[Video] Do Ghanaian Workplaces Meet Safety Standards?
Employers are required by law to ensure the safety of employees at their workplaces, and employees are also required to ...
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Media Houses, Drug Manufacturers Face Prosecution
A number of media houses and product owners, who are alleged to have flouted the country’s law on public health ...
Renewable Energy Project From Ghana Among Winners of $7m Global Competition
Access Power , a developer, owner and operator of renewable power projects in emerging markets in partnership with EREN Renewable ...
Lack of Strong Institutions Contributes To Challenges In Energy Sector
The lack of strong institutions in the energy sector has contributed to challenges currently being experienced in the sector, the ...
ACEP Calls For Strong Institutions In Energy Sector
The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) wants institutions in Ghana’s energy sector to be robust and effective in pointing ...
Government Urged To Consider OSH Bill
Government has been urged to consider the national bill on Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) that seeks to cure challenges ...
Life Expectancy For Black Americans Is Four Years Below Whites
African-Americans have made gains in life expectancy but major disparities remain in the United States, where blacks can expect to ...
The Illegal Abortions Killing Myanmar’s Women
Thiri's heart started pounding and her whole body shook after she swallowed the final dose of pills that would end ...
National Migration Policy Not Implemented One Year After Launch
The National Migration Policy (NMP) of Ghana which was launched by government in April 2016 with pledges to ensure its ...
Europe Migrant Centres ‘concentration Camps’
Pope Francis has described some of Europe's holding centres for migrants and refugees as concentration camps. The Roman Catholic leader ...
The Youth At the Forefront of Climate and Environmental Issues [Article]
As the World marks this year’s Earth Day, Green Minds Ghana Initiative (GMGI) is joining more than 1 billion individuals ...
Fresh Surge of Refugees Return To Afghanistan From Pakistan
A fresh surge of undocumented refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan this month, a humanitarian group said Thursday, saying ...
South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy
Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese refugees ...
Migration and Development. The Challenge of Our Time?
Migration and Development. The challenge of our time? Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor and rich ...
World’s Oldest Person Dies At 117
The world’s oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say. Emma Morano was born on ...
US Withdraws Funding For United Nations Population Fund
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more ...
US Withdraws Funding For United Nations Population Fund
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more ...
UN Urges More Support For States Hosting Syria Refugees
Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched regional host nations, a ...
Pakistan Resumes Repatriating Afghan Refugees Despite Criticism
Pakistan Monday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the supposedly voluntary UN programme ...
Syrian Refugee Numbers Pass Five Million
The tally of refugees who have fled the war in Syria now exceeds five million, the United Nations said Thursday. ...