Ghana's Black Stars were held to a 0-0 draw  by their Sudanese counterparts in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Thursday, October 10, at the Accra Sports Stadium.

A total of 18 changfang machines which were being used for illegal gold mining were destroyed on the first day of the renewed military operation dubbed "Operation Halt 2", as part of the fight against illegal mining commonly known as galamsey [gather and sell].

Ghana is set to gather its first in-depth data on the accommodation sector with the launch of a nationwide survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). 

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has explained that its inability to broadcast the AFCON qualifier between Ghana and Sudan was due to New World TV, the Free-to-Air (FTA) rights holder in Sub-Saharan Africa, failing to provide the necessary feed to all FTA broadcasters across the continent. 

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has started implementing the ECOWAS “Free Roaming Initiative” to help reduce the cost of telecommunication services for citizens travelling outside Ghana. 

Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, a former head of the Political Science Department at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has expressed disappointment with Organised Labour’s decision to suspend a planned nationwide strike as part of the protest against illegal mining. 

Ghanaian rapper Pope Skinny has opened up on the kind of job he does in the United States of America.

Soldiers were on Thursday deployed by the government to flush out illegal miners from water bodies and forest areas.

The Vice-President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed his commitment to uphold the Church and all faith-based organisations as key partners in national development. 

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declared an indefinite strike, commencing today, Thursday, October 10, 2024.

Organised Labour yesterday made a dramatic U-turn on an advertised nationwide strike, as it suspended the planned industrial action over illegal mining.

The perpetrators of killings that occurred during the 2020 elections should be prosecuted to ensure peace in the 2024 General Election, a former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Francis Short, has stated.

The galamsey issue is, once again, featuring in our public square conversations.

World Sight Day is an annual awareness day on the second Thursday of October each year.

A member of Alan Kyerematen’s campaign for President, Hopeson Adorye, has said Mr Kyerematen’s government will consist of 50 per cent women if elected. 

A US-based member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samuel Ofosu-Appiah, has charged members of the party to eschew all forms of divisiveness and work harder as the presidential and parliamentary elections draw near.

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has inspected the progress of work on a Digital Youth Hub (DYH) being constructed at the University of Ghana (UG), Accra. 

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has provided logistical support to the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMeT) to enhance its operational capabilities for more efficient climate and weather monitoring. 

The Urban Complementary Livelihood and Assets Support Scheme (CLASS) has been launched in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.

The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) has inducted 344 specialised nurses and midwives into its fold.

The Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, has charged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to actively promote and market government interventions within their jurisdictions.

Galamsey, a word which has come to describe the illegal mining activities that have been wreaking havoc on our environment, has been trending in recent times in Ghana.

The National Election Response Group (NERG) has appealed to political and religious figures not to draw religious sentiments into this year’s general election.  

The running mate to the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has extended her campaign tour to the Eastern Region with a call on the rank and file of the party to intensify their campaign to win new members into their fold. 

The Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) has expressed concern over some of the payment of a section of royalties meant for the Mineral Income and Investment Fund (MIIF) into the Consolidated Fund.