Young survivors of Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida have announced a national march on Washington to demand political action on gun control. Student organisers told US media that they were determined to make Wednesday’s shooting a turning point in the national gun debate. The attack, which left 17 students and staff members dead, was the […]
The Canada Ghana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) says the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer an excellent framework for transforming current global realities to that of a much better world. Mr Frederick Attakumah, the President of the CGCC, said organisations must have a purpose that enables them to contribute positively towards enhancing the basic humanity and […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the African Union (AU) to urgently find a lasting solution to the perennial conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He said the depressing news of the continuing and deepening crisis in the DRC, leading to the massive displacement of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, […]
Gambian President Adama Barrow on Sunday announced a moratorium on the death penalty as the West African country rebuilds its international standing following the removal last year of its longtime authoritarian ruler Yahya Jammeh. Capital punishment is on the decline across Africa, where governments executed 22 people in 2016 compared to 43 the previous year, […]
The Gambia has re-joined the Commonwealth almost five years after ex-President Yahya Jammeh took the country out of the organisation, which he described as “neo-colonial”. He said he was not happy with the Commonwealth for accusing his government of human rights abuses and electoral malpractices. After Mr Jammeh was surprisingly defeated in the presidential election […]
South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a televised statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect but said he disagreed with his ANC party’s decision. The ANC had told him to step down or face a vote of no confidence in parliament. The 75-year-old […]
Ethiopian journalist and blogger, Eskinder Nega’s freedom is in doubt after he reportedly refused to sign a ‘false confession form’ in exchange for his prison release. Eskinder, who has been in jail since 2001, convicted of having links with banned groups, was among the over 740 prisoners that have been pardoned by Ethiopian authorities as […]
The Chinese government says it is ready to support a plan by the African Union (A.U.) to establish a representational office in its capital, Beijing. This is according to a communique issued by the A.U. following a two-day official visit (January 8 – 9, 2018) to the country by chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. “China welcomed […]
Ghana has signed a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Ireland to eliminate the incidence where incomes from both countries are taxed twice. The Agreement, the first that Ireland has concluded with a West African country, was signed by Ireland’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Mr. Seán Hoy and Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta […]
Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived in Ghana on Wednesday to begin a three-day state visit. The Belgian Royal, who is a United Nations Advocate for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), is expected to leverage the visit to assess the implementation of the SDG’s in Ghana. She was met on arrival at the Jubilee Lounge […]
