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The Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 which was passed into law Monday, will undergo minor changes, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament has said. Ben Abdallah Banda said the move is to enable Parliament to make some slight improvements to the bill which is awaiting presidential assent. “It is just a minor error that we want ...

More than 100 illegal makeshift structures along the railway line at Abofu, a slum community in Achimota were pulled down yesterday by the Okaikwei North Municipal Assembly (ONMA). The exercise, which was undertaken in collaboration with the Tesano Divisional Police Command was intended to allow the Ghana Railway Company to put the land to good use and to rid the ...

More than half of all citizens surveyed in 35 countries across the African Continent think that corruption is getting worse in their respective countries, while less than quarter perceived that the fight against corruption is getting better, according to the Global Corruption Barometer in collaboration with Afro barometer. The Report, which was released Thursday, July 11, 2019 shows that more ...

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has added Ghana to a list of seven countries whose nationals will be permitted to enter South Africa visa-free. According to the Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, citizens of the seven countries are able to enter South Africa without a visa. “Tourism will soar if we relax visa requirements for entry into South ...

A deputy Minister of Energy, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has charged players in the oil and petroleum industry to take advantage of the global digital revolution to restructure the operations of the industry, reduce cost and ensure competitive pricing of petroleum products. He said because the industry and its infrastructure could become targets of cybercrime, the security and safety of ...

BuddeComm’s Telecoms Maturity Index for this year indicates that from a second position last year, Ghana has been completely displaced from the top three and even not listed among the market challengers. The rankings for 2019 showed Mauritius still maintained its lead from last year, as the most matured telecom market on the continent with a 49 score, while Algeria ...

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Planning, Ms Marian Kpakpah, has urged the youth to take advantage of the opportunities offered them to impact the country’s development agenda. She noted that young people were now taking on more valued roles and addressing issues that were relevant to them and which were influencing decisions regarding their development. Ms Kpakpah was ...

A Renowned global development economist, Professor Sir Paul Collier, has called on Africa to prioritise the development of its youthful population by creating a promising future for them. According to him, the new opportunity for Africa was its youthful demography as the rest of the world was basically becoming short of youth, indicating that Africa could take advantage of such ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Africans to refrain from activities that lead to civil strife. He said for the continent to take its rightful place in global affairs, it had to shed its image of instability and wars and rather prioritise the establishment of a peaceful environment. President Akufo-Addo made the call when he addressed the Gender and ...

Affirmative Action describes policies that support members of a disadvantaged group through education, employment or housing who have suffered past discrimination. Historically and internationally, support for Affirmative Action has sought to achieve goals such as bridging inequalities in employment and salary, increasing access to education, promoting diversity and redressing apparent past wrongs, harms or hindrances. The nature of Affirmative Action ...