Social Issues
US Withdraws Funding For United Nations Population Fund
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in...
Parliament Passes Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill
Parliament has passed the Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill which will review the two components of the Levies...
UN Warns Syria Refugee Aid Funds ‘desperate’
The UN warned Tuesday the plight of millions of Syrian refugees was becoming "desperate," with aid funds running low as...
US Withdraws Funding For United Nations Population Fund
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in...
1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015
It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery....
US To End Funding For UN Population Fund Over Abortion
The US government plans to stop funding the United Nations Population Fund because of the organization's "coercive"...
2 Nigerian Women Nabbed For Forcing Girls Into Commercial Sex Work
Six girls were transported into the country by some Nigerian women for the purpose of practicing prostitution in Ghana...
Elect Competent Women To Parliament
Former First Lady and founder of National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, has called on...
1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015
It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery....
Mental Illness Affects 10 Percent of Global Population
Dr Mumuni Fuseini, Northern Regional Co-ordinator for Mental Health at Health Directorate, has said about 10.1 percent...
‘Elect Competent Women To Parl’t
FORMER First Lady and founder of National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, has called on...
Trump Seeks Limits On Visa Program Favored By Tech Sector
The Trump administration has unveiled steps to limit an immigration visa program for skilled workers often used by...
Obesity In Pregnancy Is Linked To Epilepsy Risk
Being overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy has been linked to a higher risk of bearing a child with...
Redefine Laws and Other Criminal Offenses – Justice Adjei
A Justice of the Appeal’s Court Justice Dennis Adjei has called for a review of some of the acts of law within the...
Minority Leadership Is Performing Poorly
A group within the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) calling itself ‘good citizens of Bawku Central...
UN Urges More Support For States Hosting Syria Refugees
Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched...
‘Get Them Out of There’
African migrants languishing in Libyan detention camps need to be "got out of there" as soon as possible, a senior aid...
Ghanaian Lawyer Goes To Court Over Ex-Gratia Payments
A Ghanaian lawyer, Elikplim L. Agbemava, has commenced an action at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some...
We Will Haunt Haruna Iddrisu and Muntaka
Members of the Bawku Central branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is threatening to launch a campaign...