[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extolled late former President Jerry John Rawlings, as a charismatic and fearless who rendered distinguished service to the nation.

[The Conversation Africa] The world's population is growing older - and that includes African countries, although they remain primarily youthful. Of all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana has among the highest proportion of people over the ag...

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the harassment and assault of a news crew from Kumasi-based LUV FM at a mining site at Manso in the mineral-rich Ashanti region of Ghana by a group of soldiers and private guards.

[This Day] High Chief Tom Ikimi, as Foreign Minister of Nigeria, meets with President Jerry John Rawlings in Accra in 1996

[GhanaToday] The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday paid his last respect to late ex-president Jerry John Rawlings.

[CPJ] Abuja -- Ghanaian authorities must investigate the recent detention of three Joy News staffers, and hold to account the soldiers who interfered with their reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E.Dr George Manneh Weah has arrived in the Ghanaian capital, Accra to join other world leaders pay their last respect to former Ghana president Jerry John Rawlings.

[The Point] The Gambia has been paired with Ghana, Morocco and Tanzania in group C of the 2021 Africa U-20 Youth Championship.

[The Conversation Africa] Many Ghanaian households are energy poor. Households that use biomass like wood, grass, animal dung and charcoal are considered energy poor while households that use clean energy like electricity and liquefied petroleum gas ...

[GhanaToday] The Minister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged Ghanaians to observe the activities marking the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings virtually to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the co...

[MAP] Yaoundé -- Morocco was drawn in Group C of the the Total U20 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Ghana, Gambia and Tanzania.

[The Conversation Africa] Collapsed buildings are worryingly common in several large African cities. One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Niger...

[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Aviation says it has rejected British Airways (BA)'s plan to move the London-Accra-London flights from the Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport this summer.

[Ghanaian Times] The government has been urged to focus on homegrown policies to revive the economy post-COVID.

[Ghanaian Times] A national service personnel, Danyagiri Mark, has appeared before an Accra High Court in Tamale, for allegedly stealing GH¢163,000, belonging to the Tamale Medical Stores.

[Ghanaian Times] Accounting officers, numbering 5,000 and drawn from various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other public sector organisations, will, from today, undergo standard international accounting certification programme.

[Ghanaian Times] Parliament has constituted two committees to oversee urgent businesses of the House in the interim, pending the passage and review of its new Standing Orders.

[Ghanaian Times] A Ghanaian-United Kingdom based environmental conservation advocate, Mr Collins Oppong -Kyekyeku, has appealed to government to initiate fresh policies and guidelines to bring lasting solutions to activities of illegal mining popular...

[Ghanaian Times] History, they say, repeats itself, and the Good Book also says there is nothing new under the sun.

[Ghanaian Times] Some parents have expressed concern about the financial burden re-opening of schools has brought on them.

[Ghanaian Times] The large sums of money that are paid to MPs as gratuity at the end of each Parliament's life does not go down well with the general public. Some Ghanaians consider it as unfair compensation compared to the paltry lump sums of money ...

[Ghanaian Times] The total market capitalisation of the Ghana Stock Exchange as of January 18 this year increased by GH¢ 17.57 to GH¢ 54,706.12.

[Ghanaian Times] Government has been called upon to, as matterof urgency, prioritise gender responsiveness and sensitivity in all up-coming ministerial, boards, MMDCE and other public appointments.

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has made the following appointments to his office for his second term:

[GhanaToday] File photo: Ken Ofori-Atta, former Minister for Finance

[GhanaToday] The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has warned the general public of a fraudulent advert on various online portals promising job seekers juicy employment in the Authority.

[GhanaToday] Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured the public that it would strictly enforce all the COVID-19 safety measures to ensure the safety of students as schools reopen across the country on Monday.

[LINA] Pleebo -- The compliance and enforcement team of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), has arrested several illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishermen, comprising mainly Ghanaians.

[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the rank and file of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to keep themselves together and support the government to develop the country.

[Premium Times] "As we expand from Nigeria to Ghana and beyond, this funding will be key to our ability to swiftly deploy hybrid-solar solutions..."