AfDB Launches Policy To Tackle Fraud
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on June 15th, 2017, announced the conclusion of a settlement agreement with Sinohydro Corporation. An investigation conducted by the AfDB’s Office of...
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Sudan Begins Trial of Top Activist Accused of Spying
The trial of a prominent Sudanese human rights activist accused of spying for foreign embassies opened on Wednesday in Khartoum, as Amnesty International called for his immediate release. Mudawi...
Sudan Begins Trial of Top Activist Accused of Spying
The trial of a prominent Sudanese human rights activist accused of spying for foreign embassies opened on Wednesday in Khartoum, as Amnesty International called for his immediate release. Mudawi...
Villagers Fear S.Sudan Famine
South Sudan's northwest is untouched by civil war, yet hunger still wreaks havoc: here food shortages are cyclical and the annual "hunger gap" is about to begin. About 800 kilometres (500 miles) from...
Rising Inflation To Affect Interest and Exchange Rates – Economist
Economist, Dr. Ebo Turkson has predicted of dire implications on interest and exchange rates should inflation rise in May. According to him, this will have a negative impact on businesses and the...
‘We Won’t Stop Showing Porn On TV’
General Manager for Ice TV, Samuel Owusu Asare said his media company cannot desist from showing pornography films on their channels regardless the complaints made to the National Media Commission...
Powerful Politicians Are Trafficking Humans To the Gulf
Some government officials have been linked to the menace of human trafficking in Ghana . This was revealed, plain and simple, by the past deputy head of mission to Saudi Arabia, Hajia Hawawu Boya...
Digital Inclusion Program Launched In Ghana
A Digital for Inclusion (D41) program has been launched in Accra. D41 is a collaborative initiative between Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), the National Board for Small...
AMA Clears Korle Lagoon Project Site of Illegal Structures
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) last Saturday demolished tens of unauthorised structures at the Korle Lagoon Ecological Restoration Project (KLERP) site, located near the International Central...
S. Korea’s Moon Urges Lawmakers To Approve $10 Bn Stimulus Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth unemployment, warning the issue could otherwise become a...
Management Boot Camp Starts On June 18
The Management Boot Camp, which is part of the month-long Citi Business Festival, is scheduled for Sunday, 18th June to Saturday, 24th June, 2017 at the Volta Hotel, Akosombo. The Boot Camp is an...
Help Save the Public Service
When media houses capture stories like "massive transfer hit YEA after payroll fraud" and published the name of affected staff, you create the impression like those affected were the ones involved in...
Massive Transfers Hit YEA After Payroll Fraud
The Youth Employment Agency has transferred some members of staff to various regions. A statement from YEA explained that the transfer was part of an “ongoing restructuring exercise to reposition...
Talking of the African Heirloom [Article]
Often than not, we tend to be oblivious of certain realities around us till self-reflection and assessment set in then we are stung by eureka. I tend to find myself in such predisposition. For...
We Will Hold Government Accountable In Health Sector
The Health sector Non State Actors have pledged to ensure accountability and improvement in the health sector to enhance standards of living. The Non State Actors is a group of Civil Society and...
African States Band Together To Defeat Crime On High Seas
A total of 19 African countries on Thursday launched an EU-funded network to tackle piracy, high seas robbery, kidnappings and human trafficking in the strategically important Gulf of Guinea. The...
Kabul Voices Alarm As Anti-Govt Protesters Expand Sit-In Camps
Afghan authorities warned anti-government protesters of legal action Thursday as demonstrators set up new sit-in camps around Kabul, raising security alarm after a week of deadly bombings and street...
Improving Adult Skills Can Help Countries Benefit From Globalisation
Providing workers with the right mix of skills, in an increasingly competitive international environment, can help ensure that globalisation translates into new jobs and productivity gains rather...
Ghana Reiterates Commitment To Achieve Open Data Society
The government of Ghana has reiterated its commitment to achieving an information society; a goal which will be given added impetus with the country’s hosting of the second Africa Open Data...
Heavy Security At Bole Over Chieftaincy
Military and police personnel have been deployed to the Bole District of the Northern Region over possible chieftaincy clashes. Tension has been mounting as arrangements are being made to lay to rest...