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Tema: Dr Winfred Korletey Baah, Registrar of the Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), has announced that the agency is working on specific tools to regulate the services of fertility centres in Ghana. Dr Baah revealed this during the annual general meeting and scientific conference of the Fertility Society of Ghana (FERSOG) in Tema. The event focused on ‘Reducing the Burden of Infertility in Ghana: Prevention, Fertility, Awareness and Preservation.’ According to Ghana News Agency, Dr Baah stated that HeFRA is in the process of developing specific inspection tools and licenses tailored for fertility centres in Ghana. Currently, these centres are

Gaza strip: The Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, on Sunday rejected accusations from the United States that it is planning an attack on Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. These statements were made in response to claims from the US State Department. According to Ghana News Agency, the US State Department on Saturday warned that Hamas is planning an ‘imminent’ attack on Palestinian civilians. The department informed the guarantor powers of the Gaza peace plan about ‘credible reports’ indicating a violation of the existing ceasefire. The ceasefire, which came into effect on October 10, followed the withdrawal of Israeli troops from

Accra: The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) will, in collaboration with key state institutions, form a joint monitoring and enforcement taskforce to combat the influx of smuggled and unregistered cooking oil on the Ghanaian market. The decision was reached at a stakeholder meeting held in Accra on Friday to discuss effective regulation procedures to clamp down on the illegal trade. According to Ghana News Agency, institutions present at the meeting included the Police, Immigration, and Judicial services, Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Standards Authority, Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, and Ghana Shippers Authority. Dr. Andy Osei Okrah, the

Tel aviv: Israel has identified one of the two bodies returned by Hamas over the weekend as Ronen Tommy Engel, a father of three who was killed by the Palestinian Islamist militia while defending his family. His body was subsequently taken to Gaza. According to Ghana News Agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on its Telegram channel that Engel was killed on October 7th, 2023, during an attack by Hamas terrorists. Engel, 54, was a photographer from the kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli border with Gaza. In the assault that devastated the kibbutz, Hamas abducted his wife and

Tamale: A total of 35 soldiers from the Ghana Army’s Special Operations Brigade have graduated from the Basic Commandos Course 1-25, held at the 69 Airborne Force, Barwah Barracks in Tamale. This rigorous training, which commenced in July, involved select participants from the 69 Airborne Force and the 64 Infantry Regiment. It marked the first joint commando training conducted under the Ghana Army Special Operations Brigade’s command. According to Ghana News Agency, Brigadier General Richard Kainyi Mensah, Commander of the Ghana Army Special Operations Brigade, lauded the graduating soldiers for their resilience, courage, and commitment during the ceremony. He emphasized

Kyiv: Two people have died in Russian drone attacks in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin reported on Telegram on Sunday. One person died and two were injured in the village of Staroraiske, south-west of Kramatorsk, and another died in Kostyantynivka, an industrial town to the south of Kramatorsk. One person was injured in Druzhkivka. According to Ghana News Agency, the casualties came after Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone attacks overnight, with Ukrainian forces downing 40 of the 62 drones of various types launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force reported via Telegram on Sunday. Nineteen

Lomé: In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions in this country of over 9.5 million citizens. Early in June 2025, protests broke out across…