US Ambassador to UN reiterates need to finance and empower AU Mission to address coup d’états
By Hannah Dadzie US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has reiterated the need to finance and empower African Union Missions to address threats of coups in the sub-region. She said the coups and instability in the sub-region are hampering development, as the resources meant for development are wasted on these life-threatening phenomena. Speaking ahead […]
Cecilia Daapah vs OSP: Interlocutory injunction hearing set for January 9
By Beatrice Oppon Hearing of an interlocutory injunction application against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), has been adjourned to January 9, 2024. Former Minister of Sanitation Cecilia Dapaah and her husband Daniel Osei Kufuor filed the application on grounds that the OSP’s re-seizure of their money and re-freezing of their bank accounts on […]
UN Member States in Accra to strengthen support for Peacekeeping Operations
By Hannah Dadzie About 100 UN member states have gathered in Accra to strengthen their support for UN Peacekeeping Operations. The two-day meeting will focus on some key areas including women in peacekeeping and environmental aspects of peacekeeping, protection of civilians, and the mental health of peacekeepers. With the recent coup d’états and insurgencies within […]
Pressure on phasing-out fossil fuels intensifies at COP 28; CSOs protest
By: Oforiwa Darko Banners and placards that read “Fast Fair Forever”, “Don’t Gas Africa” , “Don’t Gas Asia”, “Just + Equitable, Fossil Fuel Phase Out, Stop Fueling the Fire” , “Stop pollution from fossil fuel extraction” were held by protesters who are demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels, the major cause of […]
Afoko and Asabke to be tried jointly for murder- Court rules
By Beatrice Oppon The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons has ruled that Asabke Alangdi will be tried jointly with Gregory Afoko for murder according to the Bill of Indictment filed in 2018. Asabke and Afoko are alleged to have poured a substance believed to be acid on a former Upper […]
EC to hold District Level Elections in Jasikan and Guan Districts on December 19
By Seth Eyiah The Electoral Commission (EC), will conduct the District Level Elections in the Jasikan and Guan Districts on the 19th of December, 2023. Nomination forms may be obtained free of charge at the Jasikan and Guan District Offices of the Electoral Commission or on the website of the Electoral Commission (www.ec.gov.gh). It said […]
Black Queens grab WAFCON 2024 Ticket
By Lawrencia Nyamekye Adjei The Black Queens of Ghana have made a historic return to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations stage after a 3-2 win over Namibia. The Queens, who failed to make the biggest continental showpiece for the women’s national teams in 2022, marked this return under Swiss gaffer Nora Häuptle. The Queens […]
District Level Election: 83 persons file to contest in Keta
By: Edzorna Francis Mensah About Eighty-Three (83) persons have filed to contest in the Twenty-Two (22) Electoral Areas for upcoming District Level election in the Keta Municipality slated for December 19, 2023. The Electoral Commission in a statement a few weeks ago opened nominations for the District Level Elections and set 19th December, 2023 for the election. This […]
NDC will use Bawumia’s past speeches as antidote in 2024 elections- Mahama’s Special Aide
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong Special Aide to former President Mahama, Joyce Bawah Motgari has openly mentioned that, going into the election in 2024, the National Democratic Congress, will need not to struggle in campaigning against the New Patriotic Party’s Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia because they will use the public evidence of his past speeches as […]
Your answers are unsatisfactory: MP tells Railways Minister
By Edzorna Francis Mensah Robert Wisdom Cudjoe, the Member of Parliament for Prestea/Huni-Valley in the Western Region has expressed his disappointment at answers provided by the Minister for Railways Development to his Parliamentary questions on Tuesday 5th December, 2023. According to him, the Minister in person of Peter Amewu has never addressed his question, instead […]
