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  The Upper East Region has recorded a total of 89 active cases of COVID-19 from three Municipalities and three Districts, a situation report on the virus from the Ghana Health Service (HS) in the Region said. Out of the number, 45 are from the Bolgatanga Municipality, 31 from the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, two from the Kassena-Nankana West District, nine from Bongo district and one each from the Bolgatanga East District and Builsa North Municipality. The report, compiled by the Regional Director of the GHS, Dr. Emmanuel Dzotsi and his team as at January 14, 2021, noted that “Fifteen of...

Graphic Online BY: Vincent Amenuveve 30.5k Shares 705 One Ghanaian and two Burkinabes were killed when a gang of suspected armed robbers attacked a Mobile Money vendor and a forex bureau at Yelewongo on the Burkina Faso side of the border with Ghana, near the Bongo District in the Upper East Region. The Ghanaian, identified as Azonga Asampana, 45, was killed by a bullet from an indiscriminate shooting by the suspected robbers as they embarked on the robbery operations during last Tuesday’s market day in the town. Traders from Ghana, particularly Bongo, also a border town, travel to Yelewon...

Stakeholders in Bongo pledge to help fight teenage pregnancy and SGBV Stakeholders in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region have pledged their commitment to help fight against teenage pregnancy, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and child marriage in the district. The stakeholders who were made up of the heads of the various units at the Bongo district assembly made the commitments when the Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana (YHFG), a youth-focused Non-Governmental Organization engaged them on gender equality, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) and Gender-Based Violence...

Afrikids launches Mobile Library Project in Upper East Afrikids Ghana, a child rights Non-Governmental Origination has launched Mobile Library project in the Upper East Region to complement Ghana Education (GES) efforts at addressing the academic challenges facing school pupils in this era of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As part of the project implementation strategy, Afrikids Ghana in collaboration with the GES, School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parents Teacher Association (PTAs) have established community learning centres in the project Districts namely Nabdam, Bongo, Builsa ...

Stakeholders in Upper East resolve to end child marriage Stakeholders in selected districts of the Upper East Region have resolved to end teenage pregnancies and child marriages in their jurisdictions. They said socio-cultural practices, ineffective communication among parents and children, lack of family planning, and parental irresponsibility were major causes of teenage pregnancies and child marriages in their areas. The stakeholders comprised traditional and religious leaders, Assembly Members from three districts, Bongo, Talensi, and Nabdam. They made the call at a forum organi...