The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk yesterday said the passage in the Ghanaian Parliament of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024” is profoundly disturbing. “The bill broadens the scope of criminal sanctions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual and queer people – simply for being who they are – […]
The West African sub-regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN) have condemned the killing of three persons in the Foya District of Lofa County, Liberia, as a result of political clashes between supporters of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and the opposition Unity Party (UP). […]
The U.N. World Food Program has sent a first plane loaded with medical supplies for developing nations especially vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to ramp up the service to 350 flights per month. WFP chose nine airports across the world to take part in the special humanitarian air bridge, which will also feature up […]
The separatist group that declared independence for Western Togoland is heading for the United Nations to demand recognition. Over the weekend the Homeland Study Group Foundation declared independence for the Volta, and parts of the Northern, North Eastern and Upper East Regions after its meeting held in Ho. HSGF had over the years been demanding […]
The Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Perry Okudzeto is leading Ghana’s delegation to the 2019 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Forum will serve as a unique space for young people to share their vision and elaborate their substantive contributions to United […]
By Elvis DARKO, Accra International pressure is mounting on Ghana to do everything possible to apprehend assailants who killed Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist and a member of Tiger Eye PI. In strong statements issued by foreign countries and global international bodies, they consoled the family of the deceased while calling on the Government of […]
Former BBC anchor and former Director of Communications at the Ghana’s Presidency in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, Ben Dotsei Malor has penned down his life experience from his days with the BBC, to when he moved to the United Nations. He has titled it ‘Rejection and Promotion-Lessons from my move from the BBC […]
Images of the Swiss president sitting on the ground in New York City have sparked a conversation on social media. But for the Swiss, it’s just business as usual. During last week’s General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, Swiss President Alain Berset decided to cool his well-maintained heels and take a curbside […]
President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli last Monday while leaving for the New York for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, refused go via a private jet, but Joined a commercial flight instead. He said the money that would have been used in flying the private jet should be channeled into providing […]
Some Ghanaian resident in the United States of America have expressed confidence in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led administration. The placard wielding Ghanaians yesterday thronged the streets of New York while the President attended the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations, where he called for reforms of the UN to suit contemporary need. […]
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the time has come for the reform of the United Nations to better suit the present day needs of the world. According to President Akufo-Addo, when some of the nations of the world gathered in San Francisco 73 years ago and signed the landmark document that created the […]
