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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 …

“Sir, sir, sir,” scream more than 30 children in exhilaration, jumping out of their small wooden chairs in a classroom on the edge of a lush, grassy valley.The race is on at Berekuso Junior High School on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana’s capital, to see who can connect a series …

Damongo, Ghana – The King and Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa I has accepted the proposed creation of the Savanah Region without the Kpandai District. Speaking at a closed door meeting attended by Chiefs and Opinion leaders as well as stakeholders across Gonjaland at the …

Tamale, Ghana – Executive Director of mental health charity organization Gub-Katimali Society (GKS), Sheikh Yakubu Abdul Kareem, has implored the Ministry of Health to without any further delay, post a psychiatrist to the Tamale Teaching Hospital. With a population of about 5 million, there is not a single psychiatrist in …

Tamale, Ghana – The Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Dr. Abdul Majeed Haroun, has disclosed that the Northern Ecological Zone, will soon get its first-ever development bank.According to him, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has already approved some US$50,000 dollars for the conceptualisation process to begin.The …