Author: Yaw Prekoh
Slave trade not eradicated, still present in Africa – Prof. Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate and acclaimed Nigerian playwright Professor Wole Soyinka has argued that elements of the slave trade persist in contemporary forms acro [...]
Bawumia names 16-member team to lead 2028 campaign operations
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has unveiled a 16-member team to steer his political operations as the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) [...]
France’s slave law classifying Africans as property repealed — Ablakwa
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has pointed to a significant milestone under the United Nations Resolution programme on enslave [...]
UK court acquits Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister of bribery charges
A London court on Wednesday acquitted former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of all six bribery charges brought agai [...]
Mineworkers Union warns government over Ghanaian contractor policy risks
The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) has called on the government to suspend its directive requiring owner-mining companies to hand over mining operati [...]
Child labour remains a major threat to Ghana’s future – Appiah Boateng
The Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North, Hon. Joseph Appiah Boateng, has called for renewed national commitment to eliminating child labour, d [...]
Ukraine hits Moscow refinery as Zelenskyy seeks Trump support to end war
Ukrainian drones have hit a Moscow oil refinery for the second time this week while Russia fired missiles at Kyiv, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy se [...]
Gov’t to blow GHS12.9m annually on new Deputy Ambassadors
The debate over the cost of governance under President John Dramani Mahama’s administration has taken a new turn following the release of official doc [...]
4,000 public sector workers face salary deductions over student loan debt
The Controller and Accountant-General, Kwesi Agyei, has disclosed that about 4,000 public sector workers on the government payroll have outstanding st [...]
Young Ghanaian lawyer dies after suffering cardiac arrest during Black Stars’ victory celebration
A wave of grief has swept across Ghana following the sudden death of a young lawyer, Sara Araba Tetteh, who reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while [...]