The Disability Right Fund (DRF) coalition has called on the incoming government to review the Disability Act to conform to international standards and ensure the full realisation of rights of Persons...
China has announced a ban on all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. Conservation groups hailed the decision as "historic" and a "game-changer" for the future of elephants. The...
Libyan authorities deported 157 illegal African migrants on Thursday. The migrants are mostly from Mali and were hoping to make it to Europe via the Mediterranean. The deportations were organised in...
President-elect Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he will look to "strengthen and expand" the US's nuclear capability hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to enhance his country's...
The relations between unpredictable allies, Russia and Turkey, appear to have deteriorated in the past few years. The relationship between Moscow and Ankara have deteriorated since the Turkish Air...
President Mahama and his NDC government corrupt practices have resulted in excessive public spending, less efficient tax system , needless high public deficit and destabilization of national budgets,...
On 5 December, the Administrative Council of the African Regional Intellectual Property Office (ARIPO) will meet to adopt the draft regulations to the Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New...
Africa or African states largely have reasonable cause to reconsider their membership of the International Criminal Court, even if it means reversal of their Rome Statute ratification. My stance is...
South Africans are divided over the country's decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Last month, South Africa wrote to the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon,...
She stops by a motorbike or “Mahama Kambu” – the tricycle taxi in the Wa Municipality – she stretches one hand for money, and puts the other on her stomach – she says, “give me money to...
A number of prominent Ghanaians and civil society groups, including the Chairman of Peace Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), have beseeched President...
The Fifth Annual African Union (AU) Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa opens in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania from November 23 to November 26. Mrs Samia Suluhu...
She stops by a motorbike or “Mahama Kambu” – the tricycle taxi in the Wa Municipality – she stretches one hand for money, and puts the other on her stomach – she says, “give me money to...
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has commended West African States for demonstrating commitment to promote human rights in the sub-region. 'As at October 2016, only seven of...
“We have to keep trust in this momentum period, Mr Mezouar said in a response to a question at a press briefing following speculations that with Trump’s election, he will withdraw US from the...
Chinese officials have reaffirmed the country’s determination to continue working on climate change despite climate skeptic Donald Trump’s win in the U. S. presidential election. The U. S....
In the past few months, it seems we’ve made great leaps in the race to curb global warming. In early October, 191 countries signed the world’s first agreement to curb greenhouse gas pollution...
Mrs. Mercy Larbi, Ashanti Regional Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has entreated pregnant women not to go on night duties because it is against their...
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has made most Ghanaians slaves in their own country with the kind of international trade agreements it has signed, Ivor Greenstreet, presidential...
The fifth African Union High Level Dialogue on Human Rights is slated for November 23 to November 26 at Arusah, United Republic of Tanzania to take stock and reflect on our achievements in the search...
