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The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, according to a new UN report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving in reverse, away from the Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms, by 2030, when the SDGs are supposed to be realized. ...

Less than three years ago, Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to their biggest election victory since 1987. Now, the prime minister has lost the support of his MPs and is set to resign. How did it come to this? The Chris Pincher affair On Wednesday 29 June, the MP Chris Pincher – at the time, the Conservative deputy chief whip ...

Environmental groups are suing Dutch airline KLM, alleging that adverts promoting the company’s sustainability initiative are misleading. The groups say it’s the first lawsuit to challenge the so-called airline industry “greenwashing”. They argue that KLM adverts and their carbon-offsetting scheme create the false impression that its flights won’t make climate change worse. But KLM says the company’s statements are “based ...

MindFreedom Ghana, a leading mental health advocacy organization in the country has congratulated Mrs Janet Naa Karley Amegatcher on her appointment as a Member of the Governing Board of Mental Health Authority. Mrs Amegatcher is a prominent lawyer and also serves as the Director of MindFreedom Ghana. “Congratulation to Mrs Janet Amegatcher, our organization’s Director on her appointment as a member of ...

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has described going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support as a lazy approach. In a statement, the party also said the move was a short-term measure. “Ghana has gone to the IMF for a bailout 17 times and does the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia Government believe this 18th time would create the magic wand ...

The oil and gas industry is “under siege” due to years of under-investment, OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said today, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, adding the resulting supply shortage could be eased if extra supplies from Iran and Venezuela were allowed to flow. Years of sanctions have limited supplies from Iran and Venezuela. In addition, the West has imposed sanctions on ...

Residents of Apremdo in the Western Region have discovered an unknown substance beneath the soil. The black sticky material is suspected to be crude oil. Following the finding on Sunday, the traditional ruler in the area, Nana Egya Kwamena XI took up the matter. According to him, the community would investigate and ascertain what exactly the substance could be. Nana ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed Heads of Senior High Schools through the Regional and District Directors to mobilise their Management teams to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students in schools. This comes after the leadership of all the various unions in the Pre-Tertiary Education Sector embarked on a nationwide strike in response to the government’s failure ...

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to arrive in Ghana on Wednesday, July 6 to begin negotiations with the government on the economic support it is seeking. The IMF officials – comprising senior officers from the Fund and local staff – will meet the Finance Ministry, the Economic Management Team, and the Presidency during their stay, ...

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) the National Association of Graduate Teachers (, NAGRAT) Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), and the Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have asked their members to withdraw their services beginning today, Monday, July 4, 2022. This decision was announced by the General Secretary of GNAT, Thomas Musah Tanko in Accra on Monday. The teachers earlier gave ...