The Commonwealth is looking to increase its membership to 54 with the possible return of Gambia and the inclusion of Togo in 2018. British High Commissioner to Ghana Jon Benjamin, made this known, Monday at the Commonwealth reception to mark the Commonwealth Day, 2017. “We hope by next year that the membership will expand again … Read more
Africa faces a surge in internal and cross-border migration in the coming years due to increased climate change and its impact on life and livelihood. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Director for Africa, Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo, environmental factors have an impact on migration flows from rural areas to cities to avoid … Read more
Ghana is losing GH¢4.6 billion annually as a result of child malnutrition which affects their health and education, a study by the National Development Planning Commission has revealed. The study found that positioning nutrition interventions as a top priority for poverty reduction and broad-based development was often difficult because of lack of data on the … Read more
Nana Oye Lithur has a Bachelor of Law (BL) from the School of Law, Accra (1992) and a Masters in Law, Human Rights and Democratization in Africa (LLM) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa (2001). She is currently Chief Executive Director of the Human Rights Advocacy Centre. For years she worked as the Regional … Read more
Amnesty International, Ghana, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to use his current position as the Chairman of ECOWAS to urge President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia to respect and protect the rights of people living in that country. Amnesty has also urged governments across the world to bring pressure to bear on the … Read more