Electoral Commission faces resistance over new voter registration requirement
March 16, 2023
Ahead of Ghana’s crucial general elections in 2024, the electoral commission is proposing a constitutional change that will make a controversial national identity card the sole document for confirming one’s nationality and age to register as a voter. However, this move is being strongly opposed over fears that many citizens[Read More…]
Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Munich attending the 59th Munich Security Conference 2023. The conference provides a platform for high-level debates “on key foreign and security policy challenges”. Mr. Mahama is the Chairperson of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa. The Tana Forum in collaboration with Bundesverband[Read More…]
Former President John Dramani Mahama has waded into the impasse between Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, and the Auditor General Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu over the publication of an audit report into government’s use of COVID-19 funds. In a tweet on Wednesday, Mahama said the AGs letter was intended[Read More…]
An eight member delegation from the Assemblies of God Church, led by General Superintendent Rev. Dr. Stephen Wengam, has called on Rt. Hon. Speaker, Alban Sumana Bagbin in Parliament. The purpose of the visit was to officially introduce the newly elected executives of the church to the Speaker and to[Read More…]
Ghana’s minister for chieftaincy and religious affairs, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, has resigned. This brings the number ministers who have resigned from President Nana Akufo-Addo’s cabinet, in less than one month, to three. A communication from the Office of the President said Mr. Kojo Kum, who is the Member of Parliament for[Read More…]
The Ignite Youth Empowerment Initiative has announced three distinguished speakers for its 2nd Ignite Mentorship Forum taking place at the SMS Auditorium, University of Cape Coast. Taking place on Wednesday 8th February 2023 on the theme, ‘THIS IS MY STORY’, the keynote presentation will be delivered by Businessman and Investment[Read More…]
His popularity continues to soar by the day. From the marketplace in southeast Nigeria to the Internally Displaced Persons camps of the Christian-dominated Benue State in the north-central, chants of Obi! Obi! Continue to get louder as the election nears. In a report, The Africa Report asks, can he get[Read More…]
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have engaged in a tug-of-war with North American and European chocolate industry giants to ensure a fair remuneration of their cocoa farmers. But can they bring about such changes, asks The Africa Report. Behind the sweetness associated with chocolate lies the bitterness of the battle waged[Read More…]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has described Ghana as the best place to do business in West Africa, urging investors in the United Arab Emirates and the private sector to make Ghana their first port of call when venturing into the Region for business. Addressing a UAE-Ghana Business Forum on the sidelines[Read More…]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced Saturday May 13, 2023, for the holding of its twin primaries to elect the party’s presidential and parliamentary candidates for the 2024 general elections. Announcing the party’s decision at a press conference on Wednesday, General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey said the party[Read More…]
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