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Potable water supply to Kumasi and its environs is being threatened as the two main sources have significantly been depleted by human activities. Within a year, the 21 feet deep Owabi dam which supplies raw water to the Ghana Water Company, has reduced to six feet as a result of continuous encroachment, causing the river to be silted. The situation is now different at the Barekese dam which currently produces 30 million gallons of treated water daily as against the maximum of 48 million gallons. The boundaries of the Barekese River are heavily occupied by farmers whose activities were negatively…

For the first time a woman has been chosen as the chief justice in Sudan. The Sovereign Council, which is made up of civilian and military officials, confirmed that Supreme Court judge Neemat Abdulllah would head the country’s judiciary. Although only two of the 11-member Sovereign Council in charge of Sudan are women, this latest appointment is seen as a significant step towards addressing gender inequality. Activists have been pushing for more female appointments, especially as so many women played a key role in the protests that led to the downfall of former President Omar al-Bashir. The BBC’s Sudan analyst…

Chief Executive of Advanced Body Sculpt Centre popularly known as Obengfo Hospital, Dr Andoh Obeng, says his prosecution was “maliciously” masterminded by some medical doctors and spearheaded by the Medical and Dental Council. Speaking exclusively to TV3 two days after his acquittal, the medical practitioner suggested his arraignment and subsequent prosecution was needless, claiming it was purely an orchestration of the Registrar of the Council, Dr Eli Kwasi Atikpui. “There was no need for them to go to court because the whole thing was orchestration; malicious orchestration. It shouldn’t have happened,” he told TV3’s Wendy Laryea in Accra Thursday. Dr…

Government says the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has given Ghana’s economy a clean bill of health because it remains favourable. Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mark Assibey-Yeboah, told journalists Wednesday that the IMF team which is in the country for consultation is impressed with the management of the economy, post the country’s 3-year extended credit facility programme. The team met with the Finance Committee as part of its mission in Ghana and held discussions on macroeconomic performance, revenue mobilisation, the financial sector clean up and matters bordering on Ghana’s exit of the IMF programme. “They [the IMF team] said…

Spanish second tier side Real Zaragoza has announced that its Ghanaian striker Raphael Dwamena has suffered a ‘health problem’ which prevents him from engaging in sports at the moment. A club statement said Levante loanee Dwamena will undergo further tests to specify the extent of his illness. “The Medical Services of Real Zaragoza have detected during the development of medical tests a health problem in the footballer Raphael Dwamena…,” the statement said. It is the second major health scare that Dwamena, 24, has suffered during his professional career. It will be recalled that in August 2017, his then club FC Zürich…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked various contractors working on the several road and infrastructural projects in the Kumasi Metropolis to ensure they are completed on time. Visiting several project sites on Wednesday, 10th September, 2019, at the commencement of his 3-day tour of the Ashanti Region, President Akufo-Addo noted that the timely completion of these road projects will not only enhance the status of Kumasi as Ghana’s 2nd largest city, but also establish it as a major and strategic business destination in West Africa. The President’s first visited Atonsu, in the Asokwa constituency, where he inspected works on…

The Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana limited has begun a nationwide mapping of various mosquito breeding sites to identify mosquito larvae and kill them by applying a biological agent. The mapping of the mosquito breeding sites across the country is being done with the use of a smart devices aided by software application to digitally record the GPS coordinates of specific mosquito breeding sites for onward application of biolarvicide to kill the mosquitoes. The mosquito control exercise which is being executed by the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of the Ministry of Health in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited,…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo not to be side-tracked, but remain focused and deliver on his mandate to the Ghanaian people. According to the Asantehene, ”it is always good that you leave Jubilee House to go around the country and see things for yourself, so you can right the wrongs, and make sure that your policies are being implemented to the letter.” Addressing President Akufo-Addo at Manhyia, on Wednesday, 9th October, 2019, after the President paid a courtesy call on him, the Asantehene prayed for God’s blessings for the President and…

 The Nigerian senate has introduced a bill that aims to prevent the sexual harassment of university students. The proposed legislation follows a BBC investigation that uncovered alleged sexual misconduct by lecturers in Nigeria and Ghana. The senate’s deputy president said he hoped the BBC’s investigation would help energise support for the bill. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege said that, as a father, he found sexual harassment in universities was unacceptable. If the bill becomes law, it would be illegal for lecturers to make sexual advances towards students. Under the proposed law, read in the senate on Wednesday, teaching staff could face…

OccupyGhana has said the lack of additional facilities for professional legal education institutions is the main cause of the yearly mass failure of law students in the country, and that government ought to take up the responsibility of providing these facilities. For years, law students have raised issues with the number of failure recorded in the yearly Law School Entrance Examination taken by law students seeking professional legal education at the Ghana School of Law. The mass failure, many think, is a deliberate attempt by the General Legal Council to reduce the number of in-take yearly since there is not…