Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and members of the Commonwealth Observer Group have arrived in Bangladesh to begin monitoring preparations for the country’s parliamentary election and referendum scheduled for February 12. The high-level team is in Dhaka to assess pre-election arrangements, engage key stakeholders and evaluate the overall environment ahead of voting day. Mr. […]
The Commonwealth Secretariat has dismissed suggestions of any misuse of its letterhead in Ghana, stressing that no such incident has taken place. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Satinder Bindra, the Secretariat clarified that it has not made any comment or denial about the unauthorised use of its letterhead because “no such incident has […]
Ghana’s Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has been elected as the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. She was selected at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (#CHOGM2024) in Apia, the capital city of the Pacific Island nation of Samoa. Currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Ghana, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey will take over from the […]
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street insists the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries, which begins in the Pacific island nation of Samoa on Friday. […]
