ARHR Equip Girls to Defend Their Rights

Ghana News Agency - Mar 9, 2019 0

To mark the International Women’s Day on Friday, the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), provided some girls in the Ashiedu Keteke Sub-Metro with...

Dr Odamptey asks people to show respect to slum dwellers

Ghana News Agency - Feb 22, 2019 0

There is the need to respect and appreciate the fact that people who dwell in slum settlements are fellow citizens and humans, with the...

Armored helicopters convoy cargo helicopters during the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States in Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, March 25, 2015. (Xinhua/Seongbin Kang)

Cameroon Refutes Using U.S military Assistance for Rights Violations

xinhuanet.com - Feb 12, 2019 0

Cameroon's Ministry of External Relations has denied allegations that its army was using U.S. military assistance to carry out human rights violations. "Cameroon strongly denies...

PEYORG Demands Respect for PWDs

Ghana News Agency - Jan 11, 2019 0

The Progressive Excellence Youth Organisation (PEYORG), has said it is important for parents to see children with disabilities as important assets whose rights must...

Media 7 licensed to broadcast Dogboe Vrs. Navarrete Fight

Ghana News Agency - Nov 29, 2018 0

"Media 7", a digital terrestrial television based in Ghana, has acquired the rights to broadcast the boxing bout between World Boxing BO World Super...

400 homosexuals to undergo voluntary counselling in Ghana

Ike Dzokpo - Aug 23, 2018 0

At least 400 homosexuals have registered with the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family (NCPHSRFV) to undergo voluntary counselling and reformation...

Mini app implanted in Alipay. (File photo)

China moves to safeguard consumer rights through its online complaint platform

People's Daily - Mar 19, 2018 0

China has upgraded its national internet platform of consumer dispute resolution 12315, enabling consumers to file and seek solution of complaints online in a...

National Communications Authority, Nana Defie Badu,

Consumers Charged To Expedite Their Rights For Quality Service Delivery – NCA

News Ghana - Mar 17, 2018 0

The Director of Consumer and Corporate Affairs at the National Communications Authority, Nana Defie Badu, has underscored the need for all consumers to be...

Women Must Be Self-Resilient To Champion Their Rights In Society – Gender Minister

News Ghana - Mar 8, 2018 0

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Otiko Afisa Djaba, has called on both old and young women to be self-resilient...

GFA to penalize Premier League Clubs

ABK - Nov 30, 2017 0

The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi has said that Premier League Clubs who prevent TV Rights Holder, Startimes, from telecasting...

Zimbabwe’s New Government Must Uphold Human Rights

News Ghana - Nov 23, 2017 0

Responding to the news that Robert Mugabe has resigned as President of Zimbabwe, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “After more than three...

Digital technology has been widely applied by Chinese factories. Picture is an intelligent workshop of SANY Heavy Industry, known as the "intelligent factory" of China in Changsha, Hunan province. (Photo from the official website of SANY Heavy Industry.)

Bureau of Public Safety Holds Biennial Safety Conference

ABK - Nov 8, 2017 0

The Bureau of Public Safety in collaboration with the Factories Inspectorate Department has organised its fourth biennial national safety conference in Tema. More than fifty...

ACHPR marks 30th anniversary in Gambia

News Ghana - Nov 4, 2017 0

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) on Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary at its 61st ordinary session being held in Gambia's...

Top Turkish Activist Detained Over Attempted Coup

News Ghana - Nov 1, 2017 0

An Istanbul court ordered prominent Turkish businessman and rights activist Osman Kavala be jailed pending trial on suspicion of attempting to overthrow the government. He...

‘Kayayeis’ to be empowered economically

News Ghana - Sep 23, 2017 0

The Purim African Youth Development Platform (PAYDP), a non-governmental organization, with funding support from the UNFPA is currently implementing a project for female head...

Child-care Centre at Nangodi Opens

News Ghana - Aug 23, 2017 0

Action Aid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has inaugurated a Child-Care Centre at Nangodi in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region to...

South African labor union to champion workers’ rights at BRICS forum

News Ghana - Jul 19, 2017 0

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said Tuesday that they will attend the BRICS Trade Unions Forum in China next week and...

Guinness Nigeria commences N39.7 billion rights issue

News Ghana - Jul 4, 2017 0

Following shareholder approval received in January, Guinness Nigeria Plc has now received clearance of the issue documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission and...

Safeguarding Journalists’ Rights to Expression

News Ghana - May 3, 2017 0

Journalists’ safety has received world attention due to attacks and the impunity accompanying these attacks. On May 3, 2017 the world celebrates World Press...

Adolescents Request Practical Information On STIs Prevention

ABK - Apr 26, 2017 0

A recent study indicates that Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) programmes in the country are not providing the full range of information adolescents need. The...

S. Sudan: perpetrators of rights abuses still walk around

News Ghana - Apr 25, 2017 0

One of the biggest problems in South Sudan is a lack of accountability for crimes perpetrated during the ongoing conflict there, a United Nations...

EU Delegation’s Social Media Accounts Handed to Plan International Ghana

News Ghana - Apr 24, 2017 0

To celebrate the launch of the revised European Union (EU) Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child, Plan International...

Tullow Oil plc Expected to Raise £586 Million From Rights Issue

News Ghana - Mar 25, 2017 0

Tullow Oil plc, one of the biggest players in the country’s oil fields, is to raise £586 million through a Rights Issue in a...

Foh-Amoaning and AI Director Battle It Out Over Gay Rights

News Ghana - Feb 24, 2017 0

It was words of war between Human Rights Advocate Moses Foh-Amoaning and Amnesty International Acting Country Director Frank Doyi over the rights of homosexuals in the country. There has been...

African Leaders Urged To Prioritize Land Management

ABK - Feb 10, 2017 0

The World Bank Group (WBG) say African governments have to prioritise strengthening of land management institutions, and coordinate investments in infrastructure, “if they are...

Kenya Backs African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Extension

ABK - Feb 9, 2017 0

The Government of Kenya has pumped one million dollars as the country’s contribution towards the extension of the mandate of the African Court on...

Deepika Bhardwaj: The Men Rights Campaigner

News Ghana - Jan 20, 2017 0

In India, where crimes against women are rampant, a female activist and documentary filmmaker stands out for being a rare voice for abused men....

NGO Deepens Public Awareness On Child Rights

ABK - Jan 6, 2017 0

Chiefs have been urged to take centre stage in campaign to end child marriages and provide more protection for children in their communities. Ms. Faustina...

Gender Ministry Charged To Fight For The Vulnerable

ABK - Dec 12, 2016 0

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has commended Cabinet for approving the National Migration Policy and urged the Government to accede...

China re-elected to UN Human Rights Council

News Ghana - Oct 30, 2016 0

The UN General Assembly on Friday elected China and another 13 countries to the UN Human Rights Council for a three-year term of office...

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