BUILDING COLLAPSE IN ACCRA CHURCH KILLS AT LEAST THREE
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At least three people were killed, and dozens were injured after a three-storey building used as a temporary church collapsed within a school compound in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday.
At least three people were killed, and dozens were injured after a three-storey building used as a temporary church collapsed within a school compound in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday.
Ghana is celebrating 69 years of independence, marking the country's freedom from British colonial rule. The West African nation became the first in sub-Saharan Africa to break free from colonial rule when it gained independence on the 6th of March, 1957.
Ghanian video journalist Ernest Dele Aglunu scooped top honours in the Global South Video News Awards, held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi.
The inaugural awards were aimed at recognising journalists of the Global South whose work is reshaping the narrative around the south.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has no doubt that newly accredited Heads of Mission to Namibia will continue to build on the efforts of their predecessors.
President Nandi-Ndaitwah on Wednesday received letters of credence from five new envoys at State House.
Ghana’s President John Mahama has assured President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah that the ideals of total emancipation of the African continent remain central to Ghana’s vision, as articulated by the country’s founding leader, Kwame Nkrumah.
Ghana is set to receive several West African nationals who were deported from the U.S., President John Mahama has said.
This is after the U.S. authorities approached the Ghanaian government to accept third-party nationals as part of the Trump administration's clampdown on illegal immigration.
Ghana's President, John Mahama, has removed the country's Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo, from office with immediate effect.
It was a night of electrifying boxing action at the AC Boxing Bonanza held at the Roman Catholic Hall, with fans on the edge of their seats as Namibia's own Flame Nangolo delivered a knockout performance to claim the WBO Super Featherweight title.<
The Vice-President of Ghana, Dr. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, and that of Uganda, Jessica Alupo, held courtesy meetings with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.
Opoku-Agyemang and Alupo led the Ghanaian and Ugandan delegations to attend the inauguration of President Nandi-Ndaitwah on Friday.
Ghana's former ruling party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has directed its members to cease discussions that create disaffection within the party in the media.