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.
