Credit risks continue to constrain bank lending to SMEs – BoG
By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – Credit risks continue to constrain bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), despite easing inflation and improving economic…
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Economy
District Mining Committees to issue mining licences under new law – Lands Minister
By P. K. Yankey Nkroful (W/R), Oct. 18, GNA -Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has announced that District Mining Committee’s will begin to…
Politics
Ghanaian youth leaders demand greater role in politics in “We Shall Lead’’ documentary
By Edward Acquah Accra, Oct. 18, GNA- “The system of politics is not really created to accommodate women. It is now, in these days, that the system is…
Business
Ecobank commissions digital learning centre for Wa School for the Blind
By Freda Mwin Wa (UW/R), Oct. 18, GNA – Ecobank Ghana has commissioned a digital learning centre for the Wa Methodist School for the Blind to equip students…
Social
CIMG recognises individuals, organisations for outstanding performance
Accra, Oct. 18, GNA – The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has recognised individuals, organisations and brands for outstanding performance and contributions to Ghana’s economic growth through…
World
Xi calls for decisive progress in Healthy China advancement
Beijing, Oct. 17 (Xinhua/GNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to firmly follow a path with Chinese characteristics in developing the country’s health programs, to…
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Education
Embrace entrepreneurial techniques, technologies- KAAF VC urges students
By J. K. Nabary Fetteh Kakraba (C/R), Oct. 18, GNA – Professor Alhassan Musah, Vice Chancellor of KAAF University, has urged graduates and students to embrace entrepreneurial techniques…
Health
Skilled health workforce key to success of Free Primary Healthcare – Akandoh
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, Oct. 18, GNA – Mr. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has emphasized the need for a skilled and motivated health workforce for…
Court & Crime
Volta North Police arrest two for unlawful possession of firearms, cultivation of suspected cannabis
By Prince Nornorme Kpando (V/R), Oct. 17, GNA –The Volta North Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in separate operations for unlawful possession of firearms and cultivation…
Features
Ghana’s BRICS Bid: Promise and Peril for the Economy
A GNA Feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, Oct.17, GNA– Ghana’s decision to formally apply for membership in BRICS represents one of the most consequential foreign policy and economic…
Hope in a pill: How hydroxyurea is changing the course of sickle cell care in Ghana
GNA Health Feature • October 16, 2026
Foreign Features
Xinjiang’s cotton fields nurturing new generation of tech-savvy farmers
Urumqi, Oct. 17 (Xinhua/GNA) – As golden October paints the Tianshan Mountains with autumn hues, cotton fields across Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China are bursting with…
Sports
Björkegren to lead Black Stars interim technical team for Somalia double header
By Simon Asare Accra, Oct. 17, GNA – The Ghana Football Association (GFA), in consultation with the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, has appointed Kim Lars Björkegren to…
Entertainment
Thousands fill Accra Sports Stadium for Shattafest 2026
By Simon Asare Accra, Oct. 18, GNA – Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale delivered an energetic and emotional performance at the Accra Sports Stadium as thousands of fans…
Africa
First Deputy Speaker urges Ghanaian delegation at WCI forum to forge strategic partnership
By Seth Danquah, GNA Special Correspondent, Instabul Istanbul (Turkey), Oct. 16, GNA – Mr Bernard Ahiafor, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has urged members of the Ghanaian delegation…
Americas
Shooter kills adult and kids
San Jose-California, Oct 15. (dpa/GNA) – Three children and an adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon, in addition…
Asia
Xi calls for decisive progress in Healthy China advancement
Beijing, Oct. 17 (Xinhua/GNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to firmly follow a path with Chinese characteristics in developing the country’s health programs, to…
Europe
Bulgaria’s Economic and Social Council opposes proposed cuts to EU budget
Sofia, Oct 17 (BTA) – Bulgaria’s Economic and Social Council does not support the reduction in the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028–2034 proposed by the Irish Presidency of…
Middle East
Syria hands down death sentences over violence that killed hundreds
Damascus, Oct 15. (dpa/GNA) – A Syrian court on Thursday sentenced two suspected supporters of former president Bashar al-Assad to death over their alleged involvement in violence that…
The head of Ghana News Agency speaks with CGTN on rollout of China's zero-tariff policy for 20 African countries, including Ghana
On the eve of China’s rollout of its latest zero-tariff policy for 20 African countries, including Ghana, on May 1, China Global Television Network (CGTN), based in Beijing, interviewed the head of Ghana’s News Agency to assess the significance and potential impact of the policy on the country’s economic development, as well as how the state media will help promote bilateral ties between China and Ghana.
GNA Newsreel • May 1, 2026