Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report
The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures. The…
Affirmative Action bill passed into law
Parliament has just passed the Affirmative Action bill into law. The Affirmative Action Gender Equity Bill 2024, which has been in and out of Parliament for several years, was finally passed…
Shamima Muslim hails passage of Affirmative Action, Gender Equity Bill 2024
Shamima Muslim, a renowned gender activist, has expressed her excitement and relief following the passage of the Affirmative Action, Gender Equity Bill 2024 by Parliament. The bill, which aims to…
Surge in electricity prices: Impact on growth, living standards
The unexpected increase in the cost of fuel, electricity and cement is one of the most urgent economic issues confronting the country now. While interest rates in the sub-region average…
Two children dead and nine injured in dance workshop stabbing
Two children have been killed and nine injured, six critically, in a "ferocious" knife attack at a children's dance workshop. Two adults are also in a critical condition after being…
Election 2024: EC targets 70,000 new voters in mop-up exercise
The Electoral Commission (EC) is optimistic of capturing between 50,000 to 70,000 new voters onto the electoral roll in its upcoming mop-up voter registration exercise scheduled to take place from…
WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio vaccines to Gaza after the discovery of the highly infectious disease in sewage samples. World Health Organization…
Minority MPs oppose report on Songor lagoon salt mining concession
Some Members of Parliament in the Minority Caucus have rejected a report by the joint committee on Mines and Energy and Lands and Forestry, which investigated a clash between small-scale…
Ghana has not been prudent in borrowing – Bokpin
Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana, Godfred Bokpin, says the government has not demonstrated effective management of the funds it has borrowed in the name of the crises…
BEREAVEMENT
The sad passing of Madam Akosua Gyawa Kutin, 100, occurred on Tuesday July 16 2024 in Adansi Brofoyedru, Ashanti Region. She was the mother of Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin of ABANTU…
