President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that achieving excellence in girls’ education is a must if the country is to shed off the evils of poverty, ignorance and disease, and put onto the path of progress and prosperity. According to President Akufo-Addo, several studies conducted across the world have indicated that … Read more
Myanmar’s army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security forces carried out a campaign of killing and torture against Rohingya Muslims there. Almost 75,000 people from the persecuted minority have escaped to Bangladesh after the military launched operations in the north of the restive … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says achieving excellence in girls’ education is a must if the country is to shed off the evils of poverty, ignorance and disease, and put onto the path of progress and prosperity. According to President Akufo-Addo, several studies conducted across the world have indicated that investing in girls’ education is … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that achieving excellence in girls’ education is a must if the country is to shed off the evils of poverty, ignorance and disease, and put onto the path of progress and prosperity. According to President Akufo-Addo, several studies conducted across the world have indicated … Read more
The UN rights council agreed Friday to “urgently” launch an investigation into violations against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, including torture, murder and rapes allegedly committed by troops. The Geneva-based body decided to “dispatch urgently an independent international fact-finding mission” to Myanmar, particularly focused in northern Rahkine state, in a resolution adopted by consensus. The mission must … Read more
Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly five years, a commission led by former UN chief Kofi Annan said Thursday. More than 120,000 Rohingya have languished in camps since they were driven from their homes by sectarian unrest between Buddhists and Muslims that engulfed … Read more
A former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, says Africa must fully exploit the potential of the agricultural sector for accelerated economic development and job creation. He observed that the agricultural value chain (from the farm to transport and processing) had immense potential for job creation to reduce, particularly, youth unemployment in Ghana … Read more
Mr. Kofi Annan, former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, has said agriculture could be a powerful bait in the process of economic development in Africa. He, therefore, urged private investors and governments to consider agriculture as a business and invest in it to achieve the desired socio-economic development and reduce poverty in Africa. Mr Annan said … Read more
Hip Hip Hip – Hurray!!! Champagnes popping, firecrackers going wild, merry making and excitement all around the country. Indeed, we have a cause to celebrate. Ghana is 60 years. 60 great years of industry, rich culture, heritage, and tradition. 60 long years of ups and downs, of successes and failures and more yet to come. … Read more
Mr Kofi Annan, Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General has said agriculture could be a powerful bait in the process of economic development in Africa. He therefore urged private investors and governments to consider agriculture as a business and invest in it to achieve the desired socio-economic development and reduce poverty in Africa. Mr Annan said … Read more
Mr. Kofi Annan, Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General has said agriculture could be a powerful bait in the process of economic development in Africa. He therefore urged private investors and governments to consider agriculture as a business and invest in it to achieve the desired socio-economic development and reduce poverty in Africa. Mr Annan said … Read more
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has been named sub-Sahara Africa’s topmost think- tank on the Global Go-to Think Thank ranking. The centre also ranked second out of the five institutions on the continent, which appeared on the global list of leading think tanks in foreign policy and international affairs. It was ranked … Read more
The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald Trump, whose election has provoked deep concern over the body’s future. Over its 11-year history, the council has come in for criticism, including allegations that it has, at times, been co-opted by rights abusers … Read more
Emmanuel Andrew Samini, known in his reggae and dancehall genre as Samini, says he wants marijuana to be decriminalised. He said this in an interview on an Accra-based Hitz FM. According to him, “I support Kofi Annan’s move to decriminalise marijuana. “…some of the users were wrongly jailed. Not to say I am encouraging people to use … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has beaten off competition from 2015 frontrunner, Kofi Annan, to emerge as the Most Influential Public Figure on Social Media in Ghana for 2016, data from the Ghana Social Media Rankings spearheaded by Avance Media, CliQAfrica and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH have shown. In the year under review, President Akufo-Addo … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has beaten off competition from 2015 frontrunner Kofi Annan to emerge as the Most Influential Public Figure on Social Media in Ghana for 2016, data from the Ghana Social Media Rankings spearheaded by Avance Media, CliQAfrica, and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH have shown. In the year under review, President Akufo-Addo … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has beaten competition from 2015 frontrunner, Kofi Annan to emerge the 2016 Most Influential Public Figure on Social Media in the Ghana Social Media Rankings spearheaded by Avance Media, CliQAfrica and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH. President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 also gained the highest number of new followers among his … Read more
The head of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KIPKTC) Dr. Kwesi Aning has urged government to disclose the identity of the membership of the task force established to retrieve state assets from individuals. He said the task force must also have an identifiable office where individuals seeking to volunteer information can … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has requested interested, eligible and competent party members from the constituency and the regional levels and finally the national headquarters, for consideration and approval for appointment to the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) positions. In a memo to party executives and Members of Parliament (MPs), the Acting General Secretary of the … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, as founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), needed to make sure the party survived, but “whether he has played that role effectively, he has a conscience, and I’ll leave it for his own conscience”, the Director of Elections of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu- Ampofo, … Read more