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Some Ghanaians do not have faith in the newly passed Vigilantism and Related Offences Act (2019) to stop the act of political vigilantism and electoral violence in the country, a research by the Centre for Democratic Development -Ghana (CDD-Ghana) has established. According to the research, some Ghanaians believe that the law will not work because of the absence of the ...

Ghana, together with Lesotho, Malawi and Tanzania have been shortlisted to partake in the First Member States/Regional Economic Communities Training on migration governance. The event which aims at prioritizing migration governance is scheduled to take place from Monday, December 9 to Friday, December 13, 2019 in Accra. The week intensive training is a response to a capacity building needs assessment ...

Not even the designation of a day out of deference and in recognition for the hard work of our farmers is enough gratitude. Their backbreaking labour is responsible for food on our dining tables, protein and carbohydrates, including the oxygen for all-important export trade. The recognition did not start with the isolation of a day on our national calendar. The ...

Hundreds of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) staff have hit the streets Tuesday to protest huge debts owed the company by power transmitters. The agitated staff of GRIDCo massed up at the Black Star Square on Morning Tuesday to begin the protest march to the Finance Ministry and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). GRIDCO leadership has been pushing for millions ...

The above statement emanates from the cardinal principle of law that an act does not constitute a crime if the statute books have not written that THAT PARTICULAR ACT is a crime AND the corresponding punishment clearly stated. This is why the highest law of the land, the 1992 Constitution, has stated in Article 19(11) that: “No person shall be ...

Government has released some GH¢40 million to support the efforts by the private sector in bridging the housing deficit in the country. The fund which has been made available to some selected banks in the country is expected to add to additional funding to be provided by private estate developers. Deputy Minister of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen disclosed this at ...

The need for increased equitable female political participation in Ghana is a genuine concern to all key stakeholders dedicated to women’s rights promotion. ABANTU for Development with support from African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) have therefore embarked on a nationwide campaign to strengthen advocacy for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into Law in Ghana. Ghana, like many democracies, ...

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE NPP ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES 243(1) AND 55(3) OF THE 1992 CONSTITUTION The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is saddened that H.E. the President of the Republic has been given no choice but to issue instructions for the withdrawal of the proposed amendments to Articles 243(1) and 55(3) of the 1992 Constitution, ...

I do not joke with our traditional rulers. They kept us together before we were colonised and even during the colonial period we still looked up to them to provide leadership in many areas the colonizers and their civil service could not. They still wield immense influence in our modern nation-state and governments are always exerting muscle, bone and sinew ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has granted Ghanaian citizenship to 126 Africans in the Diaspora who have arrived in the country as part of the Year of Return campaign. The 126 swore the oath of allegiance to Ghana after receiving Ghanaian passports at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra. President Akufo-Addo charged the new Ghanaian citizens to abide by the ...