Government urged to use its purchasing power to drive sustainability in the domestic timber trade
Ghana’s forest reserves are dwindling at an alarming rate of 2% per annum, with about 480.000 m3 woods harvested illegally for both export and domestic use. To regulate the sector…
Roads Minister commends General Construction& Dev’t Ltd for diligence
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon. Kwesi Amoako Atta has given thumps up to General Construction and Development Limited for its diligence in the execution of road projects in…
Earth tremors show that a big earthquake is coming – Disaster Risk Management expert
A Disaster Risk Management Expert has cautioned that a bigger earthquake may be approaching due to the steady increase of earth tremors across the globe. Dr Ishmael Norman in an…
Ivory Coast begins cleanup after deadly floods
A clean-up has begun in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan after floods triggered by torrential rains left streets and houses underwater and at least three people dead. Local residents…
565 suspected drug dealers arrested in Kano, Nigeria
Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, said it has arrested no fewer than 565 suspected illicit drug dealers in the state. The State…
African Development Bank ranks 4th on global index of transparency
Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index. The Index is the only independent measure of aid…
Widows must not be left out of efforts to build back better after COVID-19
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jeanette BuseLasi, a widowed mother of four, sits with her children inside a communal shelter in an IDP camp in Bunia. When countries…
The Need for the Passage of Ghana’s Affirmative Action Bill into Law
An Affirmative Action is the act of supporting or recommending a cause of action to remedy an imbalance. An Affirmative Action is a temporary measure that is often instituted to…
Gabon MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality
Members of Gabon's lower house of parliament have voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between…
Coronavirus: Court allows telcos to share subscriber data to govt
An Accra High court has ruled to allow the Ghanaian units of Vodafone and MTN to share subscriber data with government to help it track down the contacts of coronavirus…
