Popular Laboma Beach entertainment spot Pink Flamingo Lounge has been demolished as the Post Flood Mitigation Taskforce steps up efforts to clear structures built within the protected buffer zone of the Kpeshie Lagoon. The demolition began in the early hours
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Member of Parliament for Assin South, John Ntim Fordjour, has called for a full-scale investigation into a series of major narcotics seizures linked to Ghana, warning that the country risks becoming a “Cocaine Coast” amid what he describes as an
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Canada’s much-vaunted engagement with Africa is a partnership in name only, a senior Ghanaian jurist has charged, delivering a blistering legal indictment of North-South research relations that strips away decades of diplomatic niceties to expose a relationship of donor and
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 3.8% of adults in Ghana have considered suicide, while 2.3% have attempted suicide, highlighting the need for stronger suicide prevention measures. WHO Country Representative to Ghana, Dr Fiona Braka, disclosed this in Accra during
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A 20-year-old Central University law student, Ivan Apprey Baidoo, has died in a motorcycle crash on the Accra-Tema Motorway, with his family raising questions about the circumstances surrounding his death and the subsequent police investigation. Ivan’s father, Evans Baidoo, said
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The Ghana Police Service has dismantled an alleged armed robbery gang accused of targeting gold dealers’ shops, mining sites and communities across parts of the Ashanti and Western regions. The intelligence-led operations, conducted between August and September 4, 2026, resulted
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Ghana notably decriminalized criminal libel and sedition in 2001. Under the previous Act 29 (Sections 112 to 119), defaming an individual, particularly a public official, was regarded as a crime against the state, punishable by imprisonment. Under the amended Act
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A five-year-old girl has drowned after reportedly falling into an uncovered, water-filled manhole at Ansaful, near the Christ Apostolic Church in Winneba in the Central Region. The incident occurred on Thursday, September 3, 2026, according to the Ghana National Fire
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Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George has announced plans for a nationwide intervention to address gaps in Ghana’s rural telecommunications network following an assessment of connectivity challenges in the Eastern Region. Mr George said the government has identified several bottlenecks affecting
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Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George has disclosed that about 140,000 people have registered for the government’s One Million Coders Programme, with authorities projecting a significant increase in enrolment before the end of the year. According to the Minister, about 10,000