London, July 21, 2019 (AltAfrica)-In a rare show of kindness, the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Ghana, Khalifa Al Zaabi, has footed the medical bills of some persons at the National Council on Persons with Disbaility. Al Zaabi, who was at the National Catholic Health Services at Nsawam on July 17 took up the bill ...

London, July 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Forty-one per cent of Ghanaians have some form of mental disorders, particularly psychological distress, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said. Quoting research conducted by a group of scholars from Yale University in the US and the University of Ghana, Legon, he said ...

London, July 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Married men who are being denied sexual relationship by their jeans-wearing wives have been advised to report such wives to the police. The Central Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), Mr George Appiah-Sakyi, explained that “denying your spouse sex amounted to emotional abuse”. READ ALSO: MOROCCO ...

London, July 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghanaian government is to introduce a comprehensive financing scheme to enable Ghanaians buy ‘Made in Ghana’ vehicles and keep the country’s automobile industry going The scheme would be in partnership with authorised automobile dealers and distributors as well as leading financial institutions in the West African country Also, the government has ...

London, July 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana is the latest country to be granted a visa-free status by the South African government. South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has added Ghana to a list of seven countries whose nationals will be permitted to enter South Africa visa-free. Nigeria was not included despite the large volume of trade ...

London, July 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A Ghana based conglomerate, Groupe Nduom, has dragged the Kufo-Addo government to court un-behalf of its subsidiary Ghana Growth Fund Company Limited over debts owed it. The company, in a suit filed at the commercial division of the High Court in Accra on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 said the debt owed ...

London, July 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana will lead efforts in Africa to encourage states that are yet to accede to the Budapest Convention on cybercrime to do so, Ghana’s Communications Minister has pledged. The Budapest Convention on cybercrime also known as the Budapest Convention is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime ...

London, July 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-For the first time in the history of the AFCON, Tunisia eliminated favourites Ghana to advance to the quarterfinal of the competition. The Carthage Eagles beat the Black Stars 5-4 on penalities following a 1 – 1 draw after extra time. Ghana’s hope of making a 7th straight semi-final berth was cut short ...

London, July 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana has won the bid to host the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA). This makes Ghana’s capital, Accra the Commercial Capital of African Free Trade This comes on the back news that Nigeria, which is Africa’s largest economy had belatedly agreed to join the huge free trade ...

London, July 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the $100 million military housing project and reconstruction of the Ghana Military Academy. The US$100 million project, which will be completed in 36 months, will boast of 176 two-bedroom flats; 160 two-bedroom half compound house; 1 military ...