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,” …
Read More »Ghana: chinese man found dead at Asutaure
A Chinese national was found dead in Asutaure, in the Shai Osuduku district, in the Greater Accra region, Ghana, according to reports. The lifeless body was found after the spillage of the Kpong dam. “The deceased was fishing when he was swept away by the water,” according to Adom News. …
Read More »Ghana: assailants kill a 33-year-old nurse
A 33-year-old nurse has been allegedly killed by unknown assailants at Atwima Boko in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to report. The victim’s husband reported to the police that his wife had not returned home from work the previous day. The police and community members searched for her and found …
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