“They just slaughter you, whether you’re a man, woman, or child. I lost all my brothers and my relatives. Life here is very difficult. With no man, nobody helps you.” Maria* (not her real name), is just one of hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled to northern Uganda since July 2016, following renewed […]

I have absolutely no doubt that President Akufo-Addo and his crackerjack team of technocrats are having quite a difficult time managing the fraught minefield that is the post-Mahama national economy. But, of course, this is not because Team Akufo-Addo either lacks the requisite expertise or adequate appreciation of the apocalyptic extent of the damage done […]

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, participated in the third Pan African Forum on Migration which took place from 15 to 17 May 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. The Forum which was held under the theme “towards an African Common […]

Research shows that poverty disproportionately affects adolescent girls in many parts of Ghana who face distinct challenges, including greater risk of sexual violence, more chance of being married before they are 18, and less likely to complete their schooling The rights and wellbeing of adolescent girls in Ghana were given a boost today as UNICEF […]

Remarks by Guest Speaker, Comrade Brother Sylvester A Mensah, at the National Cadres Conference Held On Tuesday 16th May 2017 at the Jefkings Hotel (On The Dodowa Road) Topic: Commemorating June 4 – Integrating Cadres Into The NDC, A Cadres Perspective Senior Comrades; Comrades; Distinguished Invited Guests; Our media friends, I deem it a great […]

Kenya plans to launch a National Export Strategy that will provide a framework for the country to reduce its trade deficit, officials have said. Export Promotion Council (EPC) CEO Peter Biwott told Xinhua in a recent interview that the country’s trade deficit as of end of 2016 was approximately 8.5 billion U.S. dollars. “The export […]

A two-day National Delegates’ Conference of the United Cadres Front of Ghana (UCF-Ghana) has ended in Accra. The Conference, which attracted 50 delegates from across the regions, promulgated the Constitution of the UCF-Ghana to guide the operations of the cadre movement. The occasion was also used to fine-tune the roadmap towards the election of substantive […]

The government of Ghana was Wednesday urged to adopt innovative tax models in formulating polices to engender rapid economic growth. Professor Robert Darko Osei of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Legon, said this here at the launch of the first Tax-Benefit Micro-simulation model for Ghana. He […]