General News

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Natalia Kanem has inaugurated a youth innovative hub located on the premises of the UNFPA, Ghana office. Named, the ‘Orange Loft’, the hub is designed to serve as an incubator to hone the skills of the beneficiaries of UNFPA Ghana’s Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme, as well as inspire ...

The impunity with which criminals operate in Ghana suggests a lack of the right leadership for the country, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, has said. By leadership, he clarified that he was not only talking about those in political positions but leaders outside politics, too. These leaders, he said, have failed ...

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the Christian Council of Ghana, the Office of the National Chief Imam, and the various political parties in Ghana have shown support to the impending referendum to pave way for the election of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country. This was at a multi-stakeholder Conference organised by the Directorate of ...

Government  has announced that Ghana’s draft Diaspora Engagement Policy is now available for input by stakeholders ahead of the 2019 homecoming summit, and would release for stakeholders’ input at the July Homecoming Summit. The policy document is aimed at targeting and encouraging more Ghanaians in the Diaspora to bring their technical skills, money and investment opportunities back home to complement ...

The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), a policy research and advocacy organisation, is advocating a strict legal regime to regulate civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the wake of the use of some of the organisations to promote money laundering and terrorists agenda. According to the IDEG, some people were using and exploiting CSOs as points of ...

The latest World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI) report has ranked Ghana as the last but one country on harmonised test scores of children from basic to secondary school education in the world. The report stressed that although Ghana had done well in terms of enrolment for basic and second cycle education, there was no corresponding improvement in the quality ...

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has assured that it will soon begin public sensitization on the upcoming referendum on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) It follows concerns raised by the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference about the lack of public education on the exercise to prepare the ground for a successful referendum. A section ...

The Government of Canada’s travel information guide has warned Canadian citizens about travelling to Ghana. A June 5 Tweet warns Canadians that violent crimes, such as robbery and kidnapping, may occur while they are in Ghana.  ”Be aware of your surroundings and avoid walking alone or displaying signs of wealth,” the Tweet further warned. ✔@TravelGoC #Ghana: violent crimes, including armed robbery ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a characteristic June 4 address called for an urgent review of the Fourth Republican constitution to remove entrenched clauses that protect high level political actors and embolden some of them to abuse their office and criminally profit from their positions. Delivering the keynote address at a parade, wreath-laying and durbar to climax activities ...

A workshop on the roadmap for the execution of the Right to Information (RTI) act by the implementing agency, Information Ministry has opened in Accra Thursday. Attendees have been drawn from civil society groups as well as state agencies including UNESCO, RTI Coalition, Media Coalition on RTI.  Also participating are members from the constitutional, legal and parliamentary affairs committee of parliament. ...