Category: News

Damongo: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Savannah Regional Peace Council, has successfully conducted a three-day capacity-building workshop in Damongo. This initiative aims to bolster women’s roles in peacebuilding, decision-making, and local governance within the West Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region. According to Ghana News Agency, the workshop was conducted with support from the Governments of Denmark and Luxembourg and brought together 50 women from various communities and organizations in the region. The training, titled ‘Training of Women Groups to Enhance their Peacebuilding, Early Warning and other Conflict Resolution Capacities,’ sought to advocate for women’s

Accra: The Ketu Divisional Police have apprehended a suspect linked to the murder of a taxi driver, whose body was discovered in a cassava farm in Kato, Volta Region. The arrest was made during a routine night patrol operation. According to Ghana News Agency, Chief Superintendent Samuel Odame, the Ketu Police Divisional Commander, explained that the National Highway Patrol Team, stationed at Dzodze, intercepted a Toyota Vitz with registration number GN 2586-22. The vehicle was traveling along the Tadzewu-Akatsi highway from the Akatsi direction. Upon stopping the vehicle for a routine search, the driver and three other occupants fled the

Accra: A man who allegedly fought someone he suspected was dating his ex-wife has been arrested for murder. A police press release copied to the Ghana News Agency stated that Malcom Fraizer, also known as Nii Djan, was arrested on July 1, 2025, for the murder of a man following a violent altercation in Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, the arrest was based on intelligence from the National Operations Directorate (NOD) Intelligence Unit. The unit traced the suspect’s hideout after a video of the incident surfaced online. Police investigations revealed that the confrontation occurred on April 1, 2025. ‘During

Accra: The Capacity Enhancement and Community Support (CAPECS) Ghana, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ghana, has inaugurated a solar-powered mechanised water system in Suke, located in the Lambussie District. This initiative is designed to empower women in the community, promoting their involvement in decision-making processes to enhance peacebuilding and sustainable development within the region. According to Ghana News Agency, the project aims to enable women in the community to engage in year-round farming, particularly in vegetable production, as part of CAPECS Ghana’s efforts to bolster women’s economic resilience and inclusion in decision-making and peacebuilding. It seeks

Sofia: Vice President Iliana Iotova told journalists on Saturday that the government will remain in office as long as MRF Chair and MRF-New Beginning Floor Leader Delyan Peevski decides. Iotova was responding to a question about the government’s stability following the failed third motion of no confidence and the prospects for another motion, while attending a ceremony marking the 146th anniversary of the Ministry of Interior at the Unknown Soldier Monument in Sofia. According to Ghana News Agency, Iotova remarked that the stability of Boyko Borissov’s government, led by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, is now dependent on the support of

Accra: Residents of Ashongman Estates in the Ga East District of Greater are hailing a major victory in their long-standing battle against landguard terror after a successful operation by the Ghana Police Service’s Anti-Landguard Unit, which led to the arrest of notorious landguards. According to Ghana News Agency, a statement indicated that in the morning of Thursday, July 3, 2025, the specialized unit, commanded by DSP Nafiu Shittu, launched a well-coordinated raid at the Bank of Ghana lands within the estate. The operation, which followed intelligence gathered from persistent community complaints, resulted in the apprehension of 10 landguards accused of

Accra: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and UNICEF, has introduced a project designed to improve the living conditions of forcibly displaced persons in Northern Ghana and enhance their resilience. The EU has co-funded this £2.7 million initiative, named ‘Supporting the Resilience of Forcibly Displaced People and Host Communities in Northern Ghana (UNITE)’, which will be implemented by UNICEF Ghana and UNHCR over a two-year period. According to Ghana News Agency, the project is being carried out in Zini, located in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region, and in Tarikom in