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Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Sector Manager of Marie Stopes Ghana, Patricia Antwi-Boasiako, has indicated that teenage pregnancy in the country should be a matter of concern to every parent. According to her, the first six months of 2017 recorded 57,000 teenage pregnancy cases nationwide, stressing the need for sexuality …

Tamale, Ghana – In the wake of Ghana’s growing population currently estimated at 29.6 million and irresponsible sexual behaviour among the country’s youth coupled with teenage pregnancies and unsafe abortion practices being largely triggered by a lack of sexuality education in school and at home, Editor-in-Chief of Savannah News Joseph …

I’ve just met an absolutely delightful, accomplished, and amazing young man here at the United Nations, New York. Shadrack Osei Frimpong is the son of hardworking cocoa farmer-father and charcoal-selling mother in Tarkwa Breman, a rural community in the Western Region of Ghana. He has a compelling, touching, and inspiring …

Tamale, Ghana – Chiefs and elders of Mamprusi Communities in the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency of the North Gonja District are calling for an inclusion in the yet to be created North East Region of Ghana. According to the chiefs, their decision to be part of the North East Region was borne out …

Tamale, Ghana – Mechanics working at the Tamale Industrial Park have raised fears their shops may collapse due to lack of equipment and government support. Secretary to the Mechanics Workers Union, Musah Hamza, said many mechanic shops at the park are filled with old inefficient machines, adding that the lack …

At least over 3000 people have been rendered homeless at Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality of the Northern Region after a severe rainstorm occurred on Wednesday April 4th. The storm which started around 5pm lasted for close to two hours. According to the Municipal NADMO coordinator Ibrahim Alhassan, this …

Sagnarigu, Ghana – Vociferous National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has appealed to Ghanaians holding accounts with ‘distressed uniBank Ghana’ to keep faith with the financial institution with a strong assurance that the bank will go back to Dr. Kwabena Duffour and it’s rightful owners. …

Wa, Ghana – Smallholder farmers in the Upper West Region are expected to increase sorghum yield from 1.75 metric tons to 4 metric tons per hectare, which is expected to produce a total of 8,000 metric tons per production season. This expected increase will decrease the high demand for the …

Tamale, Ghana – There are fast evolving changes taking place in all the areas of Ghana’s agricultural sector. The sector employs nearly 60 percent of the country’s total workforce. From the cultivation of thousands of acreages of cereal crops, tubers, vegetables, fruit-bearing trees to the rearing of herds of livestock …

Salaga, Ghana – Board of Directors of the Salaga Farmers Cooperative Credit Union have said that the Credit Union has grown beyond going bankrupt. According to the Board, the Credit Union currently has a total asset value of 2, 623,534.92 Ghana cedis which is above the requirements of the Bank of …