Foreign relations
Fossil Fuel Industry Fingered For Delayed Climate Action
The fossil fuel industry has been active in lobbying for delays in global climate action as they stand to make enormous...
OccupyGhana Criticises Gov’t For Rushing Ghana-US Military Deal
A political pressure group OccupyGhana has lashed out at Government for rushing the Ghana-US Military Agreement...
Akufo-Addo Urges AU To Ratify 2003 Maputo Protocol
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the 17 member states of the African Union which signed the 2003 Maputo...
Taking Climate Action Has Investment Opportunities For Africans
Citizens of Africa have been urged to take advantage of investment opportunities that accompany climate action to earn...
Why First Lady Called For Extension To 5 Months
Ghana’s maternity leave -Nursing mothers need up to five months to recuperate as well as bond better with their...
Convention To Protect Humans From Mercury Effects Comes Into Force
A global treaty that seeks to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury has from...
Strong & Powerful Gov’t Cabal Manipulating Special Prosecutor’s Bill – Martin Amidu
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu says the insertion of Clause 3(4) into the Office of the Special Public...
ACILA Urges Gov’t To Pass ICC Bill
Research and education think tank, Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) has urged the...
US Sanctions Vote ‘hostile’, Says Top Iran Negotiator
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday that new sanctions approved by the US House of Representatives were "a...
Let’s Not Undermine Corruption Fight In Special Prosecutor’s Bill
When it became clear to me that We the People might not be allowed our democratic right to participate in the discourse...
Iran Accuses US of Nuclear Deal ‘sabotage’
Iran on Friday vented its frustration over fresh US sanctions which it says "violate" the terms of a 2015 landmark...
Synthetic Cannabis Blamed For Spate of New Zealand Deaths
At least seven people are believed to have died in Auckland this month after using synthetic cannabis, New Zealand...
California Extends Tough Climate Policy Measures To 2030
California legislators late Monday approved extending the state's tough measures to fight climate change to 2030, a...
N. Korea Likely Has More Plutonium Than Previously Thought
New images of North Korea's main nuclear facility show that the isolated regime has apparently produced more plutonium...
The Iran Nuclear Deal
The landmark nuclear deal signed two years ago on July 14, 2015 by Iran and major world powers led to a partial lifting...
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Spared Jail Over 2013 Meeting
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu received Monday a suspended two-month prison sentence and community work...
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Approved At UN
More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been...
UN Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from...
Africa Must Unite On Climate Action Plans
African countries must work closer together when implementing national climate action plans under the Paris Climate...