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Namibia’s Ruling Party Chooses First Female Presidential Candidate

  • November 30, 2022

Namibia’s ruling party has selected Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the party’s vice president, putting her in line to be the country’s first female presidential candidate when the current leader steps down in March 2024. During a prolonged party congress that ended Monday night, members of Namibia’s ruling Swapo party re-elected Netumbo-Nandi Ndaitwah, the country’s deputy prime […]

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Russia Donates 260,000 Tons Of Fertilizer To Africa

  • November 30, 2022

Russia has donated 260,000 metric tons of fertilizer it produced that was sitting in European ports and warehouses for use by farmers in Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday. “This will serve to alleviate humanitarian needs and prevent catastrophic crop loss in Africa, where it is currently planting season,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters, […]

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Swiss Ambassador Commends Akufo-Addo For Giving More Women Political Positions

  • November 29, 2022

Mrs Simone Giger, the Swiss Ambassador to Ghana has praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo’s government for appointing more women to leadership positions. She said women had huge potentials and their active involvement in government could spur rapid socio-economic growth and holistic national progress. Mrs Giger gave the commendation when she paid courtesy call on Madam […]

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Rishi Sunak: Golden Era Of UK-China Relations Is Over

  • November 29, 2022

Rishi Sunak has said the so-called “golden era” of relations with China is over, as he vowed to “evolve” the UK’s stance towards the country. In his first foreign policy speech, the PM said the closer economic ties of the previous decade had been “naïve”. He said the UK now needed to replace wishful thinking […]

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Ghana Asked To Ratify The ILO Convention 190

  • November 28, 2022

The Gender Center for Empowering Development (GenCED) has called on the government to ratify the ILO C190 as it joins the rest of the world to mark the UN’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” campaign. The 16-day campaign is to enhance awareness and deepen advocacy against gender-based violence (GBV) to be concluded with […]