Following Russia\’s invasion in Ukraine, the two countries who over 70 years has stayed neutral are now on the verge of joining the NATO for security. The move to join the western military alliance seems to be motivated by Russia\’s occupation of Ukraine and the war crime being committed by Russian soldiers. Despite the fact …
Briefing/policy papers Written by Maria Quattri The profile of world poverty is changing dramatically. This briefing paper focuses on one of the most troubling but least explored aspects of that change: a marked increase in the share of global extreme poverty accounted for by children in Africa. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a …
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Key facts Among the 1.9 billion Women of Reproductive Age group (15-49 years) worldwide in 2019, 1.1 billion have a need for family planning; of these, 842 million are using contraceptive methods, and 270 million have an unmet need for contraception [1,2] The proportion of the need for family planning satisfied by modern methods, Sustainable …
Family planning does not affect fertility no matter the method used or how long, it’s designed to temporarily delay fertility and prevent pregnancy, Ms. Theodora Okpojah, Sub-Municipal Head Nurse in Amuidjor in the Ashaiman Municipality has revealed. She explained that family planning methods helped to improve maternal health and child survival, reduced the number of …
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the “Destination Ghana” tourism project with the aim of promoting Ghana as a preferred leisure destination and driving more receipts from the sector for national development. The project, which is a set of innovative activities that would be rolled out in series, is aimed at attracting a million …
Professor Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Director, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, says Ghana will lose landmark buildings such as Christianborg Castle, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Independence Square to sea erosion in future. “Under IPCC projected sea-level rise scenarios, landmark features such as Christianborg Castle, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Independence Square located in Accra will erode …
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The Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will speak at the 12th graduation ceremony of the Accra Business School (ABS) on April 9, 2022, on the theme: “Entrepreneurship and The Digital Economy: Challenges and Opportunities.The School will graduate about four hundred students and business executives who have completed various academic programmes such as Master of Business Administration …
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A series of terror attacks and violent incidents have put Israel and the Palestinian territories on edge again. In just one week, 11 people were killed in three attacks in Israeli towns and cities. It was the deadliest week Israel had seen in years and follows weeks of rising tensions that saw Israelis targeted in …
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Black Sherif\’s rise in the music circles continues to soar considering his unique song writing abilities and great vocals, something that has found him traversing across musical borders After the release of the First and Second Sermon, Black Sherif is out with another banger “Kwaku the Traveller ‘ a single which unravels the mysteries of …
Eight people died in an armed ambush on a train in the north of Nigeria and a further 26 were injured, the commissioner for the Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said late on Tuesday. According to the local newspaper \”Leadership,\” 30 people were kidnapped, including the director of the …
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