Personal threats to Jean Mensa must stop- Abantu, WMC caution
Abantu for development and the Women’s Manifesto Coalition (WMC) have expressed worry about the increasing rate of attacks on women who take up leadership positions in the country, cautioning those…
WFP provides specialized nutritious foods for treatment of Covid-19 Patients
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its support to the Government of Ghana’s efforts to provide comprehensive care for COVID-19 patients in isolation facilities, with a…
AfDB approves $20 million to contain spread of COVID-19 in G5 Sahel nations
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on 9 June 2020 approved $20 million in grant funding from the African Development Fund, to build capacity to curb and…
Youth Alliance calls on gov’t toProvide Sanitary Products for needy SHS 3 girls
The Executive Director of Youth Alliance for Development, Mr. Ali Tanti Robert is appealing to government and major stakeholders in the educational sector including development partners to consider providing free…
Dozens killed in attack in northern Nigeria
At least 59 people have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in north-eastern Nigeria. Gunmen entered a remote village in the Gubio district of Borno state on Tuesday afternoon,…
Only Ghana card, passport will be used for voter roll as Parliament approves C.I.
Ghana’s Parliament has approved the Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) of the Electoral Commission (EC) to enable the elections management body compile a new register of voters using the Ghana card…
Ghana to mark AU Day of African Child to end child injustices
Ghana, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) and stakeholders, will commemorate the 2020 AU Day of the African Child on from June 10 to create a…
EC justifies non-use of existing voters ID cards
The Electoral Commission (EC) has provided the legal justification for refusing to accept the existing voters’ identification card as part of identification for the upcoming registration exercise. In a 31-paged…
AfDB unveils roadmap to safeguard food security against impacts of COVID-19
The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID-19 crisis through…
COVID-19: The decline of global remittances puts rural families at risk
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push rural families even deeper into poverty and threaten global prosperity and stability The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led…