The Centre for Public Interest Law,( CEPIL) has offered  Paralegal Training to 50 advocates in mining-affected communities in Northern parts of the country to enable them to engage with duty bearers effectively.The paralegals would serve as receptors and gatherers of community-level intelligence on breaches of law and violations of the rights of citizens by mining companies. With funding support from ...

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen has been crowned the 2023 African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards ceremony in Marrakesh. The Napoli player beat Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi to the prestigious award – the first time a Nigerian has picked up the title since Nwankwo Kanu in 1999. Nigeria enjoyed double success with ...

Mr John Allotey, the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has elucidated extensively on Ghana’s reforestation and afforestation policy, disclosing that it is anchored on community engagement, accountability, and transparency.  He was speaking on behalf of the Sector Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor, at a high-level discussion on “Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities as Leaders ...

Given the state of governance in our country and the long-held conviction that thethe country has not had enough benefits from mining, it is understandable that there issuspicion about a significant transaction such as the grant of a lithium mining lease to asubsidiary of an Australian-listed mining company whose significant U.S. shareholderwill buy half the product of the mine and ...

A former Member of Parliament for Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira, CatherineAbelema Afeku has been elected the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentarycandidate for the constituency in the 2024 general elections. Over the weekend, the NPP conducted its parliamentary primaries in theorphan constituency, during which the former Minister for Tourism was electedas the candidate for the party in the 2024 polls. The former MP polled ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has observed that the country’s agricultural goals were intended to be met by the second phase of Planting for Food and Jobs ( PFJ). He said there was great potential for the food and agriculture sectors in the new phase, which was still in its early phases of execution after being introduced in August ...

The Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in collaboration with Abantu For Development and Keep Your Promise Campaign are pushing for a more hands on the deck approach to address climate change impacts. The group also wants African governments to as a matter of importance honour promises they make during international conferences relative to climate change. They note that Climate change ...

The UN climate change conference in Dubai is close to a big breakthrough on reducing the gases heating our planet, its United Arab Emirates hosts believe. Expressing “cautious optimism”, the UAE negotiating team believes COP28 is gearing up to commit to phasing down fossil fuels over coming decades. Maybe even ditching them altogether. Hosting a climate conference in a petrostate ...

The Inspector-General of Police( IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare says the security agencies will ensure that the 2024 elections is peaceful and incident-free. According to the IGP, just as elections in the country have been peaceful since he assumed office, the 2024 polls will be no different. Speaking at a meeting of the national election security task force at the Police headquarters, Dr. Akuffo Dampare also assured the chairperson of ...

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, outlined the country’s ambitious Energy Transition and Investment Plan during Ghana’s Energy Day at the Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, UAE. The plan aims to attract $550 billion in capital investments to facilitate a comprehensive transition in the country’s energy sector. The key components of the plan include scaling up renewable energy, introducing ...