Normalising avoidable deaths: The El-Wak recruitment tragedy and our national amnesia
By: Roberta Gayode Modin When six hopeful young Ghanaians lost their lives in a stampede during the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise at El-Wak Sports Stadium on 12 November 2025, we ought to have stopped and asked ourselves: how did we allow this to happen and will we ever learn? According to the GAF’s […]
At least six die in crush at Ghana military recruitment event
At least six people have died during a crowd crush at a military recruitment event in a stadium in Ghana. Wednesday’s “tragic” crush appeared to have been caused by “an unexpected surge of applicants who breached security protocols and rushed into the gates,” said a statement from Ghana’s armed forces. Twenty-two others were injured, including […]
Tamale: FAO/EU trains Agricultural Extension Agents on post-harvest management in Northern Ghana
By: Joyce Kantam Kolamong In a bid to enhance food security and reduce post-harvest losses in Northern Ghana, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the District Agricultural Departments, has initiated a training program for Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) on post-harvest management. The training, which is part of the EU Food Security Response project, aims […]
Trump proposes $2,000 payments to most Americans to highlight benefits of tariffs
US President Donald Trump has proposed issuing payments of at least $2,000 to all Americans, apart from those in high-income brackets, saying the move would highlight the benefits of his tariff policy. The US leader has floated the idea of paying a “tariff dividend” to almost all Americans from revenue collected by his administration from […]
