Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has said the Region would gain from the creation of a new region for the northern part. He, therefore, urged chiefs in the Region to support and...
An informal settlement in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, has been razed to the ground in defiance of a court order, rights activists say. The homes of nearly 4,700 people in Otodo-Gbame were...
General Electric (GE), the world’s premier digital industrial company, has announced the order of a 200MW combined-cycle power plant to be operated by Amandi Energy Limited in Aboadze, Ghana. The...
Canada's government pledged Can$120 million (US$90 million, 84 million euros) Friday to help relieve food crises in four countries where 20 million people face starvation and famine. The funding for...
The Federation of Indigenous Ghana Oil Service Providers (FIGOSP) has asked Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko to designate one of his three deputies specifically for local content in the oil and gas...
It appears efforts targeted at waste management in the major cities of the country are yet to receive the required investment as the nation runs out of landfill sites. Some studies have shown that...
Ghana’s tourism sector is expected to rake in more foreign exchange following the discovery of Coral Reefs in its marine waters. Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems, similar to a forest...
The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ordered it and the plant operator to pay damages, officials...
The Environmental Service Providers Association says spending $700 million to construct new drains and dislodge choked ones is not an effective way to prevent the perennial floods in Accra. While...
The Environmental Service Providers Association says spending $700 million to construct new drains and dislodge choked ones is not an effective way to prevent the perennial floods in Accra. While...
Government has been urged to consider waiving taxes on imports of waste management equipment and logistics. A Research Consultant of Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Matilda Owusu,...
Integrated waste management solution champions, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has announced plans to partner newly created ministry—Inner-City and Zongo Development. The move, according to the waste...
World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions are indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution in Southeast Asia, a watchdog group charged in a report Friday. By investing in...
Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage....
Nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima won formal approval to host baseball during the Tokyo Olympics on Friday -- and may have the honour of putting on the opening game. Chief organiser Yoshiro Mori said...
Japan launched a new spy satellite on Friday, the country's space agency said, as the region grows increasingly uneasy over North Korea's quickening missile programme. The Radar 5 unit was carried...
The Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling for a ban on what it calls “primitive recycling of e-wastes” due to the hazardous chemicals it...
Major chocolate makers, including Ferrero, Nestle and Mars, agreed Thursday a landmark initiative to tackle deforestation in top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana -- a move hailed by Prince...
US President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at home and abroad, sparking outcry among experts who say the cuts would endanger...
