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Mr. Fred Ackah, a Senior Environmental Health Assistant, has called on residents of the Kadjebi District to construct household latrines as a key intervention to improve sanitation and eliminate open defaecation. He said the construction and use of toilet facilities within homes are not only essential for promoting good hygiene and dignity, but also critical in preventing the spread of life-threatening communicable diseases such as cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever and diarrhoea, which continue to pose a serious public health risk in the district. Mr. Ackah made the call at a community sensitisation and outreach programme at Kadjebi Freetown, suburb of Kadjebi in the Oti Region, where he engaged residents on the importance of safe sanitation practices. The programme formed part of...

First indoor virtual running competition set to connect professional athletes and enthusiasts in fitness and sports centres around the world Technogym – the world leader in wellness, athletic training, health, and the official supplier to the last 10 Olympic Games – and World Athletics, the global governing body for athletics, are delighted to announce a partnership to launch RUN X™, the first-ever World Treadmill Championship. The event was launched today in Milan in the presence of Technogym Founder and CEO Nerio Alessandri, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, and world 10,000m champion Jimmy Gressier. This groundbreaking 5km competition is set to shake up the concept of running, breaking geographical barriers and making a global athletics championship accessible in sports ...

Ghana has taken a bold step to retool its foreign service with the launch of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for ambassadors and high commissioners, aimed at driving accountability and aligning diplomacy with the government’s Reset Agenda. The initiative was unveiled during the Conference for Heads of Missions and Orientation for Newly Appointed Envoys, hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah, under the theme “Harnessing the Dividends of Diplomacy for Ghana’s Reset Agenda.” In his keynote address, President John Dramani Mahama charged the new envoys to project Ghana’s image through economic diplomacy, integrity, professionalism, efficiency, and service. He emphasized that Ghana’s missions abroad will now be guided by measurable economic targets to ...

Ghanaian music star Bashir Annan, popularly known as Gambo, has earned a prime spot on the Global Afrobeats Top 200 Chart alongside American-Ghanaian singer Moliy, thanks to the rising success of his newly released single “Comma Tu-Tapel.” https://youtube.com/shorts/B5ps8i2Q1QU?si=4Rh04wa6tIqfeVit On the Shazam Global Afrobeats Top 200 chart dated Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Gambo impressively ranked third with “Comma Tu-Tapel” while Moliy claimed the number one spot with her track “Shake It To The Max.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMho8x7scz0/?igsh=MWNiYThmeWhnZDNkbQ== Nigerian Chart Breakthrough Gambo also made history as the first-ever Ghanaian artist to top a music chart in Nigeria, further solidifying his reputation as a boundary-breaking force in the African music...

Ghana’s Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has called on Japanese businesses to deepen their investment footprint in Ghana, stressing that the country is strategically positioned to serve as a reliable partner for Japanese companies looking to expand into Africa. Speaking at the Kansai Africa Business Forum in Osaka Japan, a side event of the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), the Minister said Ghana offers vast opportunities across key industries including textiles, automotive, green industrialization, as well as carbon financing. “With the right partnership, Ghana can become a competitive force for high-quality textile and apparel exports to African and global markets,” Hon. Ofosu-Adjare stated, noting the ...