The youth of Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality in the newly created North East Region have petitioned the Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, Mr Dan Botwe, to consider siting the capital of the new region in the town. The move comes barely 24 hours to the announcement of the capitals of the six newly created regions by President Akufo-Addo. Since the referendum for the creation of the North East region

The IMANI Centre for Policy & Education leads the pack in Ghana as the most influential and impactful think tank, the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, US, has ranked. It also ranked IMANI as the third topmost think tank in sub-Saharan Africa in its latest Global Go-To Think Tank Index (GGTTI). Published in January 2019 after having assessed over 8,000 think tanks worldwide, only three Ghanaian think tanks were ranked

Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has expressed disappointment with the American government’s decision to impose visa sanctions on Ghana. “Ghana has failed to live up to its obligations under international law to accept the return of its nationals removed from the United States,” Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said in a press statement. “Without an appropriate response from Ghana, the scope of these sanctions may be expanded to

Two persons suspected to have stolen an amount GHC70,000.00 belonging to Olam Ghana Limited, a cocoa purchasing firm, have been arrested by the Juaso Police in the Asante Akin South District. Kwame Evans, a labourer of the Company and Patrick Danquah, a Community Police Personnel, suspected to have allegedly stolen the money from the Asankare depot of the Company on January 29, this year, are being kept by the Police. Deputy Superintendent

Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey, has waded into the ongoing condemnation of the Ayawaso West Wuogon electoral violence, saying the deployment of masked heavily-built men under the guise of National Security is “barbaric”. He says their participation was unnecessary and no amount of security explanation can justify such a cruel and monstrous display of security. Heavily armed men, alleged to be members of NPP-affiliated vigilante