The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has urged minority parties in the country to reinvent themselves to be relevant based on the powers given them by the 1992 Constitution. He said political parties were the only groups given privileges by the Constitution in Article 55 (3) to…
West African leaders have called on Togolese political actors to hold an “inclusive dialogue” as soon as Togolese again hit the streets of Lome on Saturday to protest President Gnassingbe’s regime. Togolese hit the streets of Lomé on Saturday to protest against the regime of President Faure Gnassingbé , who chaired the same day the…
President Akufo-Addo and his colleague ECOWAS Heads of State have resolved to continue their fight against all forms of Terrorism and Political unrest in the subregion at the regional body’s 52nd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government. The activities of Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, and Terrorist groups in the Sahel…
Ghana’s delegation to the just-ended annual United Nations (UN) climate change summit (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, joined the voices of developing countries’ call for more resources to be committed to efforts at reducing the impact climate change had on Ghana, and other vulnerable nations. The 70-member delegation which was part of the G77 and China…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has debunked reports that he has expressed support for the declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Prof. Oquaye explained that what he had always stated was that “the Israeli and Palestinian issue is purely a case between two brothers and, therefore, an internal issue and…
A leading US dictionary has named “feminism” as its word of 2017 following a surge in online searches. Merriam-Webster said interest in the term was driven by women’s marches, new TV shows and films on women’s issues and the string of news stories on sexual assault and harassment claims. The number of people searching for…