Forty (40) former Members of Parliament, who served under the Kufuor Administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them, demanding at least GHc...
Mrs Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice President, has expressed concern about the rate of pregnancy among adolescent girls in Ghana. Though adolescent pregnancies declined from 12.1 percent in 2015 to...
According to Foluke Michael, the Project Manager of the fight, tagged “Rumbles in Lagos’’, the match will hold on May 25 at the Eko Atlantic City. Holyfield is 54, while Tinubu is 65. It...
The conflict in Yemen has made women and girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence, with more than 10,000 cases reported last year, the UN Population Fund said on Monday. "Displacement and the...
Even before the backlash she’s receiving for suggesting that wearing of miniskirts could attract rapists hence the need for girls to dress decently, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social...
Otiko’s rape comments seem to have taken people’s mind back to the ugly scenarios, where female rape victims are subjected to horrible stigma by the public who misjudge their predicament....
Tanzanians have been taking to Twitter to poke fun at President John Magufuli, as criticism mounts against his government's attitude towards freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Last week he...
The 8th of March was International Women’s Day and a lot was done worldwide to celebrate women. The day has been observed since the early 1900s. It is now an official holiday in some countries....
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Isaac Osei has said that the open display of tribalism by some Ghanaians is one of the reasons for the country’s retarded...
An Egyptian court has sentenced 56 people to prison over the capsizing of a migrant boat that killed more than 200 people in September. They were given sentences of up to 14 years, and the...
Work on a 40-bed capacity maternity block which is being funded by MTN Foundation for the Tema General Hospital is progressing steadily as it is about 42% complete. A team from the Foundation on...
Members of Modern Women of Wisdom Organisation (MWWO), an all-female humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO), are gladdened at the pledge by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Rockson...
China´s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in the abuse and production of synthetic drugs which have become a major health concern...
Like the saying goes, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words, therefore’, an unflattering upload could give you a brand you never thought off. J Initiative, a child and family focused organisation...
President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said Sunday, despite a top rights group urging Jordan to deny him entry. Bashir is wanted by...
Chief Executive Officer of state-owned Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Isaac Osei has admonished Ghanaians not to undermine tribes they perceived as minority ethnic groups in the country. According to him,...
The Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, over the weekend urged girls not to “attract” rape by wearing provocative clothing to the outrage of some Ghanaians. During her...
Belarus has defended the mass arrests on Saturday during protests against a tax on those seen as under-employed. Hundreds were arrested and some beaten up as thousands took to the streets of the...
An Egyptian court has sentenced 56 people to prison over the capsizing of a migrant boat that killed more than 200 people in September. They were given sentences of up to 14 years, and the...
President Donald Trump's enthusiasm for his 19th century predecessor Andrew Jackson is stoking fears he may cancel plans to replace that controversial president on the $20 bill with abolitionist...
