A young man was attacked with a machete while trying to steal dried cocoa beans in Osedzi, in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The victim and two accomplices have found the cocoa folded in a drying mat on the compound of a farmer as they turned …
Read More »Ghana’s renal unit reopens after five-month closure
A major renal unit at Ghana’s publicly funded Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in the capital, Accra, has reopened after a five-month closure. The country’s largest treatment centre for patients suffering kidney disease shut because of budgetary issues and it was unable to pay for the everyday needs of those needing …
Read More »Patients die after closure of Ghana’s renal unit – association
Nineteen kidney patients have died since Ghana’s largest renal centre closed in May due to funding difficulties, the BBC reported, citing the president of the country’s Renal Patients Association. Kofi Baffour Ahenkorah made the disclosure as Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu was due to meet management at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital …
Read More »Woman arrested for baby theft in Kasoa America Town
A 27-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby girl at Kasoa American Town in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. The baby’s mother gave her child to the suspect’s little sister to look after her while she used the toilet. The suspect …
Read More »Man found hanging on tree near Volta River
A man has been found hanging on a tree near the Volta River at Kpong in the Eastern Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The deceased was unfamiliar to the people of the community and that there were suspicions of suicide,” according to the Assemblyman for Kpong Zongo Electoral Area, Gershon …
Read More »Ghana: fire destroys 8-bedroom house
An eight-bedroom house has been completely destroyed after a fire incident at Tesano-Apenkwa near the Charleston Hotel in Accra, Ghana, according to reports. The cause is, however, not known. “Occupants managed to escape unhurt but lost all their belongings as the fire quickly spread to other parts of the building,” …
Read More »Teenage father poisons 10-day-old son in Assin-Praso
Police in Assin-Praso have intensified the search for a teenage father who allegedly poisoned his 10-day-old baby with a weed killer in the Assin North district of Ghana’s Central Region. “The move was to kill the baby, who had become a burden of a sort to the suspect and the …
Read More »Man murdered on his farm at Agona Nyakrom Abrokro
A butchered body of a 45-year-old man was found on a farm in Abrokro, a suburb of Agona Nyakrom in Ghana’s Central Region. “The deceased was found with cutlass wound behindhis neck and on his head,” reports said. “The deceased told a co-tenants last Wednesday that he would be travelling …
Read More »Mother and son arrested for killing farmer
A 57-year-old woman her son have been arrested over the death of a 56-year-old farmer at Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The woman and the deceased had a misunderstanding that turned into a dispute between the two,” reports said. The two suspects brutally assaulted the deceased with clubs …
Read More »Ghana: a girl drown at Awutu Kwao Bondzei
An 11-year-old girl was swept away by floodwaters at Awutu Kwo Bondzei in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The incident happened after a heavy downpour in the area,” according to reports. “The deceased and her sister left the house to buy vegetables for their mother,” …
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