Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip have stepped up their attacks on each other, in some of the most intense exchanges in recent years. Palestinian militants have fired more than 430 rockets into Israeli territory since Saturday. Israel says most were intercepted but one man was killed. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they have struck about 200 targets …

Environmental organizations renewed their calls on government to stop all mining and prospecting activities in the Atiwa Forest Reserve due to its dire repercussions on the country. The environmental groups said the Atiwa Forest delivered a variety of ecosystem service and other benefits that superseded whatever financial gains the country may be derived from mining bauxite in the forest. The …

Ghana needs to increase action to enable her to achieve the ambitious 90-90-90 HIV/AIDS target by 2020, Dr Naa Ashiley Vanderpuye, the Chief Executive Officer of the West Africa AIDS Foundation (WAAF), has said. She said with just about a year to the target date, Ghana had so far achieved 65-37-64 of the target which, “is not so good, looking …