A coalition of civil society organisations, the Coalition of Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) Zone, has asked the government to investigate how a US$ 500 million loan facility...
The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN's humanitarian chief has warned. Two million people need emergency food aid to survive and child...
The John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation has launched the “Ghana Zero Hunger” Strategic Review to identify the gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) two on ending hunger. The...
Barack Obama saved his parting gift to terror, his worst crime, for last, the War on the Yemeni People. Obama’s last war has institutionalized a failed state and which will continue to inflict...
Community nurses like Emilia Hayford are unsung heroes who bring care directly to women and families in the seaside villages of western Ghana. They are often the only health providers a family in...
The Government of Ghana is fully aware of the problem of malnutrition in the country and has being taken steps over the years to address the situation, with varying degrees of successes. Despite the...
INTRODUCTION On December 7, 2016, Ghanaians will again cast their ballots to elect a new president and members Parliament. While the fault lines of the election has already been drawn, I predict that...
I am not sure if Manhyia has already apologized to President John Mahama. He was hooted at when he attended Asantehene’s mother’s funeral. It was a shameful act, and my inkling is that, although...
The Northern Development Society (NORDESO), has begun a five-year advocacy project dubbed: “Voice for Change (V4C)” in the Yendi Municipality and Mion District in the Northern Region. The...
Excess and waste are usually considered symptomatic of the affluent West but trained chef Elijah Amoo Addo knows these are problems too in his home country, Ghana. One day he saw a homeless man...
Religious or other beliefs vs medical treatment of children A report on child mortality indicates that globally in 2013, 3.7 million children aged one month to 4 years of age died. Half of the child...
Ghana has been recording about 128,000 premature births every year, and doctors are advocating cost effective care to save them from dying. Dr. Rita Fosu-Yeboah, a Paediatrician, said 75 per cent of...
A report on child mortality indicates that globally in 2013, 3.7 million children aged one month to 4 years of age died. Half of the child deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Major causes of these...
Uganda has warned that the persistent drought has placed over 7 million people at risk. As experts meet in Morocco this week for the UN Climate Change summit, the East African country said climate...
Dozens have starved to death in beseiged Madaya The town of Madaya in Syria has been under siege for more than a year. Cut off from regular supplies of food, medical supplies and electricity, many of...
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumerewrites that some households can no longer take absolute care of their children living with cerebral palsy or stigmas associated with the condition Air Vice-Marshall...
The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday. — The first batch of Kenyan soldiers serving under the UN Mission in South Sudan is expected back home this morning...
UK increases humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe in response to El Nino induced drought Through the Department for International Development (DFID), the UK has made an additional £40 million contribution...
"...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens...
Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel, is championing the fight against malnutrition. According to a research, 35% of Ghanaians have suffered from stunted growth and 10.5 of children who are repeated in...
