A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where thousands have fled their homes after a months-long army crackdown on Rohingya Muslims. The area along the country’s northwestern border has been under lockdown since October, when the military launched a campaign to hunt down … Read more
Some men unknowingly boast of being created first by God before women, but this action was never taken for nothing. God deliberately used Adam as a sketch or rough draft in order to come out with the final masterpiece, that is, the woman, in this case, Eve. It is therefore, not by an accident that … Read more
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that even though sweet potato is not list listed as a food security crop in the Food and Agricultural Sector Development Policy (FASDEP II), a lot of attention is being given to the promotion of the crop to address food and nutrition security. Sweet … Read more
All eyes are focus on the Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, to fairly and amicably end the 30-year litigation over the Akwamu Omanhene case today. Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, who is the president of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs at the capital Koforidua, later today, is expected to end the long … Read more
Time to say ‘For every child in Ghana, let’s be fair’ By: Susan Namondo Ngongi By investing more in education and implementing more equitable policies, we can reverse current trends in which the poorest and most marginalised miss out. Walk past any schoolyard with a group of children playing their favourite game, and it won’t … Read more
The National Chairman and leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Professor Edmund Delle is worried about the growing trend of youth in the country under the guise of politics verbally abusing the elderly. “It is not fine that the youth who lack experience go on air and insult their elders. I have been particularly … Read more
The Kofi Annan Peace Keeping Training Centre is making a strong case for a review of processes in appointing security chiefs in Ghana specifically in the police service. A research fellow with the Kofi Annan Peace Keeping and Training Centre, Dr Festus Aubyn made the submission speaking on the sidelines of a public lecture held … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has justified his decision to commit Ghanaian troops to The Gambia when there was a political standoff in that country. That was when then-President Yahya Jammeh had refused to concede defeat after losing the general elections, creating tension in the Gambia. Ghana thus joined some West African countries to deploy military troops there … Read more
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday committed $335 million dollars in grants over the next four years to support various Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programmes in affected countries. This would include; $42 million-dollar that would go for the continuation of Jimmy Carter’s guinea worm eradication initiative and hoped it would be the first … Read more
ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF DECEPTION, THUGGERY, CORRUPTION AND OSTENTATION – AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT SO FAR BY THE NDC MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY 17TH APRIL, 2017. Honourable Members of Parliament, Members of the Press, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, We are grateful to you for honouring our invitation to share with you our … Read more
We cannot wait for four years – NDC The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it cannot wait for four years to elect another president whilst President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government wreck havoc to the country in various sectors. It observed that the country is already moving on a reverse gear and … Read more
ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF DECEPTION, THUGGERY, CORRUPTION AND OSTENTATION – AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT SO FAR BY THE NDC MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY 17TH APRIL, 2017. Honourable Members of Parliament, Members of the Press, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, We are grateful to you for honouring our invitation to share with you our … Read more
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was not immediately clear where the inhabitants would go. Tens of thousands of people from Rakhine’s Muslim and Buddhist communities ended up in internal displacement camps after sectarian violence ripped the impoverished region apart five years … Read more
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the youth to be innovative and prepare for leadership roles for the future. He said the youth played a critical part in national discourse, therefore, their capacities needed to be enhanced so that they would deliver when given the opportunity to serve in leadership roles. Vice President Bawumia … Read more
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has added his voice to the call to empower the youth in preparation for leadership roles in the future. The capacity of the youth, who are the next leaders of the nation and currently play a key part in national discourse, needs to be built up to enable them … Read more
A Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Isaac Olawale Albert, has said the situation where African leaders wait until conflicts occur for them to do post-conflict analysis is not the best in promoting peace and security on the continent. In line with that, he has called for proactive measures, … Read more
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has backed African governments’ use of fossil fuels – especially the continent’s large endowment of coal – to bridge Africa’s huge energy gap. In the face of opposition to the use of coal by climate change activists, Mr Annan said: “We are not saying countries should immediately stop using … Read more
A Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Isaac Olawale Albert, has advised African countries to disband political vigilante groups as they could grow and turn into terrorists to disturb the peace on the continent. Citing the rise of Boko Haram as an example, he said the group began in … Read more
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar’s Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN rights council agreed to investigate allegations against the army. “I don’t think there is ethnic cleansing going on. I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening,” Suu Kyi … Read more
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government’s first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday, saying her party was dedicated to rebuilding a nation ravaged by decades of army rule. The democracy icon was swept into office after her party’s euphoric victory in the first free polls in a generation. … Read more