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AshantiGold midfielder Emmanuel Osei Baffour says his main target for the season is to help his side to escape relegation in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). In an interview with Onua FM Sports, the sensational midfielder admitted his focus in the league now is ensuring that the Obuasi base club remains in the GPL. “My target is to help the team (AshantiGold SC) to escape from the relegation zone and be in a proper position. That is my main target for now.” AshantiGold SC is currently battling relegation in the GPL, lying 13th on the league table with 28 points.…

The 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) target of 90% coverage for the third dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP3). The Plan is a measure commonly used to evaluate the strength of routine immunization programmes. GVAP was endorsed by Ghana along with all WHO member states in 2012 to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to vaccines. Earlier this year, at the 28th African Union Summit, heads of state from across Africa reaffirmed their commitment to achieving the GVAP goals by…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has scheduled a media encounter at the Flagstaff House to tell Ghanaians about his six-month stay in office. President Akufo-Addo took over the presidency on January 7, 2017 from John Dramani Mahama. Six months into office, the president is expected to give account of “results” since coming into office. The encounter is scheduled to begin at 12:30pm Tuesday. “[President Akufo-Addo] thinks that this accountability and interaction with the Ghanaian people is a democratic requirement, that as a democratic president, once a while, you come back to the people and tell them what it is that…

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged all Africans to help create and promote innovation in communities in a bid to solve real and difficult challenges facing the continent and its people. The First Lady made this call on Monday while addressing the Africa Innovation Foundation (AIF)’s 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) taking place in Accra. The two-day programme is to celebrate the best of African innovation. In her address, the First Lady said that “often when we talk about creativity and innovation, we look at the more developed regions, but it is important to note that there are a…

The level of activity in the exploration of oil around Cape Three Points offshore the Western Region has slowed due to the ongoing maritime border dispute between Ghana and neighbours La Cote d’Ivoire, a Deputy Minister of Energy has admitted. Mohammed Amin Adam said government cannot pretend the dispute has not had any toll on exploratory activities. He said some major oil firms have either had to suspend further exploration or completely shied away from exploration due to the ongoing trial. The International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is expected to give judgement on the case in…

A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity. It caused the blackout on Sunday morning by climbing into the power station and pulling at the lines. The baboon survived the “massive electric shock” that would have killed a human being, a power company spokesman said. A person would also have been prosecuted, Henry Kapata added. The baboon was rescued by a wildlife organisation and is now recovering but has “serious wounds”, he told the BBC. The power station is in the Zambian tourist city…

A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity. It caused the blackout on Sunday morning by climbing into the power station and pulling at the lines. The baboon survived the “massive electric shock” that would have killed a human being, a power company spokesman said. A person would also have been prosecuted, Henry Kapata added. The baboon was rescued by a wildlife organisation and is now recovering but has “serious wounds”, he told the BBC. The power station is in the Zambian tourist city…

A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity. It caused the blackout on Sunday morning by climbing into the power station and pulling at the lines. The baboon survived the “massive electric shock” that would have killed a human being, a power company spokesman said. A person would also have been prosecuted, Henry Kapata added. The baboon was rescued by a wildlife organisation and is now recovering but has “serious wounds”, he told the BBC. The power station is in the Zambian tourist city…

Black Stars midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has signed a three-year deal with Deportivo Alaves in a move that will see him return to the Spanish La Liga. Wakaso joins Alaves, who finished ninth in the league last season, from Greek giants Panathinaikos. The former Ashanti Gold player has featured previously for Villarreal, Elche, Espanyol, Las Palmas and Grenada in the Spanish La Liga. In Europe, he has featured for Rubin Kazan in Russia and Celtic in Scotland. He was part of the Black Stars squad that won Silver at the 2015 African Cup of Nations and the team that placed fourth…