Air pollution linked to 32,000 deaths in Ghana – New global report warns of growing health crisis

Air pollution remains one of Ghana’s deadliest public health threats, claiming over 32,000 lives in 2023, according to the State of Global Air 2025 report. The report, produced by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) in partnership with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), finds that air pollution accounted for nearly 14% of all deaths […]

Specialised courts to handle cases of persons indicted in Auditor-General’s reports and ‘galamsey’

Specialised financial courts will soon be established to deal with infractions in the Auditor-General’s reports, the illegal mining (galamsey) menace and other environment-related crimes, President John Dramani Mahama has said. President Mahama said this at the end of a meeting with the Acting Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr […]

Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister

Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss […]

Some people are being passed as lawyers who don’t deserve it – Thaddeus Sory

Lawyer and law lecturer Thaddeus Sory has raised serious concerns about transparency in Ghana’s legal education system, suggesting that some individuals are being called to the Bar despite not meeting the necessary academic and attendance requirements. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on October 20, Mr. Sory questioned how some people manage to qualify as lawyers […]

See list of 50 unrecognized foreign universities in Ghana by GTEC

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has issued a warning to all heads of tertiary institutions and the public against engaging with 50 foreign tertiary institutions that are not recognised by the Commission due to accreditation and quality assurance breaches. In a statement issued by the Director-General, Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, GTEC cautioned that these […]