The Latest Breaking News from Ghana

The World Cup group stage draw in Doha threw up a number of tantalising fixtures

In July 2022 Ghana confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade and Usifo Omozokpea asked virologist Oyewale Tomori about its origin and how people can protect themselves against…

Ghana's government will sign an agreement next week with Thelo DB consortium for a $3.2 billion project to develop and make operational its Western Railway Line, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

The disease is spread to people by fruit bats

Genetically modified (GM) cowpea has cleared the first of the three regulatory hurdles in the way of commercialisation in Ghana. If it is commercialised, it will be the first GM crop grown in the country – a major milestone. Biotechnology proponents have been working for decades to integrate GM crops…

Total of 98 people now under quarantine as suspected contact cases

The UK’s Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Rwanda to reflect the latest outbreak

Ghana Health Service is working to reduce risks of virus spreading, including isolation of all identified contacts.

The highly infectious disease has been found in Africa