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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the teething challenges confronting the Free Senior High School policy will be fixed. President Akufo-Addo said he was inspired by the famous Chinese adage which says “a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step” in implementing the policy. “We have taken that first step in Ghana, and we shall deal with the challenges.” He said already tenders have gone out and, soon, contracts will be awarded for the provision of some 69,500 mono desks, and some 13,100 bunk beds. The president made this known on Sunday at the 68th anniversary of…

Robert Mugabe will continue to have a role to play in Zimbabwean politics, the Jesuit priest who helped negotiate his resignation has told the BBC. Father Fidelis Mukonori said he would provide “advice” as an elder statesman, including to the new president. Mr Mugabe, 93, resigned on Tuesday after a military intervention and days of mass protests. Mr Mukonori said he could not confirm reports that the ex-leader was granted $10m (£7.5m) to ease him out of office. Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in to replace Mr Mugabe as president on Friday. Mr Mnangagwa, long a close ally of Mr Mugabe,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Al Jazeera’s Talk to Al Jazeera on Sunday to talk about a wide range of issues concerning the African continent and Ghana. Among the issues were happenings in Togo, Zimbabwe and Kenya. He was also quizzed on Donald J. Trump. The interview was conducted by Al Jazeera presenter Jane Dutton. Watch below: Credit: Al Jazeera

The John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation has partnered with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to provide free dental screening to over 200 inmates of Adom Baptist Children Development Centre at Behenase in the Atwima Kwanwoma district of Ashanti Region. The exercise forms part of the annual humanitarian activities undertaken by Scholars under the Foundation in a bid to make basic social amenities accessible to the less-privileged. A dental surgeon at KATH, Dr Bertha Gyau, said dental cavies and eruption of the teeth condition were detected when most of the children were screened. “Some of the children seem to have deposit…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed fears the issue of homosexuality may become topical in the near future in Ghana. “I think it is something that is bound to happen like elsewhere in the world.” But he says “it is not so far a matter which is on the agenda”. President Akufo-Addo made these remarks on Sunday on Al Jazeera’s Talk To Al Jazeera hosted by Jane Dutton. Ghana’s laws frown on same-sex marriage and it is punishable. But there is growing activism for the legalization of homosexuality with LGBT campaigns run almost everywhere. President Akufo-Addo says just like…

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he refused to be influenced by some close persons to make promises like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was doing during the 2016 electioneering campaign. He said he told them that was not how he was brought up – to make promises he cannot fulfill. Former President made the revelation on Saturday when he addressed a crowd of National Democratic Congress (NDC) faithfuls in Tarkwa in the Western Region. It was after a health walk dubbed ‘Unity Walk’ in the mining town. He said promises of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party…

Students of the School of Hygiene across the nation have resolved to hit the streets on Tuesday to protest the non-payment of their allowances. According to them, they appear to have been weaned off the allowances unlike other health trainees. This they attribute to their transfer from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources. But President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the Accra campus of the School, Samuel Agyei, said they feel cheated by the situation. “We are still health professionals,” he stressed on TV3’s News@10 on Saturday. He said the demonstration will…

At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo, local officials say. The blast is said to have occurred at a factory at about 09:00 (01:00 GMT) in the city’s Jiangbei District, causing some nearby buildings to collapse. State media reported that at least 30 people had been taken to local hospitals amid rescue operations. Footage showed rescuers carrying people away from an area surrounded by debris. Industrial accidents are common in China, and have prompted growing calls for better safety standards. The government says it has…

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has expressed disgust at Saturday’s incident at the Kotoka International Airport, blaming it on the Ministry of Transport and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). A Starbow flight skidded off the runway, leaving one person hospitalized. According to BPS, the incident only draws Ghana closer to “witnessing a national disaster”. It says safety reports of the International Civil Aviation Organisation for 2015 and 2016 points in that direction. But the Ministry of Transport and GCAA have not heeded to the content of the reports, especially in having an independent accident investigation body set up.…

Investigations to establish the cause of a Starbow flight skidding off the runway on Saturday have begun, authorities at the Kotoka International Airport have said. The accident, which involved a Kumasi-bound flight, left one person hospitalized at the Airport Clinic in Accra. READ: Starbow flight ‘crash-lands’ at KIA In a statement issued by the Emergency Operations Center of the Airport, the incident occurred at 12:20pm on Saturday. “The aircraft was carrying 63 passengers and 5 crew,” it confirmed. “One passenger sustained minor injuries and is currently under observation at the clinic.” It pointed out that emergency procedures at the Airport…