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The newly-created 38 Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) throughout the country will be…
I have no doubt in my mind that history will ultimately judge Lt.…
The Constitution Review Commission, a Presidential Commission of Enquiry, was set up in…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana’s poor ranking on the latest Corruption Perception…
The Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, has reiterated his commitment to discharge his…
President Akufo-Addo has admonished the country’s first Special Prosecutor (SP), Mr Martin A.B.K.…
Women entrepreneurs. They are a crucial part of Ghana’s economic backbone. They are…
The use of e-bills pay in public institutions can reduce the human interface…
The right to criticize a fellow citizen, however vigorous, cannot be defamatory of…
Ghana receives its lowest corruption perception score in four years, making President Akufo-Addo’s…
Feminism is defined by the online Oxford dictionary as a social theory or…
Article 39, Clause 3 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana…
Regionalism is regarded as crucial to the development of Ghana’s economy. A small…
In January 2013, I flew from Kumasi to Accra with Fly 540 on…
Parliament has approved Mr Martin Amidu as the country’s first Special Prosecutor. The…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that 500,000 farmers will be signed onto the…
In 2003, I got the opportunity to teach in a junior high school…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the African Union (AU) to…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said Ghana needs transformational leaders who can translate…
Ghana is hosting the 5th ECOWAS Presidential Task Force Meeting on the Single…
Private legal practitioner Chris Ackumey has described as unfortunate the judiciary’s reaction to…
The Togolese government and opposition finally decided to convene on Monday for a…
On Monday, February 19, 2018 when this column will be published, the…
Introduction Ghana’s Agriculture has been subsistence since independence and basically depends on the…
President Akufo-Addo will Monday morning mediate the political impasse between the Togolese President…
A Law lecturer at the University of Ghana has not only ruffled feathers…
Many of the street children helped by James (in suit) come from displaced…
Former president Jacob Zuma has avoided a motion of no confidence in Parliament…
Abuja — Intrigues ahead of next year’s general election took a fresh twist,…
Nominee for the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu believes the one…
In November 2013, Ghana received a yellow card from the European Union (EU)…
Protecting our water bodies — Who cares?Water, they say, is life. This is…
It has taken a while to establish the trend but in the silver…
Ghana is now 60 and attained its own retirement age on March 6,…
The Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Gabriel Ayum…
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), in partnership with…
A regional court sitting in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Wednesday found that…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has upped its effort to awakening…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday stressed the resolve of government to…
Vice President of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Kofi Bentil, says although…
The Special Prosecutor nominee has said he turned down an invitation to become…
A measles and malnutrition crisis has killed at least 72 people, mostly children,…
We, participants at the Multi-stakeholder Anti-Corruption Strategic Meeting on the Right to Information…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is fluent in 2 European languages; English and French.…
Farmers at Asuature in the Shai Osuduku District of the Greater Accra Region,…
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has become the first woman to win…
International mediators are expected in Togo next week following months of protests against…
It was Genevan and British political theorist, Jean-Louis de Lolme (1740 – 1806),…
Yesterday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered his second State of the Nation…
Rural women farmers till the lands and plant seeds to feed nations.…
The term special needs covers a wild spectrum of disabilities such as…
The critical conversation about “Enhancing the developmental capacity of Ghana’s political parties”, which…
Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), an NGO, has underscored the need…
Four Ugandan government officials have been suspended amid allegations of inflating refugee figures.…
Domelevo, Amidu and Despite. Three strong men navigating weak institutions. The first is…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Online/Digital Marketing Entrepreneurship programme for…
The West African country becomes the 53rd nation but fourth to rejoin. The…
Mr Speaker, I am happy to be here again in this august House,…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today delivered his second State of the Nation…
Pune, an industrial city in the west of India, home to many IT…
Since the New Year, more than 80 people have been killed in clashes…
More than 300 child soldiers have been released from armed groups in South…
Kenya’s National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga has demanded fresh elections by August…
The Forestry Commission has commenced an exercise to reclaim 50 hectares of land…
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines child as…
A Deputy Minister for Information, Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei, has noted that the…
At this year’s Paris edition of Nuit des idees (the Night of Ideas),…
The People’s Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa will open its first…
Mark Ritchie, former Minnesota Secretary of State and former president of the Minneapolis-based…
When Jaha Dukureh was a week old, she survived female genital mutilation (FGM)…
A recent data from the Ghana Health Service has revealed that about 41…
The meeting in the Botsio Auditorium at the Alisa Hotel started 12 minutes…
The definition of “National Security” is ever changing, as its framework is based…
Raila Odinga. The People’s President of Kenya? I watched a video where Mr.…
The Minister for Gender, Children & Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has served…
In recent years, there has been an outpouring of calls from chiefs and…
Dear Attorney General Gloria Akuffo: During your confirmation hearings, you spoke eloquently about…
I trust this finds you very well. I have decided to use this…
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The Berlin School of Economics and Law is offering four partial scholarships every…
Applications are invited for British Council India 70th Anniversary Scholarships held at UK…
Brief description:In 2018, Bristol University is investing £500,000 to help the brightest and…
Transform Together scholarships are open to international students and European Union (non-UK) students…
New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) give candidates from selected developing countries an opportunity…
The New Zealand ASEAN Scholar Awards (NZAS) recognise New Zealand’s close cultural, economic,…
