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In Latvia, a decision was made to rename a street previously named after Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet dissident and 1975 No...

Gbarnga -- A non-governmental organization, NAYMOTE Partners for Democratic Development, has ended a one-day workshop in Gbarnga aimed at promoting women's political participation and preventing violence against women.The training brought together 75

The Jammeh2Justice (J2J) Ghana Coalition has appealed to the Ghana government to pursue the Gambian government's reparation package of $600,000 for over 50 West African migrants who were killed in Gambia in 2005. The call comes after the Gambian government announced in May that it had agreed to pay 32,400,000…

Mr Festus Osifo has been elected as the new President General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC. Osifo was elected at the 12th Triennial

Monrovia – Liberia’s leading pro-democracy institution, Naymote Partners for Democratic Development has called on President George Weah to report to the public on the status of several special committees  he set up to investigate wide range of i

The government has been urged to start discussions with its Gambian counterpart to pay the promised compensation to the West African migrants, including 44 Ghanaians, who were unlawfully killed in The Gambia in 2005. A statement signed by Mr William Nyarko, Project Coordinator of Jammeh2Justice Ghana Coalition (J2J Ghana) and…

Addressing the disqualification of 21 candidates during the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections, the United Nations Human Rights Committee raised concerns that the criteria for disqualification on the groups of disloyalty to the Macau SAR and its Basic Law seemed “too broad” and allowed too “great a discretionary power to authorities”.From July 13 to 15, the

An Afrobarometer survey research report on Economy, public services, and taxation has indicated that the majority of Ghanaians believe strongly that the country is heading in the wrong direction. Respondents according to the survey also provided negative assessments of the country’s economic condition and their personal living conditions. Dr. Edem…

MONROVIA -- The kangaroo-style of politicking in which politicians abandon and neglect constituents in their respective districts to contest for elected positions in other counties is said to be a new phenomenon among politicians in post-conflict Lib

Monrovia – Ahead of the hotly contested senatorial election in Lofa County, the Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) has alarmed over the decision of the National Elections Commission (NEC) to only conduct the lost and damaged voter identification