. The elections took place during the GJA National and Regional Executive Elections held on June 30, 2025. According to Ghana News Agency, the swearing-in ceremony was conducted by His Lordship Emmanuel Plange Brew, Supervising High

Sunyani: Skin-Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin-NTDs), including leprosy, Buruli ulcer, yaws, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, and scabies, are being tackled in Bono and Upper West Regions through the ENIWEE Project. These diseases, which thrive in areas lacking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities, disproportionately affect rural and marginalized populations, resulting in lifelong disabilities, stigma, and mental health issues. According to Ghana News Agency, the ENIWEE Project is spearheaded by the health-centered NGO SMAid and funded by Anesvad Foundation. The project aims to break the cycle of Skin-NTDs by addressing their root causes in disease-prone communities. Running from March 2025 to March 2027,

Somanya: Kloma Hengme, an advocacy organization based in the Krobo area, has announced plans to stage a peaceful street protest on Thursday, July 24, 2025, to demand urgent action on the stalled reconstruction of the Somanya-Odumase-Kpong highway. In a statement directed at local authorities, the Association led by Mr. Isaac Tamatey Otu highlighted the mounting hardships resulting from the deteriorating condition of the highway, which serves as a vital transit corridor for residents of Yilo and Manya Krobo. According to Ghana News Agency, the worsening condition of this highway has become a daily source of frustration, hardship, and danger. Dust

Tema: On any ordinary morning, Maame Esi, an HIV mentor mother, stands among other mothers at the antenatal clinic of the Tema General Hospital, scanning the room, not with judgement, but with the wisdom of someone who has been there before. According to Ghana News Agency, twenty-one years ago, she sat in the same space, pregnant, scared. She was about to receive a diagnosis that would change her life. She tested positive for HIV; what followed was not tragedy but transformation. Today, she is one of Ghana’s unsung heroes, a living proof that HIV is no longer a death sentence

Nkwanta south: A 37-year-old forestry guard, Mr. Daniel Obeng, has gone missing in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region. Information gathered by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reveals Mr. Obeng was last seen on July 4, 2025, after being transferred from Nkwanta township to Tutukpene, a suburb of Nkwanta South. According to Ghana News Agency, the victim joined the Forestry Service Commission in 2012 and had previously worked at Brewaniase and Bontibo, cocoa farming communities in Nkwanta South. Mr. Obeng was known for his work ethic and had recently been transferred to his new jurisdiction, where relatives, friends,

Accra: Mr. Seidu Issifu, Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, has called for the urgent establishment of a climate debt forgiveness mechanism to support countries disproportionately affected by the consequences of climate change. He stated that developing nations, particularly in Africa, were being pushed into deeper debt traps as they struggled to cope with increasingly severe climate-related disasters, events they had little role in causing. According to Ghana News Agency, the Minister of State made these remarks during a courtesy visit by the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) in Accra. The visit aimed to welcome him