Nutrition Policy Forum Held In Bimbilla
A nutrition policy forum was held in Bimbilla in the Northern Region. The Head of Programs for Grameen Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization, Mr Mugmin Musah told Citi News at the forum that...
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USAID-Ghana Rice Project Promoting Food Security, Incomes In UWR
The US Agency for International Development, Ghana Mission (USAID-Ghana) is providing new technologies and improved seeds to boost rice production to promote food security and incomes in Upper West...
One-Village, One-Dam To Start After Rainy Season – Veep
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the people of northern Ghana that the government’s 'One-village, one-dam’ programme will commence after the current rainy season. He explained that...
NPP Can’t Fulfill All Promises In 6 Months – Adams
The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has observed that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not expected to fulfil all the promises it made ahead of...
One-Village, One-Dam To Start After Rainy Season
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the people of northern Ghana that the government’s 'One-village, one-dam’ programme will commence after the current rainy season. He explained that...
Amissah-Arthur Challenges NPP
Former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has challenged the governing New Patriotic Party to answer all the 170 promises the party made to Ghanaians ahead of the 2016 elections. “I have been told...
We Can’t Dig Dams In Rainy Season
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has ruled out any expectations that the irrigation dams promised all villages in northern Ghana by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) before it recaptured power in 2016...
Education of Mothers Key To Reduction In Infant Mortality
The findings of a health research has indicated that the ages and educational levels of mothers and other predictors are key determinants in the survival of sick new-born babies in some districts in...
USAId’S Ghana Mission Head Visits Agric & Natural Resources Mgt. Site
The Ghana Mission Director of USAID, Andrew Karas, is impressed with rural women in Northern Ghana for their adoption of the Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project...
US, Netherlands Pledge Support For Galamsey Fight
The United States and The Netherland Embassies in Ghana have pledged support for the country’s fight against illegal mining. According to the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, the fight...
Women Paying Price For Ghana’s Disappearing Shea Trees
play videoMajority of women in northern Ghana depend on shea butter processing for a livelihood The livelihoods of over 3 million women are now on the line as concerns are being raised about people...
We Have Begun the Job You Gave Us – Dr Bawumia To Dagbon Chiefs
The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the chiefs and people of Dagbon that the perennial water crisis in Yendi will soon be a thing of the past, following...
We Have Begun the Job You Gave Us – Bawumia To Dagbon Chiefs
The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the chiefs and people of Dagbon that the perennial water crisis in Yendi will soon be a thing of the past, following...
Why Age Is Just A Number In Ghana
Letter from Africa: Why age is just a number in Ghana In our series of letters from African journalists, veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on why in Ghana a person's age is not...
Farmers Get Certified Seeds Under CRS/USAID/IFDC Programme
The Catholic Relief Services in collaboration with the International Fertilizer Development Center has supplied 1,080 farmers in the Northern region with certified seeds for the 2017 farming season...
Stop the Chinanisation of Africa!
“Unknown.” That was the shocking response from Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry to the question: “How many Chinese are here in the country?” that I posed sometime ago. If, this weekend, you...
Onion Factory To Be 1st ‘One District, One Factory’ Project In Binduri, Upper East Region
Construction of an onion factory is expected to begin in Bazua in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region under the ‘One District, One Factory’ policy of government. The factory will be set...
Northern Ghanaians Celebrate Damba In Atlanta
The Association of Northern Ghanaians of Georgia (ANGG) celebrated an unprecedented Damba festival in Atlanta last Saturday May 6th, 2017 which brought all Ghanaians living in Georgia and other...
Onion Factory To Be 1st ‘One District, One Factory’ Project In Binduri, U/E
Construction of an onion factory is expected to begin in Bazua in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region under the ‘One District, One Factory’ policy of government. The factory will be...
‘Make Groundnut Farming Part of ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’
SADA-CSOs has appealed for groundnut farming to added to the 'Planting for Food and Job' campaign The Coalition of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Civil Society Organisations...