Communities hit by tidal waves in the Ketu South Municipality are calling for relocation and support from government. This was disclosed by the Municipal Chief Executive of the Keta Municipal...
Ghanaian filmmaker Socrate Safo, has been appointed Director of Creative Arts, National Commission on Culture (NCC). An official appointment letter signed by Minister of Tourism, Culture and...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has shut down six illegal landfill sites in the metropolis. The six include a huge site on the Mortuary Road, behind the International Central Gospel Church...
Zimbabwe has banned the import of corn after enjoying a bumper crop that authorities hope will be enough to feed the nation and stimulate home-grown production, state-owned media reported Tuesday....
Though it has about 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa’s net food import is predicted to grow from $39bn in 2016 to over $110bn by 2025. Food production is desperately low due in...
The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in the Northern Region has engaged some farmers in the Tolon District on impending dangers with regard to the fall armyworm infestation in...
The Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has said the government is considering a compulsory relocation of victims affected by the recent tidal waves that hit parts of the country’s...
At least four people were missing after the collapse of a seven-storey building in the Kenyan capital Nairobi overnight, the Red Cross said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in a very poor...
The country could be experiencing heavy rains from now till the end of July The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) has warned, the country could be experiencing heavy rains from now till the end of...
A mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced Iraqi civilians outside Mosul has left at least two dead and hundreds requiring urgent treatment, officials said Tuesday. "There are 752 cases of food...
Madam Christine Evans-Klock, the United Nations Coordinator in Ghana, has commended the Government’s efforts to improve the regulation of small-scale mining and end Galamsey. The move is to protect...
Malaysian customs officers have seized almost 300 kilograms of pangolin scales being smuggled through the main airport, officials said on Tuesday. The 288-kilogram (635 pound) haul was found at Kuala...
Fifteen people are reported missing after a seven-storey building collapsed on Monday night in an eastern suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that response teams were at...
South Korea said Tuesday a drone believed sent from North Korea had been spying on a US missile defence system before it crashed. The remains of the small drone, which was equipped with a camera,...
About 15 people are missing after a seven-storey building collapsed on Monday night in an eastern suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that response teams were on the...
The infestation of fall armyworms on maize farms in the Ashanti Region continues to worsen despite efforts by the government to manage the spread of the pests. About 62,627 hectares of maize farms...
Heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 35 people in southeast Bangladesh, most of them buried under landslides, authorities said Tuesday. Police warned that the death toll would likely rise as...
China's central government has allocated another 30.7 billion yuan to fund people living in poverty China's central government has allocated another 30.7 billion yuan (about 4.52 billion U. S....
Authorities in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, have started disbursement of compensation to persons affected by a deadly landslide that hit the country in March this year. The Voice of America’s...
Cocoa farmers at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region are cutting down trees on their farms, impeding efforts to tackle climate change effects on cocoa production. The...
