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Nepal Torches Valuable Wildlife Parts

Nepal destroyed thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts seized from poachers on a giant bonfire Monday in a...

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Amewu Seeks Finance Ministry Clearance To Deploy More Forest Guards In Galamsey Fight

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John-Peter Amewu, is seeking clearance from the Ministry of Finance to...

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Otumfuo Supports Ban On Galamsey

Fight against illegal mining in the country received a massive boost last Friday, May 19, 2017 when the Asantehene...

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Amewu Gets Ram For Fighting Galamsey

Volunteers against Environmental Degradation (VAED) Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with special interest...

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Nigeria To Launch First Nano-Satellite

Nigeria plans to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite into orbit between 23-27 May, reports Today.ng, citing the...

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Galamsey Disrupts GRIDCo’s Work; Company Unable To Do Maintenance

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) is unable to carry out maintenance works on its transmission lines within the Akwatia,...

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EU Injects Over EUR2m Into Sustainable Fisheries Development

The European Union (EU) has committed more than two million Euros to the implementation of a four-year sustainable...

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Confusion Rocks Distribution of Subsidized Fertilizer In Upper West

Confusion has erupted over the distribution of 20,000 bags of government subsidized NPK fertilizers meant for farmers...

International

Fourth Person In Probable Ebola Death In Congo

A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo A fourth person has...

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China, DR Congo Most Affected By Displacements In 2016

More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with...

Business

Government Institutions To Mandatorily Buy Local Foodstuff

The government has directed all schools, hospitals and other state institutions to mandatorily buy foodstuff from local...

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President Akufo-Addo Visits Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance Center In Cape Verde

President Akufo-Addo on Saturday, May 19, visited the Centre for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance (CERMI)....

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Accra Gets Second Waste Transfer Station

Indigenous waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana, has commissioned another waste transfer station to facilitate the...

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‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’- the ‘galamsey’ Tale

Though there exist laws on small scale mining, according to the 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines report, illegal mining...

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27 Cocoa Growing Centres To Be Irrigated

Mr. Randy Boitey, the Eastern Regional Cocoa Extension Service Officer has said 400,000 hectares of cocoa farms are to...

International

More Than One Million On Brink of Starvation

reas outside the famine zones are also suffering from severe food shortages. It has been three months since famine,...

International

Scottish Power Lands US Wind Farm Deal

Scottish Power has won the right to build two offshore wind farms in the US which it says could eventually power...

Business

Confusion At Upper West Over Distribution of Subsidized Fertilizers

Confusion has erupted over the distribution of 20,000 bags of government subsidized NPK fertilizers meant for farmers...

Business

Oil Flows From Offshore Cape Three Points Fields In Record Time

ENI has started production from the Offshore Cape Three Points ahead of the August 2017 schedule Ghana’s third...