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The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has reassured journalists and media houses across the country that they will have unrestricted access to cover the upcoming December 7 general elections. This assurance comes amid growing concerns from media outlets about the Electoral Commission’s decision to restrict media access at the constituency and the regional collation centres. ...

he special voters have started casting their ballots in the special voting exercise which started today Monday, December 2. In the Navrongo central constituency in the upper east region, 620 special voters are expected to go through the process. The process began at exactly 7 AM at the municipal police headquarters where personnel of the state security agencies, workers of ...

A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday reveals that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every day at the hands of their partner or a close relative, which means one woman killed every 10 minutes.  Released on the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, ...

The latest African Economic Outlook released by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has detected what it describes as desynchronization between economic growth performance and sustainable development which suggests that Africa’s current development model is not fit for purpose. According to the document,  The  Existing  Development  Model, which relies heavily on resource extraction without value addition,  urgently requires a complete ...

A call has been made for Ghanaian electorate to vote massively for women Presidential and Parliamentary candidates contesting the upcoming 2024 general election. The advocates believe that voting women into higher decision-making positions would  ensure the   achievement of  gender  equality more gender- responsive policies  and  laws that better  serve  the need of Ghanaians  as a whole. The call was made ...

Four Ghanaian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon were injured when a rocket, likely fired by non-state actors, struck their base, UNP 5-42, in the village of Ramyah on Tuesday. The United Nations peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon confirmed that this was one of three attacks on its troops and facilities on that day. The rocket hit the base ...

Network for Women’s Rights and Environmental Governance (NEWREG ) has held a-Day’s Experience Sharing and Learning Workshop for women and women-led organizations operating in communities affected by Oil and Gold mining operations in Ghana.  The workshop, supported by Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) and Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) was programmed to share experiences on issues concerning women ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for restraint and respect in discussions surrounding Ghana’s Supreme Court, stressing the need to uphold the integrity of the nation’s democratic institutions His comments follow a contentious Supreme Court ruling that declared Speaker Alban Bagbin’s decision to vacate four parliamentary seats unconstitutional, sparking widespread political and public debate. Speaking to the media on ...

The Supreme Court has provided a comprehensive breakdown of the reasons behind the decision to uphold the suit by Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. According to the Supreme Court, a Member of Parliament (MP) can only be considered to have vacated their seat if they change their political identity and remain in Parliament under the new identity. In a judgment backing ...

Reports reaching our news desk indicate that some unidentified illegal miners are planning to enter and mine in the Neung South Forest Reserve, in the Tarkwa District of the Western Region. Eye witnesses in nearby communities have sighted three excavator machines and a washing plant which are currently parked at about 700 metres away from the Forest Reserve. According to ...