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Ghana’s Competitive Football Resumes After 10-Months Break
The Ghana FA Normalization Committee (NC) special competition for all 64 elite and second-tier clubs kicked off across league centers last weekend.
The competition has...
Ghana FA Creates ten-member committee to oversee special competition
The Ghana FA's Normalization Committee (NC) on Friday announced the setting up of a 10-member management committee to supervise its special competition which kick-starts...
Ghana FA Unveils Special Competition for best and second tier clubs
The Ghana Football Association Normalization Committee (NC) launched its special competition for football clubs at the headquarters of the association in Accra on Monday...
Team Ghana leaves for Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi
Ghana's contingent for the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, left here on Thursday to acclimatize ahead of the...
Ghana FA Normalization Committee special competition for women to kick off
The Ghana FA Normalization Committee's(NC) special competition for women will kick off on March 9, the NC said in a release on Monday.
Sixteen teams,...
Ghana FA backs Black Stars coach Appiah for AFCON glory
Ghana FA's Normalization Committee (NC) on Sunday expressed its full backing for Kwasi Appiah, the head coach of the senior national soccer team Black...
Ghana’s local matches to resume
Ghana FA's Normalization Committee (NC) said on Thursday that the planned restart of domestic football will help clubs and players return to normal.
The NC...
Ghana launches program to revitalize folklore
The National Folklore Board (NFB), a state institution mandated by law to promote and protect Ghanaian expressions of folklore, on Monday officially launched a...
Ghana’s Premier League clubs boycott special competition
Premier League clubs in Ghana on Friday announced their withdrawal from the proposed special competition created by the Ghana FA's Normalization Committee (NC), which...
UNICEF and partners launch scheme to address urban sanitation challenges
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have launched a new sanitation fund to address basic sanitation challenges in Ghana's urban communities,...
Ghana to face Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso in 2019 Africa U-20 tournament
Ghana's national U-20 team has been drawn in Group B of the Africa Youth Championship to be held in Niger next year.
...
Ghana to resume active club football next month
The Ghana FA's Normalization Committee(NC) on Friday announced that it has created a new competition structure to bring back official domestic football activities in...
Bukom, breeding ground for Ghana’s aspiring boxing champions
Boxing is one of the many well-known sporting disciplines in Ghana. The West African country has a rich boxing history and boasts very talented...
Government Reinstate Suspended Minister
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday reinstated the deputy minister of youth and sports Pius Enam Hadzide, who was cleared of wrongdoing in the...
NADMO says At least 10 killed by flood in Ghana
At least 10 people have been killed following Monday's torrential rains in some parts of Ghana, the country's relief agency confirmed on Thursday.
Abu Ramadan,...
Experts discuss 70 years of UN peacekeeping operations
Security experts and scholars on Thursday held discussions on emerging trends in UN peacekeeping operations.
The event was organized by Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Africans must lead fight to root out corruption – Zimbabwean Envoy
The Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps in Ghana Pavelyn Tendai Musaka has urged African citizens to be agents in the fight to stamp...
Minister calls for united effort to curb HIV infections in Ghana
Ghana’s Minister for Aviation Cecilia Abena Dapaah on Friday called for a united effort by all stakeholders in curbing new HIV infections in the...
NGO pushes Ghana to pass law to safeguard wildlife depletion
An environmental non-governmental organization, Friends of the Earth (FOE) on Thursday called on the government to ensure the passage of the wildlife resources management...
Ghana president unveils new employment initiative for graduates
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), a new government intervention to tackle graduate unemployment.
The initiative will be the...
Ghanaian firm turns plastic waste into pavement blocks
Ghana generates around 22,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year but it recycles only about 2 percent.
The rest find their way into land filled...
Ghana to begin trial of new malaria vaccine
Ghana is readying itself for the smooth pilot of the world's first malaria vaccine later in the year, officials said here on Wednesday.
Ghana, Kenya...
President Akufo-Addo suspends deputy sports minister over visa scandal
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday suspended from office the deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, with immediate effect.
The presidency said...
Ghana to Unearth the Truth in Commonwealth Games Visa Scandal
Ghana's sports ministry is launching a probe into media reports of visa racketeering scandal that has hit the country's participation at the ongoing 2018...
Ghana, Qatar seek closer collaboration
Ghana and Qatar opened a technical committee meeting here on Monday to discuss ways to further strengthen ties of cooperation between the two countries...
Ghana’s foreign minister urges chief directors to be beacons of excellence
Ghana’s Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said on Friday that Ghana is called upon to once again demonstrate an unprecedented commitment to the achievement...
ECA builds capacity of Ghana’s chief policy makers
Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday opened a five-day United Nations Economic Commission for Africa-initiated capacity building program for chief directors and other...
UN Secretary General’s youth envoy inspires Ghana’s youth
The United Nation’s Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake Wednesday paid a day’sofficial visit to Ghana as part of her five-country visit to Africa.
The visit afforded...
Ghana orders electricity company to compensate customers
Ghana's Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Thursday ordered the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the country's main power distributor, to pay compensation to...
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees granted refugee status in Ghana
Two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees currently in Ghana will not return to their home country, Yemen, Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said here Wednesday.
The...