The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Advocate Joseph Whittal, is urging the government to expedite the passage of the anti-witchcraft bill. He explains that this urgency is due to the hardships faced by women labelled as witches, who cannot endure the associated assault and stigma. He spoke at the commemoration […] The post CHRAJ
Senior Program Officer for Africa at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Dennis Gyeyir, has suggested that Ghana should not overly fixate on gas for power generation amid the country’s energy transition towards achieving Net Zero emissions. Following Ghana’s decision on energy transition, some key players in the energy sector have responded to this transition. […] The post Ghana
The Head of the Local Government Service, Ing. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur, has asked that all local government staff aspiring for assembly positions in the upcoming District Assembly Elections, scheduled for December 19, should immediately resign from their positions if they emerge victorious. Nana Ato Arthur, who urged all Ghanaians to participate in the District […] The post Resign
Emmanuel Adumua Bossman Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) joins rest of the world to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day on Friday. The commission dedicated the NACAP. Read More... The post CHRAJ Marks International Anti-Corruption
The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has launched one of the Youth Employment Agency’s (YEA) flagship programmes, the Business and Employment Assistance Programme (BEAP), in the capital of the Bono Region, Sunyani. This initiative aims to nurture young entrepreneurs, empowering them to generate employment opportunities for the large pool of unemployed youths in the country. […] The post YEA
The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference says, “While it is not right to criminalize homosexuals just for being homosexuals, the state is within its right to criminalize the acts of homosexuals in the interest of the nation.” The anti-gay bill, formerly known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, is […] The post Ghana
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s leader has taken his rhetorical attacks on his Rwandan counterpart to another level by comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Félix Tshisekedi said Paul Kagame was behaving like Hitler, and added: “I promise he will end up like Hitler”. Mr Tshisekedi who is campaigning for re-election, was addressing a rally in […] The post DR
A decade on from the passing of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, South African broadcaster eNCA has visited the home, where he spent his sunset years and died, to find that it has been abandoned and has fallen into disrepair. Pop star Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey and former US First Lady Michelle Obama were among the […] The post Mandela’s home abandoned and in disrepair
Turkey has issued an international arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president, after he allegedly ran over a motorcycle courier, who later died. A police report said Mohammed Hassan Cheikh Mohamud collided with the courier in broad daylight in Istanbul. Police say he was driving a car which reportedly belonged to the Somali consulate […] The post Turkey
Parliament has approved a loan agreement of $150 million from the International Development Association of the World Bank for the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project 2. The project aims to strengthen the socio-economic resilience of coastal communities through good coastal management practices and support the government’s efforts to reduce the vulnerability of coastal […] The post Parliament
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