Hopes fade for finding more Turkey-Syria quake survivors as toll climbs
The death toll from earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria this week neared 16,000 on Thursday as hopes faded of many people being found alive 72 hours since the disaster…
Celebrities urge Banks to stop financing fossil Fuels
Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea are among celebrities calling on the five of the UK's biggest High Street banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal projects.…
Nigeria’s naira crisis: Supreme Court suspends banknote deadline
Nigeria's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Friday's deadline to stop using old banknotes, which had caused a cash crisis in the country. Banks have not been releasing enough of the…
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…