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR THE INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM The IFPTI Fellowship Program is…
Last Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the 30th African Union (AU) Summit ended…
The objective of Africa’s development has been seriously undermined by tribalism, which provides…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has read with dismay comments attributed…
Ghana’s performance on budget transparency, has aptly been described as stagnant, following its…
I was born in 1957, the same year China purged more than 300,000…
Fifty years ago this spring, the sewing machinists at Ford’s Dagenham plant famously…
The US Department of State and the European Union have slammed Nasa leader…
The Kenyan authorities “violated the public’s right to information” by blocking broadcasts of…
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed High Court Judge Priscilla Chigumba as the…
Very often, we hear cases of child abuse which includes, emotional abuse, physical…
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on government to address…
There is the need to balance the debate around whether the country should…
Corruption is a major contributor to Africa’s stunted development. By corroding and weakening…
All too often girls in countries across sub-Saharan Africa can be married off…
Algerian professor Malik Maaza and South Africa’s Professor Robert Peter Miller have been…
The Kenyan government has declared the main opposition National Super Alliance’s offshoot, National…
Liberia’s President George Weah has called for the removal of a “racist” clause…
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament says Tuesday’s ceremony pronouncing Raila…
Rwanda is often touted as an example of what African states could achieve…
There is no gainsaying that the initiative by the Akufo-Addo government to transform…
I’ll never forget my sister’s experience in undergrad with a Nigerian classmate that…
ANALYSIS In Tanzania, if you’re a schoolgirl and fall pregnant, it could mean…
It was 2008 in the Gaza Strip. When winter arrived, so did the…
As 2017 drew to an end, becoming one of the three hottest years…
In September 2012, the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), organised a public lecture…
Governments around the world are increasingly shutting down internet access in an apparent…
In a country of 28 million multi-cultural and ethnic groupings, it is very…
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has warned that hunger is on the rise…
Kenya’s main opposition coalition the National Super Alliance (NASA) says it will press…
Police officers have been killed while performing their duties since 1821 when professional…
The Centre for Democratic Development, CDD-Ghana, has appealed to Parliament to summon the…
Peasant farmers have called on Parliament to undertake proper consultation before passing the…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the 70th-anniversary celebration of the…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the 17 member states of…
In the light of the continuous herdsmen crisis in Benue and its…
If you follow debate on Africa anywhere in the world, everyone will tell…
uided Bouchamaoui, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate, has warned that Africa’s growing…
Contrary to fears that immigrants steal jobs and threaten security, a report released…
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is ‘not afraid of…
The new African Union chairperson, Paul Kagame, has said that ‘Free Movement’…
INTRODUCTION What has the legislature got to do with a legislative imperfection? Is…
Two fellowships, funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and GSK, respectively,…
CANBERRA — The debate over the use of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs,…
President Akufo-Addo, has described the peaceful handing over of power from one democratically…
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued an Executive Order seeking to…
While George Weah has made global headlines since his first presidential bid…
Transforming research into evidence-based policy and practiceHeld at Tomreik Hotel on 28th November…
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Former head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr…
Adolescents and young people are entitled to decent livelihoods, however, girls unlike their…
The annual National Farmers Day has come to stay since it’s inception in…
The PhD level course targets students from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Europe that…
A High Court, Human Rights Division will today deliver judgment in the case…
The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel…
West African leaders have called on Togolese political actors to hold an “inclusive…
President Akufo-Addo and his colleague ECOWAS Heads of State have resolved to continue…
Ghana’s delegation to the just-ended annual United Nations (UN) climate change summit (COP23)…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has debunked reports that he…
A leading US dictionary has named “feminism” as its word of 2017 following…
The release of two musicians who were serving life sentences for the rape…
Nearly an equal percentage of new and old MPs said they support or…
The issue of French complicity in events leading to the 1994 Rwandan genocide…
Dear His Excellency: Greetings. I write to you this first day of December…
Introduction The Minister of Finance in his presentation to parliament of the 2018…
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says West Africa is…
The Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin, has rubbished claims suggesting…
New report says around 85 million children under five live in 32 countries…
Rivals have been fighting in the Central African Republic since 2013. In…
ABUJA—The Federal Government has raised a fresh alarm over Nigeria’s rate of…
Accra, Dec. 11, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday launched, in…
Accra, Dec. 11, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday underscored…
Dr Maxwell Opoku Afari, the First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana,…
Barack Obama said he believes more future leaders should be women. The…
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says the government will not reject international assistance…
Complementary role of traditional institutions to nation building in Ghana – By: Clement Sefa-Nyarko
Prior to colonial rule in many sub-Saharan African countries, traditional political systems were…
We can always hope for the best, but the reality is inevitable…
Government has set up an Inter-Ministerial Advisory Committee and a National Cyber Security…
Mr Robert Porter Jackson, United States’ Ambassador to Ghana, says corruption will remain…
Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó has said Ghana does not…
In the Government’s 2018 economic policy there was a clear intent to ensure…
Development watchers have expressed concerns about deepening bite of HIV/AIDS in the Nabdam…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rogaland County on the ticket…
Current debates in Ghana about sustainable development express a confluence of four…
Ghana has experienced steadily increasing growth of over 7% per year on average…