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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is likely to emerge victorious in both the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana. According to the Unit’s latest report released, the main factors influencing this prediction include poor governance, economic hardship and debt restructuring. “Our …

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Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today, Friday, April 21, 2023.     Speaker Bagban Recalls MPs For Urgent Parliamentary Business On May 2     The Ghanaian Observer           The Daily Statesman     …

The government has declared Monday, April 24 as a public holiday, as Muslims celebrate the annual Eid-ul-Fitr. The Ministry of Interior, in a statement, on Tuesday, 18th of April, 2023 said the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration falls on Saturday, and as such the President through an Executive Instrument declared April 24 as …

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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has repeated her comment that Ghana’s economy has been negatively affected by the Russia-Ukraine war. She described Ghana as an innocent bystander that has been hit by the Covid pandemic and the war. Speaking at the ongoing IMF/World Bank …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the invasion of a new breed of mosquito more dangerous than the anopheles. The new breed known as Anopheles Stephensi, is also a malaria-transmitting mosquito, very invasive, spreads faster, and can adopt to a myriad of climate conditions according to the World Health …

The U.S. Department of State has released its 2022 annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices which has cited Ghana for several human rights abuses. Released in April 2023, the report cited Ghana for a number of human rights abuses including arbitrary or unlawful killings, extrajudicial killings; torture or cruel, …

Road crash statistics gathered by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service for the first quarter of 2023, indicate a reduction in road accidents compared to the same period in 2022. The statistics revealed that a total of 3,340 cases were recorded between January to March …