Achieving a Gender-Equal Society through Women in Local Decision-Making
Although fictional, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short story The Visit provides a glimpse into a world where gender roles are reversed; men stay home and care for the children and home…
Individual Pension Bondholders picket at Finance Ministry to demand total exemption from DDEP
Individual Pension Bondholders are picketing at the Ministry of Finance Monday morning, demanding that they should be exempted totally from the ongoing Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. About 50 of the…
UN Message to Ghana on Mental Health Care
United Nations member countries have urged the Ghanaian government to address the shackling and inhumane treatment of people with mental health conditions in Ghana, Human Rights Watch said today. These recommendations were made…
Ghana paid cash for 40,000 tons of oil instead of gold – Egyapa Mercer confirms
The deputy Energy Minister, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has confirmed that the initial consignment of 40,000 tons of oil brought into the country under the Gold-for-oil policy was purchased with cash…
Four West African nations get $311 million from World Bank for renewables
The World Bank has signed an agreement with four West and Central African nations worth $311 million to fund renewable energy projects. The funds will finance around 106 megawatts (MW)…
EC plans voter registration on Feb. 16 ahead of district-level elections
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is considering Thursday, February 16 for its planned continuous registration ahead of the district level and unit committee elections later this year. Per the timetable…
Equatorial Guinea appoints its first female prime minister
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Tuesday appointed his vice-minister of education, Manuela Roka Botey, as prime minister, the first time a woman has held the role in the…
Fuel prices expected to jump in February – IES projects
Prices of fuel at the various pumps is expected to inch higher in the first pricing window of February, says the Institute for Energy Security (IES). Per projections made by…
Africa loses $88bn annually through illicit financial flows – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for the use of tax policies, among others to check illicit financial flows out of the continent. The president said illicit financial flows cost Africa…
Ghanaian civil society calls on private lenders to cancel external debt
A group of Ghanaian civil society organisations is calling on international lenders to cancel enough of Ghana’s debt to make it sustainable. They call on Ghana to be supported by…
