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Wa, Ghana – The Wa Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana, Chairman Ali Kamara, has bemoaned the recent activities of Australia mining company Azuma Resources Limited which has been prospecting for gold in the Upper West Region for about seventeen years now. The recent brutality …

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 …

Accra, Ghana – A new report on access to clean drinking water and sustainable water management in Ghana has found that the proportion of non-revenue water in the country is more than twice the international level of 20 percent and the benchmark of 33 percent for the low-income country peer …

Tamale, Ghana – Institute for Peace and Governance (IPEG), a Ghanaian peace and security think-tank has revealed in its latest quarterly report that the Upper East and Upper West Regions are Ghana’s most peaceful regions. According to IPEG, between July and September 2018, 165 incidents were recorded out of which …

Cherikpong, Ghana – Some small-scale miners in Cherikpong in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have told the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, that the use of soldiers to stop them from mining will not deter them. “You see, you can bring millions of your …

Nyankpala, Ghana – Farmers in the Upper West and Northern Regions of Ghana have been schooled on appropriate agronomic practices to reduce crop production cost and improve agricultural output towards food security. They were taken through crop rotation, use of animal droppings and appropriate fertilizer application aimed at boosting soil …

Presidency? Parliament? Palaces? None of these places seem to contain Ghana’s hope. Because it appears that most of the occupants of these places of power, mostly, become so comfortable with the comfort in there that they forget to come out with innovative, sophisticated and phenomenal ideas that will serve as …

Wa, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Coordinator for Mental Health Mr. Randy Sedem, has revealed that 1,400 persons in the Region have been diagnosed with epilepsy this year from January to June 2018. He described the development as “sad to note that even though epilepsy is not a mental …

Koforidua, Ghana – Over 1000 people with disability have been defrauded by Rev. T.A Topper the II Foundation (RTATF), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Koforidua and led by Ms Matilda Topper. The Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) has therefore appealed to the …

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 …