The Forestry Commission has set ambitious operational priorities for itself in 2024. The Commission intends to supervise the successful completion of reclamation and revegetation activities in mined-out sites within the Denyau Shelterbelt, Supuma, and Afao Hills Forest Reserves. It also looks to submit Legal Acquisition Findings (LAF) for Rosewood to the CITES Secretariat, Geneva, and obtain approval for the Rosewood ...

The Executive Director of the Forestry Commission, Mr john Allotey, has handed over equipment worth Millions of  Ghana Cedis to the Forest Services Department and Wildlife Division of the Commission to enhance their operations. The equipment, which were procured with funds from the Ghana Shea Landscape Restoration Project(GSLRP). included, 42 motorcycles,22 tricycles, and 3,200 watering cans. Presenting the items at a ...

Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to legislate an Affirmative Action Act in the early 60s which facilitated the entry of women members to the 114-member legislature to represent the regions of the country. Since then, the nation has made various commitments by signing to global declarations and protocols that call for increased women’s participation and representation ...

Persons with disabilities make up a wholesome fraction of God’s creation; eliminate them; creation is incomplete. The Bible clearly states that everything God created was good, including these sidelined people (Gen 1:31). I was privileged to interview key office holders of the Ghana Federation of Disability and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, as they shared significant insights about disability that were ...

The Judicial Service of Ghana and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) have affirmed their resolve to suppress and repress corruption and corruption-related activities in all forms across the country. In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, December 27, they said they would do so “through collaborative enforcement of the law and continuous engagement, while upholding the rule of law ...

Angola announced Thursday that it’s leaving the OPEC oil producers cartel, coming after it battled with the group over lower production quotas this year. Diamantino de Azevedo, the African nation’s oil minister, said Angola “does not gain anything by remaining in the organization,” according to state news agency Angop. The country joined OPEC in 2007. Disagreements over lower oil quotas ...

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has started the process of developing a long-term national development plan that will serve as the country’s vision for 2057. The framework, which incorporates the sectoral targets outlined in the existing 40-year development plan, will serve as a guide for political parties to align their manifestos to ensure continuity in development policies to sustain ...

President Akufo-Addo has asked all institutions involved in the country’s fight against corruption to critically evaluate Ghana’s maiden “National Anti-Corruption Action Plan” (NACAP 1). President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the Launch of the Evaluation of Ghana’s Maiden National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) at the Jubilee House in Accra on December 21. NACAP 1 has been in force for nearly ten ...

Some Stakeholders have urged political party leaders to leverage the Youth Manifesto in drafting their manifestoes for the 2024 general elections. A staggering 60% of young people surveyed want the next government to focus on creating jobs, a dramatic shift from the 2020 Youth Manifesto where employment only ranked second. Education and access to loans follow as key concerns. Senior ...

It is globally recognized that conflict is detrimental to the peace of every nation, affecting not only those who are directly involved but bystanders and others who are far away from the conflict zone. This affects the development of such nations and worsens the plight of rural communities.   To avoid such occurrences in Ghana’s  Mining-affected communities, the Centre for ...