The Majority in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has chided Speaker Alban Bagbin that while he is free to express his views on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's actions regarding the Anti-gay Bill, he should refrain from denigrating the president in doing so.
The humanitarian situation in Darfur has been deteriorating since the beginning of this war. The 2.7 million displaced people living in camps for the last two decades, their host communities, and refugee populations from Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic are all affected by the new war.
Mrs.Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, has expressed serious concerns about Ghana's approval of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-gay bill. Executive director of the United Nations Aids agency UNAIDS, said in a statement that the bill will affect everyone if it became law, adding that punitive laws as embodied by the bill, are a barrier to ending AIDS, and ultimately undermine everyone's health.
During the State of the Nation address (#2024SONA) on Tuesday, February 27, in anticipation to the December 2024 general elections in Ghana,President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that the government has fulfilled its financial commitments by settling the last coupons owed to bondholders, amounting to GH¢5.8 billion.
Since civil war erupted in Sudan last spring, paramilitary fighters battling the country’s army have carried out a campaign of abductions, kidnapping civilians for ransom or pressing them into forced servitude, according to 10 victims who have since been released and other witnesses.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced the signing of a Visa Waiver Agreement between Ghana and the Bahamas.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially lifted all commercial and economic sanctions that were previously imposed on the Republic of Niger.
The latest findings from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveal that unemployment rates are climbing higher among the educated elite. The report highlights a growing trend where individuals with tertiary education are finding it increasingly difficult to land jobs.
Mmamiya Mayane was a few hours into her shift at a gold mine when three colleagues emerged from an adjacent corridor. Pickaxes in hand, the men told Mayane and her team to follow.
The opposition leader, said this on his "Building Ghana" tour when he met some pre-tertiary teachers in Tamale. He said although he cannot promise salary increment for teachers, he had taken notice of the difficulties teachers, particularly pre-tertiary teachers face in their line of duty which Scrambles away their salaries.
Vice president Bawumia in his address, unveiled his economic plan, emphasizing lean government, private sector growth, tax reforms, and technological advancement in preparation for the presidential election.
Nearly 10 months of war, displacement, disease, and starvation have had catastrophic consequences for Sudan’s 24 million children. About half of them now require humanitarian assistance. Schools and hospitals have been destroyed, daily lives have come to a stop.
