Accra, Ghana, November 13, 2018//-Ghana’s parliament is experiencing absenteeism and the adverse side of time management, which is poor time management. This unhealthy development is tearing the country’s legislature apart.
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Impeachment of Chief Justice Begins as Citizen Petitions Ghana’s President
Accra, Ghana, November 12, 2018//-A Ghanaian citizen by name Mensah Thompson has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the first step to have the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, impeached.
Report: Use of Contraception Is Growing Fastest in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda, 12 November 2018//- A groundbreaking new report on family planning in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries released today shows use of contraception is growing fastest in Africa, with 24% of women of reproductive age now using modern methods.
Microcredit Condemned in ‘Definitive’ Book on What Went Wrong
November 12, 2018//-A new book from UNCTAD authors casting a critical eye over microcredit and its usefulness in reducing poverty in developing countries was presented at a Geneva meeting of debt experts recently.
Italian Embassy: Stranded Ghanaian Students in Italy Could Face Prosecution
Accra, Ghana, November 9, 2018//-Almost 200 Ghanaians students in Italy who have lost their scholarship over massive visa fraud discovered by the Italian Embassy in Ghana. are said to be stranded.
Honoris United Universities Acquires Morocco’s Leading School of Architecture
Casablanca, Morocco, November 8, 2018// – Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network, has acquired Écoled’Architecture de Casablanca (EAC) in Morocco, a development that builds on the vision and breadth of its distinctive program offerings and employability focus.
New Global Survey: Ghana Comes 4th From Bottom in 35 Country Teacher Status Ranking
November 8, 2018//-Teacher status in Ghana ranked 32ndout of 35 countries polled in the new Global Teacher Status Index 2018 – the fourth lowest of any country surveyed after Brazil, Israel and Italy.
Employees in Nairobi Rank Affordable Housing as the Most Important Factor When Deciding Where to Live and Work
Nairobi, Kenya, 7 November 2018//-Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and career, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc today announced the results of an extensive study that examines the needs of workers in the world’s fastest-growing cities across four key factors – human, health, money and work.
World Leaders Pledge $1 Billion to Transform Health and Nutrition of World’s Poorest Women, Others
Oslo, Norway, November 6, 2018// – The Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child today announced US$1.005 billion in contributions from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Burkina Faso, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, the European Commission, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Laerdal Global Health, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar and the United Kingdom.
Human Capital Report: 56% of Children Born in Ghana Are Likely To Be Unproductive
Accra, Ghana, November 5, 2018//-A staggering World Bank’s Human Capital Report has revealed that 56% of children Born in Ghana are Likely to be unproductive.