Some illegal small scale miners at Bonsa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality of the Western Region have asked the government to exercise caution in its attempt at clamping down on their activities. The...
The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) says it has adopted pragmatic measures that will correct the negative perceptions of the organisation. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PPA, Mr Agyenim...
It is one news item that has succeeded securing a spot on almost every aspect of Ghana’s news media. Ordinarily, topical issues in my country take at most a week to be talked about in the media...
A former deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, says the allocation of GHC1.576 billion by the government to the District Assembly Common Fund in the 2017 budget is in clear breach of Ghana’s...
Political and social pressure group, OccupyGhana, has launched an initiative to create awareness and garner public support to fight illegal mining in the country. Dubbed “Red April”, the group...
The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has charged President Nana Akufo-Addo to show more commitment to deal with illegal mining. According to ASEPA, it was time for the...
The 8th Annual African Development Conference held at the Prestigious Harvard University this weekend. Under the theme which was to explore creative and collaborative approaches to African challenges...
An environment sustainability Policy think tank, Green Growth Solutions, has called on chiefs and traditional leaders to help in the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey in the...
When a new style of seat suddenly appeared on Mexico City's metro system, it was labelled as inappropriate, uncomfortable, humiliating and embarrassing. It was supposed to be. The seat, moulded to...
By: Kwarteng, Francis “The vigilante groups are recognized in the party (New Patriotic Party (NPP)) and so I will personally make sure they are recruited into national security” (our emphasis)...
Tunisian activists say they are frustrated by the slow progress on reforms to improve civil liberties six years after an uprising calling for more freedoms in the North African country. The 2011...
Students and civil society activists believe they do not get a fair share from uranium trade Activists in Niger have started legal action into a uranium deal in which the country is said to have lost...
Ghana’s Parliament should take steps to purge itself of increasing bribery allegations, constitutional lawyer Nana Akwasi Awuah has counseled. According to the legal practitioner, allegations of...
Pressure group OccupyGhana has called on government to take immediate steps to, among other things, stop the unlicensed and unregulated mining in the country. It says the menace, popularly referred...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center, Yofi Grant will take part in this year’s Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in Dubai as part of the center’s approach to attract...
Ghana is to receive more private businesses and investments through the 2020 Partnership Initiative with Africa launched by the German Government, Mr Christoph Retzlaff, the German Ambassador, said...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, urged the Public Procurement Authority to ensure that from June, this year, every procurement conducted would be uniquely captured with a special...
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has submitted coded inputs it assembled from the public on adopted electoral reforms to the Electoral Commission (EC) for consideration. The inputs gathered through...
GHANA’S major development partner, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is unaware of government’s decision to push for an extension of the bailout programme. “We are not aware of the...
The Chairperson of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), Dr Steve Manteaw says the platform is unhappy with the findings of a governance analysis it conducted on Ghana’s oil and gas...