The people and chiefs of Manyoro in the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality of the Upper East Region engaged in their annual Fao Kuri Festival Health Walk over the weekend. The health walk, the third in the series, saw participants walk from the palace of the overlord of Manyoro through Natugnia to […]
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IOM, BORDER COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE INT. MIGRANTS DAY IN PAGA
The International Organization for Migration [IOM], has joined some border communities from both Paga in the Kassena-Nankana West District and Namoo, in the Bongo District, to celebrate the 2023 edition of the International Migrants Day at Paga. This year’s celebration under the theme; “Honouring the contributions of migrants and respecting […]
Continue readingBaseline survey report on prevalence of FGM in Northern Ghana launched
A baseline survey report on the prevalence and drivers of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in some districts in Northern Ghana has been launched in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. The survey was commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and conducted by Dr Matilda Aberese-Ako, […]
Continue readingOVER 10 PROJECT SITES HANDED OVER TO CONTRACTORS IN KNWD
A number of sites earmarked for the construction of several projects ranging from market stalls, CHPS compounds, Culverts, mechanized borehles to a butcher shop and more, have been handed over to contractors for execution across several communities in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. Kassena-Nankana West District […]
Continue readingPIKWORO SLAVE CAMP IN PAGA-NANIA RECEIVING FACELIFT
The Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive [DCE], Hon. Gerard Ataogye this Wednesday afternoon, handed over site to a contractor for the construction of some landscaping works at the Pikworo Slave Camp in the Paga-Nania community of the district. In his statement at a brief handing over meeting at the Camp, […]
Continue readingWorld Tourism Day
The Upper East Regional celebration of the World Tourism Day has taken place in Paga, capital of the Kassena-Nankana West District, with a call for appropriate investments in the region’s tourism sector to escalate the attraction thresholds for tourists as this will benefit numerous players in the tourism value chain. […]
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