Gaza: ‘Children are dying from hunger’, says UN aid coordinator
“Hunger has reached catastrophic levels,” Jamie McGoldrick, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists at UN Headquarters on Wednesday, describing a two-day visit to war-ravaged Gaza.…
Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation
Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth of 0.4 per cent over the preceding year, the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) reported…
4 Western Togoland secessionists sentenced to 17 years imprisonment
Four members of secessionist group, Western Togoland have been sentenced to a total of 17 years for their roles in seeking to break Volta and Oti regions away from the…
Ghana power outages: COPEC calls for transparency on financial challenges
The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has called on the government to be transparent regarding the underlying financial challenges in the power sector.…
2024 polls: EC to declare results within three days of voting
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will declare the results of the 2024 presidential polls within three days of voting. According to the Electoral Commission’s Timetable of Activities…
Apply ingenuity in ending Bawku conflict – Avoka to Akufo-Addo
The Member of Parliament for Zebilla in the Upper East Region, Cletus Avoka has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to deploy his ingenuity in resolving the Bawku disturbances. President Akufo-Addo in…
Ghana to lose $3.8bn if anti-gay bill is signed – Finance Ministry tells Akufo-Addo
The Ministry of Finance is pleading with President Akufo-Addo not to assent to the recently passed anti-LGBTQ bill by Parliament. In a press release on Monday, March 4, the Finance…
CHRAJ aims at Supreme court over anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Joseph Whittal
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has served notice that it will be joining any group that heads to the Supreme Court or even lead the charge…
Anti-corruption fight more rhetorical than action-oriented – GII
Mary Addah, the Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), has raised concerns about the country’s approach to combating corruption. According to her, the fight against corruption has been…
Cholera vaccine stocks run out as Africa battles outbreaks
The vaccine shortage comes as southern Africa battles a protracted cholera outbreak which has killed 700 people in Zambia alone. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders said that the shortage has…
