EEDEM MENSAH-TSOTORME Minority leader and Member of Parliament for the people of Effutu constituency, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has expressed disappointment at the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. He made these remarks when speaking at the commencement of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 9th Parliament of the 4th Republic on Tuesday, […]
Oct 25 2025 | Posted in
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FARAI MUTSAKA Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their hearts out. They held hands and their chants of “it’s so nice to be here” echoed through the tent before they set about discussing sexuality, […]
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In northern Ghana, the unchecked felling of shea trees is placing the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of women at serious risk. Shea nut collection, a centuries-old tradition and a vital economic activity, is under threat as illegal logging intensifies across the region. MICHAEL SARPONG MFUM For more than 900,000 women in the Northern, Upper […]
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Hundreds of women carry cross-border trade on their heads and backs every day at Kasumbalesa, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-busiest border crossing into Zambia. Their work keeps supply chains moving, but they endure extortion and harassment for work that gives little return. DENISE MAHEHO They call themselves “wowo” after the Chinese goods trucks that […]
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MARCO SIMONCELLI| DAVIDE LEMMI | KHALIFA SAID Tanzanian authorities have pushed Maasai relocations since 2022, sparking condemnation from rights groups. With elections nearing, will pressure shift or deepen? The Maasai, an ethnic group indigenous to southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, have grazed livestock around Tanzania’s Lake Natron for generations. Park rangers from the Tanzania Wildlife […]
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NATASHA BOOTY A Jamaican man deported from the US to Eswatini under President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration rules has been sent on to Jamaica, the Eswatini government has said. Orville Isaac Etoria, 62, was voluntarily repatriated late last month, and was “warmly welcomed by members of his family”, it added. But his treatment has […]
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ANTHONY DIALA A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the Department of Home Affairs by Henry van der Merwe, who was denied the legal right to take the surname of […]
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy has ordered the immediate closure of all mining operations in Duogbo City, Grand Kru County, following confirmation of large-scale illegal mining activities taking place in the middle of the city. The decision comes after a compliance enforcement team, led by Chief Mining Engineer James Smith, uncovered severe land disturbances […]
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The Trump administration has confirmed it plans to destroy the already purchased supplies, preventing their distribution. Belgium has called on the administration of United States President Donald Trump to abandon a plan to destroy a massive stockpile of contraceptives for women as part of its rollback on foreign aid. In an interview on Friday, September […]
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Burkina Faso on Friday, August 22 halted a project backed by US billionaire Bill Gates that had seen genetically modified mosquitoes released in a bid to eradicate malaria and other insect-borne diseases. Target Malaria, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is the latest NGO to come under pressure from the country’s military rulers. […]
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