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Tamale, Ghana – A 60-year-old farmer from the Nkoranza South District of the Brong Ahafo Region, James Obeng Boateng, has been crowned the overall National Best Farmer for 2018.Mr Boateng was rewarded with a cheque for GHS 480,000 in addition to other prizes.President Nana Akufo-Addo, who graced the 34th National …

Tamale, Ghana – A former investigative journalist with the Chronicle Newspaper, Edmond Gyebi, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider taking action against two soldiers who severely brutalized Christopher Bama for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The two soldiers, Corporal Sampson Atuahene who is owner of the mobile phone and …

Tamale, Ghana – Renowned Ghanaian human rights and investigative journalist, Edmond Gyebi, has chastised the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for their lackadaisical attitude towards a case of severe human rights violations involving a 16-year old boy brought before it about 3 years ago. Christopher Bama, who …

#Facebook post The Chief Editor of Savannah News writes in a Facebook post. Adentan Demo Should be Replicated Across Northern Ghana. People of Northern Ghana, have you seen what’s happening in Adentan? If we don’t come out in our numbers: the Tamale-Yendi, Chuchuliga, Tamale-Salaga, Wa-Tumu, Nandom-Hamile, Salaga-Kpandai, Yendi-Bimbilla, Gushegu-Karaga, Sawla-Tuna-Wa, …

Tamale, Ghana – A new survey conducted in three districts in the Northern Region of Ghana has uncovered that, eight (8) out of 10 pupils in primary 6 in those districts cannot do class 2 level tests in numeracy and literacy. The report of the survey which was released on Thursday …

Goripie Saeddiyya Primary School Wa, Ghana – The lower primary pupils of Goripie Saeddiyya Primary school in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region sit on bare floors to obverse classes due to lack of furniture. The situation is very worrying and has made teaching and learning very …

Tamale, Ghana – Six journalists in the Northern Region on Saturday October 6, 2018 escaped a mob attack from some irate students of the Nyankpala campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The journalists who were all invited by management of the UDS to provide press coverage for the …

Tamale, Ghana – Available statistics suggest that women account for 70% of production of subsistence crops and form about 90% of the labour force in the marketing of farm produce in Ghana. In Northern Ghana, women are engaged in the planting, weeding, harvesting and post-harvesting stages of all types of …

Fred is a young entrepreneur from Ghana and the founder of the African Leadership Group, which is preparing the next generation of African leaders. He is also part of the Goalkeepers event happening later this month in New York City, which our foundation helped organize to accelerate progress toward the …

Walewale, Ghana – The havoc caused by torrential rains in the Northern Region is deepening as more farmlands along the White Volta have been submerged with several lives lost.At least 10 farming communities in the area have been severely affected with about 1,105 acres (442 hectares) of crop lands consumed …