YALI Screens People of Nandom
Participants at the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme have organised a Hepatitis B and C screening exercise in Nandom. The programme which also enrolled about 100 people onto the...
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1,083 Hectares of Farmlands Attacked By Armyworm In Northern Region
About 1,083 hectares of farmlands in the Northern Region alone have been affected by the fall armyworm that was detected in the country late last year. The region currently trails beind the Brong...
Let’s Move Forward With A United Voice Towards Progress and Development
The enthusiasm is great. The expectations are higher than ever before. Yes! The voices in the “Diasporan wilderness” are been heard loud and clear across the length and breadth of our...
Amnesty Bemoans Cost of Gulf Crisis On Human Rights
Amnesty International warned Saturday of the "heartbreak and fear" being suffered by potentially thousands of ordinary individuals because of the political dispute in the Gulf that has isolated...
Turkey In ‘difficult Position’ Over Support For Qatar
Turkey is keen to support its close ally Qatar in a diplomatic crisis with Doha's Gulf neighbours, but has found itself with little room to manoeuvre given its ties with Riyadh, analysts say. "This...
California Plots To Fight ‘AWOl’ Trump On Climate
California stands poised to fill the US leadership vacuum in the battle against climate change, analysts say, as the state's governor Jerry Brown headed to China on Friday for a high-profile visit...
CSIR Supports ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ With New Cassava Varieties
The Crop Research Institute under the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has introduced three new improved varieties of cassava seeds this year for farmers to support planting for...
Rejoinder: Contractor’s Action Thwarting Planting For Food and Jobs Initiative
We refer to the story titled “Contractor’s action thwarting Planting for Food and Jobs initiative - MoFA“ on GhanaWeb citing GNA as its source on Friday 26th May 2017. We strongly refute the...
Taiwan Steel Plant Opens In Vietnam After Fish Deaths
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on Monday, state media in Hanoi reported. The incident was one of the worst...
Esoko Accused of Thwarting Planting For Food and Jobs Initiative
Deputy Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Mr Akaare Damian, says Esoko, a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), was working against the progress government’s flagship agric...
Philippines’ Duterte Under Fire Over ‘sickening’ Rape Joke
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte came under fire Saturday for making a second joke about rape, with Chelsea Clinton leading online outrage and a rights group branding his sense of humour...
Fall Army Worms Invade Farming Communities In Dormaa Ahenkro
Fall army worms have invaded eleven maize farming communities in Dormaa Ahenkro, the Municipal Capital of the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region. Three hundred and twenty – four...
From Coal Miner To Writer of China’s Hit TV Show
In the midst of China's Cultural Revolution, a 14-year-old coal miner bought a yellowing, torn copy of Honore de Balzac's biography from a book collector on the side of the street. He became...
Light Cigarettes Linked To Specific Form of Lung Cancer
So-called "light" cigarettes with holes in the filter could be the reason why a specific kind of lung cancer has been on the rise in recent decades, researchers said Monday. Adenocarcinoma is the...
Haftar Forces Bombard Rivals After Libya Airbase Attack
Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar have bombed rival forces in retaliation for a deadly attack on an airbase in the south of the country, media reported Sunday. "Warplanes...
Yemen Rebels Declare State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak
Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in the war-torn country, calling for urgent international assistance. Yemen is...
Comey Replacement Could Be Appointed ‘next Week’
US President Donald Trump says he could announce a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey by late next week. He told reporters it was “possible” he could name someone by Friday, before he...
China Champions Globalisation With New Silk Road Summit
China hosts on Sunday a summit showcasing its ambitious drive to revive ancient Silk Road trade routes and lead a new era of globalisation, just as Washington turns inward in favour of "America...
Indisciplined Nurses Eroding Good Image of GHS
General indiscipline among some Nurses in public health facilities in the country has been identified as one of the major factors damaging the good image of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Dr...
Indonesia Faces Calls To Repeal Blasphemy Laws
Indonesia is facing renewed calls to repeal its controversial blasphemy law after the jailing of Jakarta's Christian governor, with critics pointing to a sharp increase in its use to target...