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The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and 2019. The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organisation and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) released the model-based estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion rates highlighting …

The SUPER Eagles of Nigeria will arrive in Kumasi (Oseikrom) today, 24th March, 2022, to face the Black Stars of Ghana. The two Africa powerhouses would lock horns at the Baba Yara Stadium tomorrow for a place in the 2022 Qatar Mundial.   Nigeria 🇳🇬 Super Eagles touch down at …

The head of Mali’s interim government , Col. Assimi Goita,   is to attend Thursday’s ECOWAS extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, to negotiate a compromise political transition programme and review the sweeping sanctions imposed on Mali by the regional organisation.   An official letter from the ECOWAS Commission addressed to …

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for the hardships caused by recent fuel shortages and the power cuts that followed this week’s collapse of the national grid which left the entire country without state-supplied electricity for hours.   The West African nation already generates too little electricity to supply its …

The United States government has issued a security alert advising citizens that the US Embassy has received unsubstantiated information that US citizens may be targeted for kidnapping for ransom in northern Ghana, to include the Upper East region and the Upper West region.   This threat could also apply to …

The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley has called on Ghanaians to mark 7th September as Africa-Caricom Day. This is to celebrate the first-ever African Caribbean Summit as a path to stronger economic and social ties between the two global communities. Speaking at Ghana’s 65th Independence anniversary, on Sunday, …

As hundreds of Nigerians in Ukraine are struggling to return home, there are reports that about 115 young men have offered to join Ukraine in its fight against Russia.   According to the Guardian in Africa’s most populous country, the men, who besieged the Ukraine Embassy in Abuja, also put …

The spokesman for the Ukrainian section of the National Union of Ghana (NUGS), Benjamin Boateng, has called on the Government of Ghana to speed up the evacuation of Ghanaians from Ukraine. This statement by Benjamin Boateng follows reports of attacks against Ukrainian military infrastructure throughout Ukraine, and Russian convoys arriving …

A Ghanaian medical doctor in Ukraine has appealed to the Ghanaian government to find means to evacuate them from war-hit nation since they are afraid for the lives. According to Dr. Araba Maame Arkoah, Ghanaians living or schooling in Ukraine are shocked at the seeming silence of the Ghanaian government …

Anti-graft group Crusaders Against Corruption is alarmed at the level of corruption in Africa, describing the situation as more devastating than terrorism and weapons of mass destruction on the continent.   It has thus proposed eight ways to staunch the canker’s pervasive spread. In the proposals issued by Chief Crusader …