Ghanaian peacekeeper, 32, named UN’s Military Gender Advocate of the Year
A Ghanaian peacekeeper, Captain Cecilia Erzuah, will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Captain Erzuah, who has been serving the United Nations Interim Security…
Kumawu by-election: Already signed pink sheet pops up at voting center
An executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Nurudeen Hamidan, has warned all party agents in the ongoing by-election in the Kumawu constituency not to sign pink sheets until voting…
NPP, NDC deploy high-ranking officers as polling agents in high-stakes Kumawu Bye-Election
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has deployed all 47 MMDCEs in the Ashanti Region, a good number of MPs, and Deputy Ministers as polling agents for the ongoing Kumawu bye-election.…
44% of Ghana’s workforce multidimensionally poor
An alarming 5.4 million people out of the 12.3 million Ghanaian workforces are tagged as multidimensionally poor. This is according to the Ghana Statistical Service’s 2022 Labour Statistics report. Multidimensional…
Gov’t told to prioritize access to education for Children with Disability
The government of Ghana has been encouraged to prioritize access to education for Children with disability by redoubling its efforts to promote inclusive education for all and finalize measures to support…
Countries Urge Ghana to Amend its Disability Law
Countries around the globe have made recommendations to the government of Ghana to amend its Persons with Disability Law, Act 715, (2006) in order to align with the United Nations…
Arab League, African Union and UN intensify efforts for peace in Sudan
The head of the Arab League held talks on Tuesday with a representative of Sudanese military leader General Abdel Fattah Burhan at the organization's headquarters in Cairo. Speaking after the meeting, Dafa’alla Al-Haj Ali said that the…
Fragile gains on reducing child marriage, under threat from ‘polycrisis’: UNICEF
The practice of child marriage has continued to decline globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report published on Wednesday, warning that a ‘polycrisis’ including war, climate…
34 forest reserves under threat over galamsey – Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission has revealed that 34 out of 288 forest reserves in the country are currently under threat due to illegal mining activities known as ‘galamsey’. This comes at…
Government told to admit failure in galamsey fight
The Chairman of the Kumasi Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church has asked the government to admit its failure in the fight against illegal mining. Rev. Dr. Smith Francis Korbla…