Abantu urges Ghanaians to vote more women into district assemblies
ABANTU for Development, a women’s rights advocacy organization has urged Ghanaians to consider voting massively for women candidate in the upcoming district level election to be held in November 2019.…
Migrant crisis: Self-immolation exposes UN failures in Libya
After a horrific two-year ordeal across three countries - being bought and sold by people traffickers and surviving running out of fuel on an inflatable boat while trying to cross…
The role of private sector in achieving SDGs…Vivo Energy Ghana demonstrates commitment
Water is life and essential to health and food production. In Ghana, while some communities have free flow of potable water, unfortunately the same cannot be said for others. According…
Gov’t suspends concession agreement with PDS
The Government has announced immediate suspension of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited. A press statement signed by the Information Minister, Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said…
Government to build mechanised disposal site
Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister on Monday said government has begun negotiations with prospective land owners to purchase 65.5-acres of land at Ayidan, in the Ga South Municipality to…
Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication underway – Finance Minister
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance on Monday said that government has initiated the implementation of some projects under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP). This he said was…
Gov’t not doing enough to tackle human trafficking – Challenging Heights
A non-governmental organisation, Challenging Heights, has said government’s effort in addressing human trafficking is unsatisfactory. To mark this year’s World Day against Human Trafficking, the organisation, which deals with the…
Zongo youth to receive livelihood empowerment skills
An initiative to provide employable and livelihood empowerment skills to the youth in zongo communities was launched in Accra last Saturday. The enterprise, known as the Skills Project, aims at…
Zoomlion, YEA and the Waste, Sanitation Module
Sanitation happens to be one of the major challenges of many local and national governments in recent times. The industrial revolution brought with it the production and consumption of several…
Slavery must never recur – President says at start of PANAFEST
The Pan-African Festival (PANAFEST) and Emancipation 2019 kicked off in style in Cape Coast last Saturday, with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo describing the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a “barbaric episode”…
