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Florida survivors to march on Washington

  • February 19, 2018

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 […]

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SDGs offer excellent framework for transforming the world

  • February 19, 2018

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 […]

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Gambia suspends death penalty en route to abolition

  • February 19, 2018

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, […]

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The Gambia re-joins the Commonwealth

  • February 15, 2018

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 […]

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Ghana signs Double Taxation Agreement with Ireland

  • February 8, 2018

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 […]

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Queen Mathilde of Belgium in Ghana to champion SDGs

  • February 8, 2018

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 […]