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The United Nations in its 2020 Development Index report has ranked Ghana 15th in Africa and 138th globally with an index of 0.611. The ranking was based on three thematic areas-life expectancy, education and per capita income. Norway was ranked first globally while Mauritius was ranked first in Africa with …

A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health ministry says. A woman from the town of Biena near the city of Butembo has died from the disease The authorities say they are sending a response team to the …

  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has eased some restrictions imposed due to coronavirus, including lifting an unpopular ban on alcohol sales. Beaches will reopen and limited religious gatherings will be allowed. The announcement came as Mr Ramaphosa hailed the arrival of the first shipment of vaccines – one million …

  The British government has announced sanctions against four Zimbabwean security officials, accusing them of human rights abuses, including killing protesters. State Security Minister Owen Ncube, as well as the heads of the police, the intelligence agency and the former chief of the presidential guard, will have any assets in …

The General-Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, today, testified as a witness in Mr John Mahama’s election petition case at the Supreme Court. This follows the submission of his witness statement on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Some Ghanaians took to social media to share their thoughts …

Ghana has been ranked as one of the countries on the African continent that is heavily indebted to Asian superpower, China. China over the past few years has established itself as one of the world’s economic superpowers and as such the Asian country has become one of the biggest lenders …

A senior law lecturer and anti-gay rights convener, Moses Foh-Amoaning has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to strongly stand his grounds against any attempt by the international community to re-ignite the issue of homosexuality in the Ghanaian space. He was emphatic that American’s President-elect, Mr Joe Biden and his vice …

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, official preliminary results show. But his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, said that tally was the result of the worst rigging in Ugandan electoral history. Election monitors say confidence in the count has been …

The World Bank had earlier projected that Ghana’s economy will grow by more than 3% this year   The World Bank has revised Ghana’s growth downward to 1.4%in its latest Global Economic Prospects report. The development may come as a surprise to analysts, as the Bank had projected growth of 3.4% for Ghana. The report said: “In …

The President-elect of the United States of America (USA) Joe Biden has officially written to President and also president-elect of the 4th Republic of Ghana,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo , informing him that he looks forward to the two of them working together to deal with the challenges that the …