Cancel our debts- Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament to development partners
Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has held deliberations with 21 international partners, including; ambassadors and development partners as part of the Debt Cancellation Campaign Initiative (DCCI). DCCI is an initiative by the Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliament (COSAP) to advocate Africa’s debt to be forgiven due to the huge […]
Election 2020: Police announce WhatsApp line for violence-related information
The Ghana Police Service has announced a WhatsApp number for people to report any form of election related violence on December 7. The mobile phone number 020 663 9121, will be available for persons to send videos, audios and photographs of any disturbance on Election Day. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Chairman of […]
COVID-19 will increase humanitarian needs in 2021: UN
One in 33 people will need aid to meet basic needs like food, water and sanitation in 2021, the UN reports. The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance to new highs, according to the United Nations, dramatically increasing the ranks of extreme poverty in just one year. One […]
Nigeria police rescue 10 people after ‘baby factory’ raid
Rescued women said the owner hired men to impregnate them and then sell the newborns for profit. Ten people were rescued by police from an illegal maternity home – a so-called “baby factory” – in the Mowe area of the southwestern Nigerian state of Ogun on Tuesday. “Acting on a tip-off, our men stormed the […]
