Fiscal policy think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has bemoaned the low numbers of people covered by pensions in the country and further revealed that the informal nature of the economy had left well over 80 per cent of Ghanaians without sustained income upon retirement. The issue of low pensions coverage is more pronounced with women, with men ...

Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen. In addition to worsening hunger, communities in north-east DRC face a deadly Ebola outbreak and inter-ethnic clashes that claimed at ...

This article clearly identifies the concept behind the calligraphy as obtained in the flow of black historical backwardness and lack of vision, the reasons why the black race lags behind other races on the globe. It brings to the fore, the reasons for racism, disregard and scorn against blacks by other races that portray us as underdogs in the face ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Africans to refrain from activities that lead to civil strife. He said for the continent to take its rightful place in global affairs, it had to shed its image of instability and wars and rather prioritise the establishment of a peaceful environment. President Akufo-Addo made the call when he addressed the Gender and ...

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Mrs Cynthia Morrison, has called for an end to all forms of violence against children. In a speech read on her behalf by the Chief Director of the ministry, Dr Hafisa Zackaria, at the launch of an advocacy campaign dubbed: “Stop Violence Against Children”, the minister reiterated Ghana’s position on promoting ...

Affirmative Action describes policies that support members of a disadvantaged group through education, employment or housing who have suffered past discrimination. Historically and internationally, support for Affirmative Action has sought to achieve goals such as bridging inequalities in employment and salary, increasing access to education, promoting diversity and redressing apparent past wrongs, harms or hindrances. The nature of Affirmative Action ...