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September 5, 2024
UCC confers Doctorate Degree on Asantehene
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a special congregation in honour of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, during which it conferred on him an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree (LLD, Honoris Causa).
The Asantehene was honoured for his distin…
Palestinian authorities report West Bank deaths in IDF operations
Five Palestinians died when the car they were travelling in was hit by a rocket fired by an Israeli drone in Tubas in the north of the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah reported on Thursday.
Two people were injured in the attack…
NCCE charges IPDC members to address potential election violent issues
Ms Portia Adjakrah, the Ayawaso East Municipal Director, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has charged members of the district’s Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) to identify and address issues that may mar the 2024 general election…
Taliban ready for direct negotiations with Germany after deportations
The Taliban is hoping to engage in direct negotiations with Germany, a high-ranking official said on Thursday, after Berlin deported criminals to Afghanistan for the first time since the group’s return to power in 2021.
‘It in the interest of both p…
World leaders must re-boot Global Cooperation for today and tomorrow
Final negotiations are underway in New York for this month’s Summit of the Future, where Heads of State will agree on reforms to the building blocks of global cooperation.
The United Nations has convened this unique Summit because of a stark fact: g…
Fake CV lands top ‘engineer’ in jail for 15 years
The man who had been chief engineer at South Africa’s state-owned passenger rail company has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for faking his qualifications.
Once hailed for his successful career, Daniel Mthimkhulu was head of engineering at the …
Ghana Career and Migration Fair 2024 takes place in October
This year’s Ghana Career and Migration Fair will take place from Tuesday, October 15 to 16, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The event is designed to empower the youth by providing access to tools and knowledge in digital transformation, entrepreneu…
First mpox vaccines donated from the EU to arrive in Congo
A first tranche of 100,000 mpox vaccine doses donated from the European Commission to affected countries is to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday.
The commission and EU member states have pledged in total around 566,500 dos…
Vote for realistic, environmentally friendly political candidates
Professor Alex Barimah Owusu, a Geographic Information Scientist, urged electorates to vote for politicians with ‘workable’ proposals to address environmental destruction, particularly illegal mining.
He explained that outright rejection of candidat…
Develop national cyber security strategies to enhance readiness across African countries
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, has urged African States to develop national strategies to enhance their cyber security readiness.
She said based on the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) framewor…