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Less than 15% of Ghana's 275-member parliament are women, below the 30% target set out by the United Nations for all countries. The country was ranked 119th in a June report on the global gender ...
The Finder Newspaper: news from Ghana and Africa, politics, entertainment, world, health, business and sports Today Newspaper: North Ridge, Accra 2007 Ghana Sports Publications Limited w.todaygh.com: private Free Press: private The Gazette Newspaper: weekly newspaper The Ghanaian Chronicle [3] Accra 1996 [4] privately owned daily Ghanaian Times ...
Parliament on Friday approved a $150 million loan agreement between the government and the World Bank's International Development Association to improve Accra's economic resilience.
On 8 May 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana began proceedings for the case filed by a Ghanaian journalist, Richard Sky, against the bill. Presided by the Chief Justice, the proceedings ended with the lawyers of the journalist asked to submit a fresh motion to amend their reliefs. The case adjourned to 17 May 2024. [29] [30] [31] [32]
ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana's parliament passed legislation on Wednesday that intensifies a crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ people and those promoting lesbian, gay or other non-conventional sexual or ...
The Gold Coast was renamed to Ghana and granted independence on Wednesday, 6 March 1957, while retaining the British monarch as head of state. The Legislative Assembly was renamed National Assembly. After the approval of a new Republican constitution, Ghana officially became a republic on 1 July 1960 with Kwame Nkrumah as its President .
The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary elections in late 1992.
3 October – Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year. [3]14 October – A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia, Ashanti Region, killing 13 people. [4]18 October: Parliament speaker Alban Bagbin declares four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, effectively giving the opposition National Democratic Congress a majority in the legislature. [5]