Data from the Ghana AIDS Control Commission show that more than 1,000 new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections were recorded in the Western Region in 2024, the Western Regional HIV Coordinator, Dr Felicia Amihere, has revealed. According to her, about 80 per cent of the new infections were transmitted through sexual contact, 15 per cent through mother-to-child transmission, while five …

Former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has revealed that he was close to ascending to the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) before his exit from football administration in 2018. According to Nyantakyi, his rise within CAF had positioned him as a likely successor to the continental football body’s top office. “It was very …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for closer collaboration between traditional authorities and the Ghana Police Service, urging the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to see chiefs as strategic allies in community policing. He appealed during a historic courtesy visit to the IGP on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. The Asantehene emphasised the importance of deeper, …