Social Issues
US Republicans Roll Dice Once More On Health Care
Top US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell will try to pull a political rabbit out of his hat Thursday when he unveils a...
Pride and Prejudice At S.Korea Gay Parade
Thousands of people will march through Seoul to support gay rights in this Saturday's Pride parade, and probably just...
Gender Ministry Internsifies Fight Against Human Trafficking
Government has allocated some 1.5million Cedis to the human trafficking secretariat under the Ministry of Gender,...
Malta Votes To Allow Same-Sex Marriage
Malta's parliament voted Wednesday to allow same-sex couples to marry, three years after passing a law permitting civil...
How It Happened and Ghana’s Increasing Suicide Rate
The Kumasi policeman suicide which occurred Wednesday morning, adds to the incessant cases of suicide across the...
New Immigration Service Council Tasked To Implement ACT
Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, has tasked the new 13-member Council of the Ghana Immigration Service to ensure...
Newborn Among Migrants Reaching Italy After Rescue Off Libya
The first of more than 3,500 would-be migrants picked up off the coast of Libya in recent days arrived Wednesday in...
France To Boost Refugee Aid, Deport Economic Migrants
France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting...
‘Homosexuality Won’t Be Decriminalised’
Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye, says Ghana will not decriminalise homosexuality. The Rt....
Foundation To Hold Charity Concert In Support of Juvenile Offenders
A child oriented nongovernmental organisation, Juvenile Reform Foundation-Ghana (JRF-Ghana) has launched a charity...
NDPC Advocates National Budget For Contraceptives In Ghana
The National Development Planning Commission is advocating a national budget allocation for contraceptives. Ghana’s...
JRF-Ghana Launches Concert To Support Juvenile Offenders
JUVENILE Reform Foundation (JRF-Ghana) has launched its charity concert to support released juvenile offenders and...
Fast-Growing Pakistan Aims To Raise Contraception Use
Pakistan will raise the rate of contraception use to at least 50 percent within the next three years, the health...
11 Migrant Workers Die In Saudi House Fire
Eleven migrant labourers died of asphyxiation in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a fire that engulfed the windowless house...
Group To Patrol Mediterranean To Stop Migrants Reaching Europe
A group of far-right activists has hired a boat to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from reaching...
What You Must Know About Britain’s First Muslim Same-Sex Wedding
24-year-old Jahed Choudhury and 19-year-old Sean Rogan have become the first ever gay Muslim couple in UK’s history....
Malaysia Condemned For Migrant Worker Crackdown
Malaysia has rounded up over 3,000 undocumented migrant workers this month in a major crackdown, prompting alarm...
Singapore Urged To Halt Malaysian Drug Convict’s Execution
Human rights activists have urged Singapore to halt the looming execution of a Malaysian drug trafficker, citing a...
Turkey’s Deepening Tragedy of Murdered Women
As she did most afternoons, Pinar Unluer was waiting to collect her six-year-old son from his school in Turkey's Aegean...