Rice University researchers engineered a more sensitive version of the CRISPR enzyme Cas13a, improving RNA detection by 100-fold while maintaining stability. The technology could support faster, more accurate detection of HIV and other RNA viruses.
The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that five new telecommunications sites in the Ashanti Region are expected to be activated by the end of October 2026.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested eight suspects in an intelligence-led anti-narcotics operation at Okaishie Drug Lane in Accra on Friday, October 9.
One of the six inmates who escaped from the Konongo Police cells in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been rearrested, while efforts continue to track down the remaining five who are at large.
Gamal Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah and an editor at Al-Ahram Weekly, has died, family sources say. Burial is set for 17 October 2026. (