Women’s rights advocacy organization, ABANTU for Development has called on the Parliament of Ghana to as a matter of urgency pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law before the upcoming 2023 District Assembly elections. The call was made at a press conference in Accra organized by ABANTU for Development with support from African Women Development Fund (AWDF). Held on the  ...

Provisional results from Nigeria’s disputed presidential election showed Bola Tinubu from the ruling party closing in on victory, a Reuters tally of votes in 33 of the country’s 36 states and the federal capital Abuja showed on Tuesday. Tinubu’s potential victory extends the All Progressives Congress party’s (APC) grip on power in Africa’s top oil producer and most populous nation, though he ...

MindFreedom Ghana, one of Ghana’s foremost Mental Health Organizations has disbursed a total of GHC 19,000 ( US$ 1,583) to support six Community Support Networks (CSN) established under the project titled, ‘Provision of Covid-19 information and services for persons with mental health conditions and their caregivers’. The project, which spans April 2022 to March 2023, is being implemented by MindFreedom ...

Results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential election in Nigeria shows that Bola Tinubu has taken an early lead despite Lagos loss. With official results declared in 10 out of 36 states, the ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has 47% of the vote so far. The main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar has 27%. Labour’s Peter Obi has 22%. Mr Obi caused ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a warning to heads of Senior High Schools who charge first-year students unapproved fees. It said such heads will be sanctioned because the acts are illegal and will not be tolerated. Parents have complained about unapproved fees levied by school administrators and items not approved in the prospectus for new students. Cassandra Twum ...

President Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Education Outcome Project (GEOP) at a special ceremony in Accra. The project is aimed at returning 70,000 out-of-school children back into the classroom as well as improving learning outcomes in over 600 GALOP schools in 29 districts in the country. Held on the theme, ”Getting all children educated through support to schools and communities”, ...

February 24 marks one year since Russia launched its brutal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine.  Russia’s horrifying violence has killed thousands and destroyed entire cities. Here in Ghana, Putin’s war has driven up prices for fertilizer, food, and fuel. Russia is losing on the battlefield and in desperation is attacking schools, hospitals, churches, apartment buildings, and critical infrastructure to exact the ...

The  Ghana  Integrity initiative is rolling out the  Second  Phase of its Land and Corruption in Africa Project – LCA II, which seeks to ensure that corrupt practices in Land administration and land deals are addressed to ultimately contribute to improved livelihood of men and women in  Ghana and Africa in general. The project, which spans 2022-2025, builds on the ...

Newmont Corp (NEM.N) on Thursday fell short of Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit, as the world’s largest gold miner struggled with lower prices and increased costs. Average realized gold prices fell 2.2% to $1,758 per ounce in the quarter from a year earlier, while the all-in-sustaining cost for gold, an industry metric that reflects total expenses associated with production, rose 15% ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has hinted that a planned high-level government delegation to China has been postponed to late March 2023. This is owing to the upcoming National People’s Congress of China meeting scheduled for early March. However, the Finance Minister said bilateral talks will continue ahead of this important mission. The government is seeking under the G20 Common Framework ...