INEC provides health screenings to forest communities for well-being and conservation

[ad_1] About 600 residents from Kwapanin near Offinso and surrounding communities in the Ashanti region underwent health screenings, including tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), hepatitis B, malaria, blood pressure, and skin infections – aimed to enhance their well-being, emphasizing the connection between individual health and environmental protection. Medication has also been provided as needed,…

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John Boadu Appointed Director-General Of SIGA

[ad_1]   In accordance with Section 17 (2) of the State Interests and Governance Authority Act, 2019 (Act 990), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed John Boadu, former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the Acting Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA). The appointment is pending the…

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EU to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova

[ad_1] Ukraine’s President Zelensky called the vote a “victory” for his country and for Europe. European leaders have decided to open EU membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the decision, made at a summit in Brussels, as “a victory” for his country and…

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Teen missing for six years found in France

[ad_1] A 17-year-old British boy missing for six years has been found in France. Alex Batty is at a young person’s centre in Toulouse and could be back in the UK within hours, the prosecutors’ office in the city told the BBC. Alex used a motorist’s phone to message his grandmother in the UK, saying…

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Comments on the IMANI brief [Article]

[ad_1] We have seen the paper by IMANI dated 13 December 2023 whose objective they express as being to “re-center the discussion on the key issues that have been raised by civil society organisations” on the Ewoyaa lithium transaction. There are two observations they make which prompt these further comments from us. The first is…

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