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Two military officers have been arrested for allegedly robbing over GHS 100,000 from a gold dealer at Apantubom in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region._ The two according to residents were among five individuals who attacked the community and robbed them off their monies on Saturday November 25, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that his government is working hard to restore the fortunes of Ghana. According to him, the policies and programs being implemented are a sure way to stabilize the country’s economy. Speaking at the Valedictory Service for the outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church …

In anticipation of the yearly National Farmers’ Day (NFD) celebrations on December 1, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has declared that roads leading to the Ministerial enclave in Accra will be closed._ The Principal Streets of Parliament House, Independence Square, the John Evans Alta Mills Court Complex, and the …

 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that he took note of some persons who brandished machetes and other weapons at the residence of former President John Dramani Mahama last week. Mr Akufo-Addo said that he hoped the persons who did that did not have in mind any attempt to cause violence …

Another Ghanaian fisheries observer has disappeared again._ Samuel Abayitey was aboard a tuna vessel, Marine 707. His work was part of a government effort to regulate over-fishing and other illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices by some trawlers, which has driven small pelagic fish, the staple diet of the coastal …

A petition to Parliament, signed by six industry associations, requests that the House reject the government’s proposed import limitations bill, which is being considered by the Ministry of Trade and Industry._ The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), the Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG), the Importers and Exporters …

The Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) has condemned the ongoing unrest in Sierra Leone, a member of the political bloc._ ECOWAS in a statement dated Sunday, November 26, 2023, said it “has learnt with utter disgust a plot by certain individuals to acquire arms and disturb the peace …

Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew as armed men broke into a prison, setting inmates free._ Detainees from Central Padema Road prison in the capital city Freetown were released on Sunday morning, an official at the facility told BBC News. Earlier on, the gunmen had attacked a military …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration will next week announce an upward review of passport application fees.The Foreign Ministry in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the formal announcement for the upward review of passport application fees would take place on Tuesday, November 28 in …