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11-year-old boy has died after drowning in a stream at Gomoa Potsin in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased had gone swimming with his friends when the unfortunate incident occurred,” reports said. The death of the deceased has deeply affected his relatives and the community …

A 26-year-old cab driver has been arrested for fatally colliding with a pedestrian on the Sunyani-Abesim road in Ghana. “The suspect was driving a Toyota Vitz taxi cab with registration number GR7260-23, from Abesim to Sunyani as he knocked down two pedestrains,” according to reports. On reaching a section of …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is set to reappoint its former coach, Otto Addo, as head coach of the Black Stars. Otto Addo, 48, will leave German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he is a talent coach, at the end of the season. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said on …

An anti-LGBTQ bill passed by Ghana’s parliament last week, has not yet reached the desk of President Nana Akufo-Addo, he said on Monday. This is his first comments on the bill’s passage. He said Ghana will not backslide on its human rights record, and added that the bill had been …

Ghana’s Finance Ministry has recommended that President Nana Akufo-Addo not sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by Parliament last week. The ministry advises the president not to sign the bill until the country’s Supreme Court rules on whether it complies with Ghana’s constitution. It said signing the bill could cause …

The price of cocoa, the raw material for chocolate, reached its highest level in 47 years on international markets. This was due to a severe shortage of supply, caused by difficulties in the main cocoa-producing regions of Ghana and Ivory Coast. In New York, cocoa exceeded $6,000 per tonne, while …

Ghana’s lawmakers have passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence on anyone found guilty of identifying as LGBTQ+ and anyone found guilty of creating or funding LGBTQ+ groups. The parliamentarians have cracked down on attempts to replace prison sentences with community service and counseling. The bill, which …

A 34-year-old man is on the run after allegedly killing his younger brother’s pregnant wife in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. “The deceased was found with multiple cutlass wounds on her throat, neck, hand, and back but it is not clear what triggered the …

A 50-year-old fetish priest has shot his son to death in a farming community within the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, Ghana. “The deceased was killed and buried in a nearby bush after the crime by his father,” reports said. Mr Selorm Bright Gligui, the Assembly member of …

A 39-year-old man has been found dead on a farm close to River Asuo Kofi at Kwawu Asona in the Kwawu West Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The deceased went to the farm but never returned and all attempts to find him proved futile,” according to reports. His lifeless …