An economist, Prof. John Gatsi, has said the lack of a clear plan to chart the country’s development path will continue to hinder its economic growth if the phenomenon is not addressed. He said the tendency to compare Ghana to other countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and Singapore was out of place because those…
Russia has accused the UK of inventing a “fake story” and “playing with fire” over the Salisbury spy poisoning. At a UN Security Council meeting, Moscow’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzia said Britain’s main goal had been “to discredit and even delegitimise” Russia with “unsubstantiated accusations”. The UK says Russia is behind the attack but Moscow…
It seems a Pandora’s Box has been opened following sexual abuse revelations in the Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS). A lot of the parents who called into Nhyira FM Thursday morning spoke of their children’s harrowing experiences in some schools in the Ashanti Region. The public reactions follow news that a special committee which investigated…
Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, Director General of GES The Ghana Education Service (GES), has warned heads of senior high schools not to prevent final year students who owe school fees, or any other levies, from partaking in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) The GES in a release to head teachers said…
“So let me state with the clearest affirmation that Ghana has not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America,” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated. “Indeed, the United States of America has not made any request for such consideration and, consistent with our established…
Launched in 2009 by Qatar Foundation, WISE is a global, collaborative platform for debate and action to build the future of education. What makes WISE unique is its multi-sectoral approach to education that brings together those who believe that education is the best way to empower individuals and build a prosperous and sustainable future for…
THE REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, ACCRA Call for Abstracts for the6th International Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa (CCPOP-Ghana2018) under the Theme “The Future We Do Not want” Date: 23rd – 25th July, 2018 Venue: Accra, GHANA Background Climatic hazards are increasingly becoming common features of society globally…
SABONGARI, CAMEROON As a campfire burns in a remote village on Cameroon’s northwestern border with Nigeria, seven men and five boys roast cocoa yam for supper. The eldest among them, 45-year-old Bruno Nfor, says the group has spent at least a week in the bush after violence broke out in the town of Tadu. Armed…
A 22-year-old man charged with defiling a 13-year-old girl at the beach near the Independence Square has been remanded into police custody by the Accra Circuit Court 5. Joseph Awuku, a student, who lives at Kwashiebu, a suburb of Accra with the help of some friends, was said to have initially helped the victim to…