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For the United Nations’ Secretary General, Brigadier General Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, who passed away this week in her home country, Ghana, was “a true pioneer.”  In a heartfelt statement released on Tuesday night, António Guterres said Brigadier Edjeani-Afenu “made history in peacekeeping as the first female Deputy Force Commander in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).” Through a ...

Newmont Ghana has said it is supporting the relief efforts for the victims of the tragic explosion that occurred at Appiatse on Thursday, 20th January 2022 with construction materials and consumables. The donated items including roofing sheets, iron rods, cement, and other consumables were donated in response to the government’s call to support the rebuilding of the Appiatse community. “We ...

Prof. Godfred Alufar Bokpin, an Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School has underscored the need for stronger reforms in Ghana’s tax regime to curb inequality and poverty. The 2021 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) index report ranked Ghana 3rd in West Africa, 20th in Africa and 121 globally, on its commitment to tackling inequality. ...

The latest Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International shows that Ghana scored 43 out of a possible clean score of 100. The West African country thus placed 73 out of 180 countries. The latest report also suggests the country didn’t make any progress in its fight against corruption. “This CPI score indicates that, Ghana failed to make progress in ...

The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has directed that trainees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) be allowed to leave post. This follows the completion of the programme back in October 2021. NABCO was introduced by the Akufo-Addo led administration in 2017 as part of measures to address graduate unemployment in the country. In November 2021, the NABCO secretariat ...

MindFreedom- Ghana, a Mental Health Advocacy Organization has embarked on nationwide round table consultations with Civil Society Organizations to make case for the recognition of human rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the 4th Cycle Universal Peer Review (UPR) process. The UPR is a unique process that involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. ...

The World Bank’s Country Director for Ghana, Pierre Laporte, has cautioned the government to be mindful of the poor and vulnerable in any decision taken to revamp the economy. He indicated that any measure that impacts negatively on their already dire living conditions will not yield the desired result. Speaking at the New Year School at the University of Ghana ...

Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has commenced investigations into alleged corruption and corruption-related offences perpetrated by officials of Bank of Ghana, banks, specialised deposit-taking institutions and financial holding companies. These institutions have been accused of corrupt-related offences during the banking and financial sector crisis. In a press statement dated January 25, Mr Agyebeng noted that: “The Office of the Special Prosecutor ...

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked his entire cabinet over corruption concerns. In a televised address to the nation on Monday, the president vowed to “confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials”. He said a new cabinet would be announced in two days. Three ministers are facing charges including the minister of lands who was arrested last month in a ...

 South African investigators have flagged COVID-19 contracts worth around 2.1 billion rand ($137.12 million) for possible corruption and fraud, a report into corruption linked to the pandemic showed on Tuesday. President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the investigation into his government’s coronavirus spending in 2020 following a spate of scandals that caused public outrage. Anger over corruption was one reason why the ...