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At least seven vehicles have been destroyed in a fire following a fuel tanker explosion on the Nsawam-Accra highway in the early hours of Saturday, February 14, 2026. Preliminary reports indicate that a collision involving the tanker triggered the explosion, with the impact causing the vehicle to burst into flames.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Ghana's political parties have the power to end delegate vote-buying but refuse to relinquish the advantage it gives those in power, constitutional rights advocate Oliver Barker-Vormawor has stated. The Democracy Hub convener, speaking on Joy FM's Newsfile programme amid controversies over vote-buying in the Ayawaso East constituency, argued that parties could solve the problem by adopting strict disqualification measures against candidates who engage in the practice.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Bukom, a coastal fishing neighborhood in Ghana’s capital of Accra, has long been regarded as the nation’s boxing mecca.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday held talks with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of the 39th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The high-level meeting centred on critical security challenges facing the African continent, particularly the deteriorating situation in the Sahel region, as well as strategies to strengthen democratic governance across Africa.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has begun working with security agencies and international partners following reports that a foreign national allegedly recorded and shared intimate videos of Ghanaian women without their consent.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana will stop relying on foreign funding to purchase cocoa and will instead mobilise domestic resources to finance the crop, in a move he says will strengthen local processing and support economic growth. Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article

President John Dramani Mahama has said Parliament would this year ratify the AU Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AUCEVAWG) to protect the Ghanaian girl child and offer equal opportunity to young girls and women.  Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article

The Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to support the private sector to thrive, create decent jobs and boost local apparel manufacturing across the country. Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article

Ghana has for the first time joined the global community to commemorate the International Condom Day (ICD), with a renewed commitment to remind the public to use condoms properly and consistently to prevent the spread of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies. Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article