A group, the United Cadres Front of Ghana (UCF-Ghana), says it is not happy with dismissals and transfers of public and civil servants in the country in recent times since the New Patriotic Party assumed power on January 7, 2017. A statement released here signed by Camillus Maalneriba-Tia Sakzeesi said, “It is untenable that after […]

The World Bank (WB), through a grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for Natural Resources Management is supporting 53 selected communities in the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions (Provinces) of Ghana to fight deforestation and land degradation. Under the agreement, the WB is providing an amount of 5.5 million United States Dollars (USD) grant of the […]

The Department of Water and Sanitation is from this morning hosting the 7th SADC River Basins Organisation (RBOs) and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop. The Workshop will run from the 22nd through to the 24th May, and is held at the Riverside Sun in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. The theme for the Workshop is “Improved Regional Integration Through River […]

The Volunteer against Entertainmental Degradation, an NGO interested in sustainable environmental practices, has presented a big white ram to Mr John Peter Amewu, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. The gift was in appreciation of the Minister’s good works, especially the fight against illegal mining, popularly called “galamsey”. Mr Richard Addo, the Chief Executive Officer […]

More than one million African children have benefitted from social enterprise development in Africa in the last five years, according to a new report released by Reach for Change Africa. Reach for Change Africa is a non-profit organisation that runs incubators, accelerators and other customised programmes to help local social entrepreneurs develop sustainable organisations that […]

ActionAid educates parents on child protection Mr Dabre Tanko, a Social Development Officer, Amasaman Department of Social Welfare, has called on parents to acquire birth certificates for their children, especially the girl-child. This, he said, would help parents to defend girls in cases of abuse. “Sometimes the body features of girls under 18 years deceive […]

Twenty four (24) Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs’) in the Eastern Region have been sworn-in with a call to them to work hard and with passion to make a difference – to bring progress. Mr. Eric Kwakye Darfour asked that they united the people behind the government’s development agenda. They should be in haste […]

About fifteen (15) officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been dismissed for various acts of gross misconduct. The dismissed officers were punished for allegedly causing a huge financial loss to the state. The alleged corrupt officers, include four females and eleven males. Their interdiction follows their purported connivance with certain […]

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reduced the policy rate from 23.5 percent to 22.5 percent today. The decision was based on the easing of headline inflation and inflation expectations in the country. Announcing the decision at a press conference in Accra, Dr Ernest Addison added the economic activity […]

Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Samuel Annor, has revealed that the authority will roll out payment of some GHc1.2 billion covering a 12-month period of arrears they owe service providers beginning from today May 22, 2017. He made this revelation on Accra-based radio station, Citi FM, describing it as […]

Some communicators for the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti region are on warpath with the hierarchy of their party. They insist on a meeting with former President John Dramani Mahama. The Ashanti Regional NDC Media Monitors Association, represented by their Chairman Abdullahi Abdul Latif (Julius Agahowa) tells rawgist.com that they are boycotting all […]

The Standing Committee on Appropriations will conduct public hearings on Wednesday (24 May) on the 2017 Appropriation Bill. The Bill provides for the appropriation of money from the National Revenue Fund for the requirements of the state for the 2017/18 financial year and provides for subordinate matters incidental thereto. Members of the media wishing to […]

The World Health Organization with the Federal Government of Somalia and UNICEF launched a preventative measles vaccination campaign yesterday targeting 125 000 children aged 6 to 59 months from communities of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Banadir and Afgoye. The campaign was launched by the Deputy Mayor of Mogadishu, Director-General for Federal Ministry of Health […]

Accra Hearts of Oak thrashed Division One side Kotoku Royals 4-0, in the round of 32 of the MTN FA Cup match played at the Accra Sports Stadium. Hearts scored first through a penalty converted by Vincent Atinga, in the 22nd minute, with Kwame Kizito ensuring a comfortable lead for Hearts in the 34th minute […]

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended in Addis Ababa Friday with participants adopting an outcome document to take to the 2017 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which will be convened in New York in July under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The outcome document speaks […]

 Access Power, a developer, owner and operator of power projects in emerging markets in partnership with EREN Renewable Energy a global independent power producer are pleased to announce the five shortlisted candidates of the 2017 Access Co-Development Facility (ACF) competition, the third edition of the innovative US$7 million funding and support platform for renewable energy […]

His Excellency President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, His Excellency Hassan Rouhani, who has won the Iranian presidential elections held on Friday, 19 May 2017. The election victory will see President Rouhani serve a second presidential term, having ascended to the office for the first time in 2013. […]

On 15 May 2017, the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and EU Foreign Ministers met the Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat for an exchange of views on the state of the Africa-EU partnership in view of the AU-EU Summit in Abidjan on 29-30 November. In an evolving global context, the […]

South African Tourism has used INDABA as a platform to launch I Do Tourism (IDT) – an initiative that seeks to remind South Africans of the importance of the tourism industry and the role they can play as advocates for South Africa and for tourism. The purpose of the campaign, according to SA Tourism CEO, […]

“The Igbimo Odo Yoruba, have watched with utmost dismay, the growing threat and assault to free speech, by some elements, from a section of the  northern region of Nigeria. Most recent of these threats, is a statement, credited to a paid gang, which prides itself as the Arewa Youth Forum, which in a statement signed […]