After Beasts of No Nation movie hit the cinemas, one child actor who has not gained international recognition, as Abraham Attah is Strika, a child soldier who never spoke in the movie. The young boy who was picked from the streets of Sodom and Gomorrah, a suburb in Accra did not get the shine due […]
The Northern Region has recorded a rise in fire outbreak within the first quarter of 2016 with 135 fire outbreaks within the first quarter of this year as compared to 103 recorded in 2015. This is as a result of the severe hamattan that hit the region early this year and negligence of some people.
An abandoned palace at Esreso in the Ashanti Region has collapsed and killed two people who were seeking refuge from Thursday’s torrential downpour in the area. Two others- a lotto operator and food seller- who were in the building at the time, also sustained various degrees of injuries with one said to be in a
The United States government has revealed for the first time that it consulted Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, leader and flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party before the infamous transfer of the two Guatanomo bay detainees to Ghana. “The Foreign Minister and this Embassy consulted about informing other stakeholders and so we did talk to
A study conducted by the Ghana Non-Governmental Organisations on the coalition of the right of the child says child marriage accounted for 25.11% of human rights abuses in Ghana. This abuse according, to the coalition, is a national challenge requiring a concerted effort to address. Child marriage and exploitation, which were active in the Northern,
The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidohu has accused the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of attempting to disenfranchise NDC supporters in the Ashanti Region. He claimed the NPP is scheming plans to delete names of NDC members from the voters’ register. ‘We have been following certain leads in
Food safety, and aflatoxins in particular, is a significant threat to public health, agriculture and food systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Each year, almost one in 10 people fall ill from eating contaminated food and 420,000 die as a result. Children under age five are particularly at risk – 125,000 children will die from foodborne diseases
President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians not to panic over the terror alert released by the National Security.In an interview with aaThursday, President Mahama said it was unnecessary for the alert to be leaked to the media by the security agencies. “I think that we must deal with this without creating panic amongst our people
Tension is looming outbreak at Gbani, a community in the Talensi District of the Upper East region, over a move by leaders of the community to get rid of a Chinese mining firm from the area. The leaders say the move is in reaction not only to an alleged breach of a Memorandum of Understanding
Illegal loggers of rosewood in Northern Ghana are unleashing havoc on residents and the environment.The Criminals have raided forests in far flung communities in the “Overseas Valley” in the Northern region and are hacking down fresh rosewood trees with blatant impunity. A Starr News investigation has revealed that the scale of felling is so massive
