The government is in the process of rewriting the Fisheries Act, 2002 to address key challenges in the country’s fishing industry. A draft policy is currently before the Attorney-General's (A-G's)...
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with the Elections Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) would on Tuesday, March 28, host candidates contesting the various...
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in 2016 processed 59 cases with misappropriation registering 21 cases. The Director of Anti-Corruption of CHRAJ, Charles...
A non-profit civil society organization, Right Alliance-Ghana, is appealing to the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to as a matter of urgency, disband and disarm all vigilante groups in the...
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Northern Region that are committed to promoting the nation’s democracy have condemned the practice of snapping thumb printed ballots after votes casting on...
Benin is asking for the return of treasures that were taken during French colonial rule from the end of the 19th century, re-opening a thorny diplomatic issue that resonates across Africa. Lawmakers...
Civil society and non-governmental-organisations have been encouraged to demand accountability from various governmental institutions. That, the Director in charge of Human Rights at the Commission...
The Director of Anti-Corruption Department of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Charles Ayamdoo, has asked political leadership to go beyond public declaration of...
The Upper East Regional Women in Agriculture Platform has been launched in Bolgatanga to empower women in agriculture to effectively engage with stakeholders to help address their concerns. The...
Ghana has been elected to occupy one of the five Vice Chair positions of the Executive Council of the African Alliance for e-Commerce for the next four years. The election took place at the Eighth...
A total of 71 Assembly members and government appointees have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Mr. Kobina Kurentsir Sam, as the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive. He had 70 out he 71...
Among the topics to be discussed at the workshop include the preparatory phase As part of its comprehensive observation and interventions to promote credible and peaceful elections, the Coalition of...
Tanzania's information minister was fired on Thursday after he criticised an ally of President John Magufuli who had stormed into a television station accompanied by armed men. The sacking comes amid...
The Committee investigating the bribery scandal against the Chairman and some members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee is expected to present its final report on the case next Wednesday. This...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana) have urged districts to allocate resources equitably according to need to reach the most deprived...
A Non-Governmental Organization, A Rocha Ghana, has launched a four-year project in Damongo to safeguard the Volta Basin within the Mole ecological zone in the Northern Region. The project codenamed,...
Civil society group, Right Alliance-Ghana, has condemned the New Patriotic Party’s Invisible Forces, and accused it of having contributed to last Sunday’s disaster at the Kintampo Waterfalls that...
The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to withdraw the nomination of Major Derek Oduro (rtd) as Deputy Minister of Defence. The...
The Member of Parliament for Sunyani East constituency and Majority Chief Whip, Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh, has downplayed suggestions that the appointment of more than 50 majority Members of Parliament...
The Member of Parliament for Sunyani East constituency and Majority Chief Whip, Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh, has downplayed suggestions that the appointment of more than 50 majority Members of Parliament...