The Queen Mother (Ali Awuyigavei Maria) of the Banu Paramountcy has donated teaching and learning materials to some schools within the paramountcy to improve child education especially the girl-child. The items which include exercise books, pencils, school uniforms, graph books, colour pencils and erasers were presented to Banu Basic School for distribution to seven basic…
Several acres of food crops, including maize and soybean, are withering in parts of the Sissala East and Sissala West districts. After nearly a month of inadequate rainfall, farmers are increasingly worried about crop failure and their ability to recover the rising cost of production. Farmers across the two districts say the prolonged dry spell,…
The story of the Gbele Resource Reserve is intertwined with the history of a community that once lived within the protected area before being relocated to a new settlement. The Gbele community, located in the Sisaala West District, is understood to have given its name to the reserve after residents once lived within the area….
Poor road access and the absence of mobile telephone network coverage are among challenges stakeholders say could hinder the development of tourism at the Gbele Resource Reserve. The concerns emerged during an educational visit to the reserve by students and teachers from Tumu Senior High Technical School and Kanton Senior High School. The students visited…
The Tented Luxury Camp at the Gbele Resource Reserve has welcomed its first official group of student patrons since the facility was established in 2006. The milestone occurred on Saturday, July 25, 2026, when students and teachers from Tumu Senior High Technical School and Kanton Senior High School embarked on an educational and recreational visit…
The Sissala East Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Office of the Member of Parliament, Hon. Bataglia, and through the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), has procured and donated 1,000 desks to the Ghana Education Service (GES) for onward distribution to selected schools in the Municipality. The donation, made at a brief ceremony held today,…
Persistent poaching at the Gbele Resource Reserve is threatening efforts to protect the area’s rich biodiversity, with rangers warning that illegal activities are affecting wildlife visibility within the protected area. Rangers at the reserve say Gbele is home to about 34 mammal species, more than 30 bird species and about 39 different tree species, making…
Community leaders in the Sisaala area have been urged to strengthen early identification of harmful narratives as part of efforts to prevent violence and violent extremism. The call was made during a two-day capacity-building workshop organized by the Upper West Regional Peace Council (UWRPC) in collaboration with UNDP Ghana in Tumu, on August 12 and…
Seven communities in the Sisaala area are being equipped with tools to counter misinformation and harmful narratives as part of efforts to strengthen peace and social cohesion. The initiative was undertaken through a two-day training organized by the Upper West Regional Peace Council (UWRPC), in collaboration with UNDP Ghana, at Saleti Guest House in Tumu…
The Upper West Regional Peace Council (UWRPC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ghana and funding from the Governments of Norway and Denmark, under the “preventing and responding to violent extremism in the Atlantic corridor” trained community leaders and journalists in the Sissala area to strengthen their capacity to combat misinformation, hate…
