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After the video went viral, Reverend Father Baltharzzar Obeng Larbi, the priest who was seen kissing three female students duriing church service, admitted his behavior was bad and prayed for forgiveness. Rev. Baltharzzar who has kissed three students of the St Monica ‘s College in Manpong, in the Ashanti region, …

After an agreement with the Ghanaian government, the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is expected to cancel its strike. The association has been asking the government the restoration of service conditions agreed upon with the government in 2012. The teacher’s association started an indefinite strike last Monday denouncing poor …

Several thousand anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to call for action to address the country’s economic and social challenges. A social media campaign under the slogan “Fix The Country” has gained momentum in recent months. President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has introduced new taxes …

Ghanaian information minister says politicians have “no intention” of changing its laws on sexuality, after an anti-gay bill was submitted to parliament. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that the country’s current laws on “matters of sexuality” were “adequate”. Ghana’s criminal code outlaws what it describes as “unnatural carnal knowledge” but does …

A mass funeral has been held for 13 teenagers whose bodies were found off the coast of Ghana just over a week ago. Twenty teenagers are believed never to have returned after going swimming off Apam beach in southern Ghana. Seven bodies have not been found. Twelve out of the …

Rescuers have retrieved 12 bodies of children who drowned near a popular beach in southern Ghana. They were part of a group aged between 14 and 17 who had gone for a swimming outing on Sunday at Apam town. Parents and locals have gathered at the shore to wait for …

According to researchers Frank Nyonator and Ken Sagoe, this West African country lost 50% of its nursing workforce between 1995 and 2005 despite certain advantages (free housing and bonuses) to curb this brain drain. In 2016, there were only 3,365 doctors, or 1 per 8,500 inhabitants. Ghana is not alone …

Ivory Coast has become the second country after Ghana to receive coronavirus jabs as part of the global vaccine-sharing programme Covax. Half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered from a plant in India. Ivorian Health Minister Eugene Aka Aouélé welcomed their arrival, saying the fight against the …

Ghana will begin its vaccination programm on March 2 with the 600,000 COVAX vaccines delivered to the country on Wednesday, February 24. The Ghanean minister of information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah issued a press statement yesterday, telling exactly how this would be done and those who would be taking the jabs …

Ghanean authoritiies received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses distributed by the global vaccine sharing initiative, Covax. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef, a plane carrying 600,000 doses of the of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine landed in Accra, the capital on Wednesday. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are …