African women face persistent gender gaps in education and jobs – Report
Despite widespread popular support for gender equality, African women are still disadvantaged by persistent gender gaps in education, employment, control over key assets, and access to technology, an Afrobarometer has…
Lack of medicines, equipment, impacting health care negatively in Northern region
Lack of medications, equipment, and unhygienic conditions at health facilities in the Northern Region have been identified as barriers to quality healthcare for pregnant women and new mothers, a study…
Samson’s Take: What it means to vote a dangerous ‘Yes’ On Dec 17
A “YES” vote on December 17, 2019, does not make elective what already is elective. What it does, in fact, is to make legal what the Constitution prohibits. The law…
Stakeholders discuss renewable energy sources in Ghana
Fifty per cent of Ghana’s overall primary source of energy is biomass with wood fuel supply contributing Eight million tons per annum Mrs. Akua Amoa Okyere-Nyako, a consultant and an…
Gov’t introduces ‘game-changer’ for sickle cell patients
Government in collaboration with global medicines company Novartis, has launched the first public-private partnership designed to ease the pain and improve the lives of people with sickle cell disease in…
Nigeria gives condition for reopening borders
The Federal Government’s decision to shut the nation’s land borders against neighbouring countries will remain, despite any short-term losses, until they ratify Nigeria’s proposed anti-smuggling policy, according to Central Bank…
Health officers decry poor sanitation at Mamobi homes; shutdown toilet facility
Environmental Health Officers at the Ayawaso North Municipal Assembly have closed down a toilet facility in a home at Mamobi in Accra. The officers found a pan latrine filled in…
Iran’s network of influence in Mid-East ‘growing’
Iran is winning the strategic struggle for influence in the Middle East against its rival, Saudi Arabia, according to a study by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).…
African countries must move beyond aid to attain SDG’s – UNDP Director
Director for the Regional Bureau for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has challenged African countries to move beyond aid and graduate towards a high and long-term investment…
37 killed in Burkina Faso as gunmen attack Canadian mining company
The ambush, which also wounded 60 people, was the third deadly attack on the Semafo mining company in 15 months. Gunmen in Burkina Faso killed at least 37 people on…
