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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com
Tens of thousands of people have been holding rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights. They have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the state. Pro-choice supporters across the country fear that constitutional rights may
There have been protests in Nigeria's capital Abuja with demonstrators carrying placards written that #BuhariMustGo. The demonstrations coincided with the country's independence day anniversary. Police dispersed the protesters by firing tear gas canisters. It is unclear if anyone was arrested. Human
A nine-member executive of Women in International Shipping Trading Association (WISTA) Ghana has been inaugurated at a short a ceremony in Accra. The executives were sworn into office to steer affairs of the association for the next year. WISTA Ghana is an association of professional women in the ma
The National Secretariat of the Ghana School Feeding Programme has strongly refuted what it described as false claims by some caterers who are accusing the Programme handlers of paying an amount of GH¢12.9 million to some so-called 510 ghost schools in the 2019/2020 academic year. The caterers who c
The District and Municipal Chief Executive nominees for North Gonja District and West Gonja Municipal Assemblies have each secured a 100 percent confirmation from their respective assembly members. Adam Eliasu Bawa of North Gonja polled 22 out of 22 valid votes cast while Musah Karim Kusubari secure
The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) has announced a planned maintenance shutdown of its processing plant at Atuabo in the Western Region. According to the Company, the shutdown is to allow engineers to undertake the routine maintenance on the facility to help improve its capacity of continuous pro
The chief legal advisor of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has described as "reckless" and "insensitive" the communication by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, over the government's intention to procure a new presidential flight. During an inter
Representatives of the two major political parties on Saturday morning disagreed on The Keypoints on TV3/3FM over the use of the word 'killing' for the deaths that resulted from the June 29 unrests in Ejura. Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Buaben Asamoa said the use of t
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appears to have announced contenders for the next leader of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as his tenure comes to an end. The Minister of Trade and Industries, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen as well as the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, have repo
A Lithuanian man has had more than a kilogram of nails, screws, nuts and knives removed from his stomach by doctors, local media report. He had been swallowing metal objects for a month after quitting alcohol, doctors said. Some of the objects retrieved during a surgery in Klaipeda University Hospit
The Obokese Foundation has, as part of its Chieftaincy Development project Thursday night in Kumasi, launched the first ever Ghana Chieftaincy Awards with the support from the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, National Commission on Culture and the Manhyia Palace. The event, which took
Col Mamady Doumbouya has been sworn is as Guinea's interim president after leading a coup which saw the overthrow of Alpha Condé. The former French legionnaire, 41, becomes Africa's second-youngest leader, after Mali's Assimi Goïta, 38, who also staged a military takeover. Col Doumbouya is barred fr
The Western Region Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has applauded Media General's Takoradi-based radio station Connect FM for supporting businesses to thrive through its flagship Western Trade Fair. The Minister has also encouraged businesses to take advantage of such initiatives to boost thei
Workers of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) in the Tamale enclave have withdrawn their services with immediate effect. According to them, their decision follows the attack of their office and vandalization of properties in the process by some residents. Addressing a press confer
Child Marriage is a human rights violation, yet remains a reality for many children, especially adolescent girls. The right to ‘free and full’ consent to a marriage is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with the recognition that consent cannot be ‘free and full’ when one of the
