With the official enforcement of Paris Agreement on Climate Change, every country in the world now faces a test to fulfill their promises in implementing the tasks, the People’s Daily said in an editorial published on Friday, the day marking the official implementation of the pact. The following is the translation of the article: Paris … Read more
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) is calling on government to develop a clear-cut policy framework that will enshrine and enforce the right to food. According to the institute, the call has become necessary due to the lack of a specific legal provision that enshrines the right to food as a fundamental … Read more
There’s an African proverb which goes: “If the owner of the land leads you, you cannot get lost.” Between November 7 and 18, over 195 countries and parties of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will convene at Marrakech, Morocco, in West Africa for a two week conference following the ratification of Paris’ … Read more
At the end of their bi-annual meeting today, The Elders called for redoubled efforts to turn the International Criminal Court into a truly universal, and impartial, tribunal. During discussions in London, the potentially serious consequences of recent decisions by three African countries – Burundi, The Gambia and South Africa – to withdraw from the ICC, … Read more
Until last week, no country had withdrawn from the International Criminal Court. Now, three African states — South Africa, Burundi and Gambia — have made official decisions to leave. Gambia announced its decision late Tuesday. Concerns are high that more African countries now will act on years of threats to pull out amid accusations that … Read more
By: Gladys Frimpomaa For some time now, there has been public debate over decriminalising drug addiction and use in the country. While some people have argued that drug addiction and use are health conditions, and should be treated as such, others think that it is criminal, and should be treated as an offence under the … Read more
A bill that seeks to, among other things, decriminalise drug addiction and use is currently before Parliament for consideration and approval. he Narcotic Control Commission Bill, 2015, which went through the Second Reading in Parliament yesterday, has proposed the decriminalisation of drug use and addiction. As a result, drug use and addiction would no longer … Read more
South Africa’s announcement Friday that it is leaving the ICC surprised many, raising questions about its legality and concerns for the future of a court that counted South African dissident-turned-president Nelson Mandela as a key advocate. The United Nations confirmed receipt Friday of South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC, effective October 19, 2017. The withdrawal … Read more
Despite conflicts and instability in some parts, Africa’s fast growth and development, at least during the past decade, has attracted several external countries mainly from Asian region, European Union (EU) and the United States. In this special interview, David Shinn, an Adjunct Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs, a former U. S. Ambassador … Read more
It’s immoral for Mahama to take advantage of disabled people All leaders who have moral principles, and are serious, forward-thinking and committed, rather invest meaningfully in their people, including the disabled, and do away with meaningless slogans and systematic propagation of propagandistic materials. We hear President Mahama has chosen to make his 2016 Manifesto booklet … Read more
All leaders who have moral principles, and are serious, forward thinking and committed, rather invest meaningfully in their people, including the disabled, and do away with meaningless slogans and systematic propagation of propagandistic materials. We hear President Mahama has chosen to make his 2016 Manifesto booklet accessible to visually impaired people by producing braille version. … Read more
The 12 presidential aspirants whose nomination forms were rejected and, by inference, disqualified from contesting the December 7, 2016 general elections would be given back their filing fees, the EC has hinted. The Communications Director of the Commission, Eric Dzakpasu, confirmed this in an exclusive interview to the Finder on Tuesday October 11, 2016. Presidential … Read more
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with 36 lead institutions to deal with child labour. The signing of the MOUs with the 36 institutions is to also secure their commitment to carry out their responsibilities and roles as assigned to them in the MOUs. Haruna Iddrisu, … Read more
As a matter of fact, a fantastically corrupt public servant is no less a human rights violator than the enigmatic Adolf Hitler. For, whereas Adolf Hitler savagely exterminated innocent people with lethal chemicals and sophisticated weapons, a contemporary corrupt public servant is blissfully bent on annihilating innocent citizens through wanton corruption. Consequently, the innocent citizens … Read more
Ghana today (October 4, 2016) expressed support for a United Nations General Assembly conference to discuss a universal and legally binding instrument that will prohibit the use of nuclear weapons and their total elimination. It affirmed that the best way to prevent non-state actors from acquiring and using Weapons of Mass Destruction( WMD) is by … Read more
In the few weeks leading to the 7th December 2016 general elections, I shall seek to grub into the umpteen and somewhat weird bribery and corruption allegations that have been put at the doorsteps of President Mahama and his NDC administration. In no particular order, the sleuth-hounding cursor will be focusing on: ‘The furtive gift … Read more
The German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Barbara Hendricks, will visit Kenya from 28th September to 1st October. The visit is part of a trip to three African countries on the occasion of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species … Read more
Johannesburg (AFP) – Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg voted Wednesday to ban all trade of the endangered pangolin, the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal. “(The) committee agrees all pangolins — African and Asian — move to appendix I,” CITES said in statement, referring to the convention’s highest … Read more
Johannesburg (AFP) – Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg voted Wednesday to ban all trade of the endangered pangolin, the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal. All eight species of pangolin are set to be moved into CITES’ highest category of protection, which bans all international trade in animals … Read more
Johannesburg (AFP) – The shy, scale-covered pangolin is to receive the highest level of protection against illegal trade to try to save it from extinction, after a vote Wednesday by delegates at a global conference. The reclusive, gentle mammal is prized as an edible delicacy and ingredient in traditional medicine, especially in China and Vietnam … Read more