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The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has raised concerns over challenges facing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), warning that delays in settling claims to service providers could threaten…

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Pharmaceutical Society Labels Illegal Mining as Public Health Emergency

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has declared illegal mining a public health emergency, adding medical professional authority to what has primarily been framed as an environmental and economic crisis.…

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Adutwum Proposes Education First Strategy to Combat Galamsey

Former Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum believes Ghana’s decades long battle against illegal mining can be won in classrooms rather than just at mining sites, proposing an education centered…

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Ghana Is Transitioning from Charcoal to LPG, But Not Fast Enough

Ghana’s energy transition story is one of slow but visible progress, and rising costs that threaten to stall it. Despite years of campaigns for cleaner cooking fuels, the country still…

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Afreximbank Pushes New Trade Model, Certification Infrastructure to Power Africa’s Unified Market Vision

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is reviving a trade strategy that could fundamentally reshape how African producers access global markets, moving beyond the limitations of small domestic economies through Export…

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Single molecular hit from galamsey toxins could trigger cancer — UEW toxicologist warns

Ghana’s illegal mining (galamsey) crisis has escalated to an existential public health threat, with experts warning that a single exposure to the associated heavy metals, particularly arsenic, carries a measurable…

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Ban on corporal punishment to be blamed for indiscipline in schools – Fmr. Odododiodio MP

Former Odododiodio MP Nii Lante Vanderpuye has blamed the rising level of indiscipline in Ghanaian schools on the decision to ban corporal punishment, arguing that the move has weakened authority…

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NPP race: “Adutwum is the asset Ghana needs” – Ahafo NPP executives

Some former and current executives of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ahafo Region have described former education minister and presidential aspirant Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum as “an…

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Police launch probe into killing of immigration officer at Gbintiri checkpoint

The North East Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into an armed attack on two Ghana Immigration Service officers stationed at the Gbintiri Inland Checkpoint near Nalerigu in the North…

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SHSs pull out of 2025 National Science and Maths Quiz over lack of funds

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has announced that Senior High Schools across the country will not be able to participate in the 2025 edition of the…

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Mahama only renaming Akufo-Addo’s anti-galamsey initiatives – Ex-presidential staffer

Former presidential staffer, Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, says President John Mahama’s government is simply rebranding anti-galamsey measures that were already introduced under the previous Akufo-Addo administration. During his submission…

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‘My own party people wanted to mine illegally’ – Charles Bissue opens up on sabotage in galamsey fight

Former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, has made startling revelations that some members of his own New Patriotic Party (NPP) undermined…

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NPP flagbearer race: Familiarity and fear of change fuelling Bawumia’s dominance – Mussa Dankwah.

The Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, has offered insight into why former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is enjoying a commanding lead over his rivals in the race…

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Moral decadence in schools worrying – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

The National Coordinator of the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has expressed deep concern about what he describes as growing moral decadence in Ghana’s senior high…

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Mireku Duker: Mahama’s galamsey stance vindicates my position

Former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, says he feels vindicated by President John Mahama’s recent response to calls for a state of emergency on illegal mining,…

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We’ll not win galamsey fight, there’s no sincerity in it – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has cast doubt on the government’s commitment to ending illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, describing the situation as one marked by…

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