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A radio presenter with Ke FM at Kpasa in the Oti Region, Ghana, together with his five friends has sustained varying degrees of injuries after a gas cylinder in their room exploded, citinewsroom reported. Three of the injured are said to be in critical condition and on admission at the …

At least three young men are in critical condition and receiving treatment at Kasoa Central Clinic after a group of people numbering seven and believed to be foreigners attacked them at Kasoa Freetown in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region, local media reported. Information gathered indicates that …

Thieves attacked the Divine Grace Missions Outreach Ministry International at Kusa near Fomena in the northern Adansi district of the Ashanti region of Ghana and stole musical instruments, Adomonline reported. The suspects made away with musical instruments worth over GHC 20,000.00. General overseer of the church, Bishop Sylvester Addai, is …

Police in Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central Region, Ghana arrested a 37-year-old evangelist for allegedly sodomizing a 15-year-old boy, local media reported. According to a report on Onua FM, the victim has been continually sodomized by the evangelist for about two years. Reports said the suspect sought permission from the …

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo recalled the harmful effects of the slave trade for the African continent and demanded an apology from Europe for Africans. The tenant of the Jubile House said slavery stifled the economic, cultural and psychological progress of Africa. According to the President, when the British ended slavery, …

A combined team of Ghanaian Police and Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force demolished the Apostolic Movers and Shakers Chapel building in Dansoman on Monday for operating without a permit, Pulse news agency reported. This follows an earlier warning by the AMA to the Church to vacate the area in …

Ghana’s gender minister, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has been relieved of her duties after more than a year of continuous absence from work. The presidency did not state the exact reason for her sacking in a press release, but it could be due to her continuous absence, which has raised concerns …

Ghana’s health authorities said nearly 100 people are in isolation following the detection of two cases of Marburg virus. Officials said two patients in southern Ashanti region died in hospital after contracting the highly infectious haemorrhagic fever. Bats are a known source of transmission and officials are warning people to …

Health authorities in Ghana reported two cases of Marburg virus, a highly contagious disease from the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. Preliminary tests carried out on two patients, who have since died, came back positive after the samples were transported to the Pasteur Institute in Senegal for …

Wednesday’s protest against the rising cost of living in Ghana has so far been peaceful, unlike on Tuesday when clashes with police erupted and 29 people were arrested. After a series of meetings with the police, protesters were allowed to use a route that runs in front of the president’s …