GPRTU to increase fares by 30% on Friday, May 13
Commuters should expect an increase in transport fares by 30 percent come Friday, May 13. This is according to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union. According to the union, the…
Journalists protest to demand press freedom in Tunisia
Tunisian journalists protested on Thursday against what they say is growing repression and intimidation against the press since President Kais Saied's power grab last year. The demonstration was organised by…
E-levy: Panic withdrawals hit mobile money vendors – Spokesperson for Association
The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has stated that there have been unprecedented panic withdrawals at the mobile money vending stations after five days of implementing the e-levy. Spokesperson…
Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO
The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two…
COPEC predicts marginal increase in fuel prices from May 1
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers-Ghana (COPEC), says its projection for the next pricing window shows that prices of petroleum products will see a marginal increase from Sunday, May 1, 2022.…
Burkina Faso, Guinea request more time to present transition plans
Burkina Faso and Guinea, where the military has seized power by force, have asked their West African neighbours for more time to come up with a timetable for the transition.…
Development financing crucial to getting global economy back on track
The global economy is under severe stress and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in “need of urgent rescue”, the deputy UN chief told the Financing for Development Forum on Monday. “Financing…
Wealth, power in hands of few prepare grounds for violent citizens mobilisation – Chambas
Former President of the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas has said the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few people on…
Workers are angry over poor condition of service – Organized Labour tells gov’t
Ahead of the 2022 May Day celebrations, the leadership of organized labour has warned that workers in Ghana are demoralized and angry over their conditions of service now more than…
US report cites Ghana for free speech infractions, other human rights abuses in 2021
The U.S. Department of State has released its 2021 annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices which reports on key human rights issues in various countries across the world including…
