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General
Journalists urged to intensify advocacy for Affirmative Action Bill
“Ghana had a free and fair election, but only 40 women were elected into parliament and the highest achieved for ministerial appointments since 1993 is 24%”
DL News18 August 2021
General
Senior staffers, FUSSAG call off strike
UTAG has further hinted that it would go to court over the injunction secured by the NLC last week.
DL News9 August 2021
Courts
Human rights advocate sues police, 1 other for malicious prosecution, demands ¢20m for damages
Mr Annan in the run-up to the 2020 presidential and parliamentary election was accused by one Benjamin Ackah of transferring an amount of GHc100,000 from his bank account into a bank account belonging to him without his permission.
DL News9 August 2021
Courts
Assist Courts to administer justice – African Court charge Lawyers
The African Court has since 2017 trained and equipped over 110 lawyers from different parts of the African Continent.
DL News7 August 2021
Africa
Child Labour: Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire urged to mend cocoa slavery slur
It would not solve issues of farmers but rather de-risking them for supply chain players.”
DL News5 August 2021
Asia
Outspoken billionaire Sun Dawu jailed for 18 years in China
China has been cracking down on businesses and entrepreneurs in the country. Major technology companies including Alibaba, Didi and Tencent are being investigated for a range of regulatory issues.
DL News29 July 2021
Courts
Article 146 impeachment ought to be very serious business of hard facts-Samson Lardy Anyenini writes
The President and Council of State got advice to devise a method for achieving this important first step for transparency and accountability while avoiding frivolous and vexatious petitions against the CJ.
DL News28 July 2021
Europe
Sweden charges man over 1988 Iran prison massacre
Iraj Mesdaghi, who is a witness in the trial, tweeted that the indictment was a “great victory”.
DL News28 July 2021
Business
Majority Leader urges bipartisan review of Petroleum Act
“This is the opportune moment for the country to undertake this exercise and we look forward to that,”
DL News28 July 2021
General
Justice Koomson Committee presents report on Ejura disturbances to Interior Minister
The Interior Ministry charged a three-member committee comprising Justice George Koomson, Vladimir Antwi Danso, and Juliet Amoah to subsequently conduct this probe and submit its findings accordingly.
DL News27 July 2021
Asia
MP convicted for vote-buying in India
The MP reportedly bribed voters with cash during the Lok Sabha election in 2019
DL News26 July 2021
General
“There is no human rights in homosexuality” – Hon. Francis Sosu writes
I am committed to fearless honesty and will continue to do my best for the people of Madina and Ghanaians as a whole. I believe when the dust settles, reason shall prevail over emotions.
DL News26 July 2021
Africa
Sierra Leone parliament passes bill to abolish death penalty
The bill now awaits presidential assent from President Julius Maada Bio.
DL News26 July 2021
General
You took ACP Agordzo out of context on his contribution to TAG – Lawyer
The introductory part of ACP Agordzor’s speech specifically stated that if Ghana thinks vigilantism is a problem, it should wait until it duly explodes, does that sound familiar?
DL News22 July 2021
Europe
EU tells Hungary to reverse its controversial LGBT laws or face punishment
Hungary has for years defied the EU with authoritarian laws that critics say have undermined free speech and threatened the independence of the country’s judiciary.
DL News8 July 2021
General
Nduom sues Hopeson Adorye, 2 others: Demands GHC10 million damages
Dr Nduom is the founder of Groupe Nduom, a successful Ghanaian business and other business entities established over the past 30 years
DL News8 July 2021
US
U.S. Supreme Court gives states more leeway to restrict voting
The case involves a 2016 Arizona law that made it a crime to provide another person’s completed early ballot to election officials, with the exception of family members or caregivers
DL News1 July 2021
US
Trump company’s CFO surrenders ahead of expected criminal tax charges
The Trump Organization could face fines and other penalties if convicted.
DL News1 July 2021
General
Ghana-Togo Maritime Boundary Negotiations Meeting underway in Accra
The three-day meeting aims at resolving, amicably, the outstanding issues on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two neighbouring countries.
DL News24 June 2021
Africa
Côte d’Ivoire: Former PM Soro sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting coup
Guillaume Soro has already been convicted of embezzlement and was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison
DL News23 June 2021