The United Nations has appointed Anita Kokui Gbeho, a Ghanaian, as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Her appointment was...
The new government has come with numerous ‘news’, and latest on the list is plans to lift the mobile phone ban in schools and provide every senior high school student with a mobile device. This...
The National Peace Council has urged ECOWAS to intervene in the ongoing Togo crisis to prevent it from degenerating. Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, the Chairman of the National Peace Council,...
Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from the noxious fumes of the polluted swamp. The sight in Bodo, some 40 kilometres (25...
A workshop launching a nationwide sensitization process aimed at increasing awareness and generating public opinion on the formation of a Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing (CTRH)...
A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party is taking stock as it prepares to mark its 25th anniversary on June 10, 2017. Koku Anyidoho says it is important...
The biggest opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) says it is working on getting the rank and file of the party to plug into modern technology as it seeks to recapture political power in the...
In the battle against jihadists in northern Iraq, the village of Sayramun was recaptured in February but remains as isolated as ever and crucially still has no drinking water. "There's no water in...
Incarcerated gay man Dr. Ali Gabass appears to have found himself a new job while he serves his time in prison at Nsawam. Dr. Gabass is imparting his knowledge in the sciences to his fellow inmates...
Participants at a high-level meeting on illicit financial flows has called on government to develop and implement a proactive programme to track, stop and return illicit financial flows. They point...
Tanzania has expelled the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry has said in a statement. It blamed Awa Dabo, a Gambian national, for the...
The day after Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, Samrat Basnet opened his doors to the wounded as hospitals overwhelmed with thousands of victims had to send away those without...
Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a report said Friday. China is the world's largest consumer and producer of...
UN chief Antonio Guterres has named a German with extensive experience at the world organization, Achim Steiner, as the new administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Steiner, who...
Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has called for deeper cross-sector collaboration between government, investors, researchers, non-for-profit organizations and the private sector to establish a...
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) received and dealt with 8,500 human rights cases nation-wide last year. Three hundred and forty-one administrative justice issues...
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) received and dealt with 8,500 human rights cases nation-wide last year. Three hundred and forty-one administrative justice issues...
Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has called for deeper cross-sector collaboration between government, investors, researchers, non-for-profit organisations and the private sector to establish a...
A quarter-century of impressive human development progress continues to leave many people behind, with systemic, often unmeasured, barriers to catching up. A stronger focus on those excluded and on...
Ghana Youthspeak forum is the highlight of a national campaign program that seeks to gain insight into the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Ghana by engaging young people on what they think...
