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SEND Ghana pushes for changes to drive inclusive dev’t

B & FT Online 08 Dec 2023
SEND Ghana, an advocacy organisation, has urged a reevaluation for certain aspects of the 2024 national budget, championing significant changes across various key sectors to ensure enhanced welfare and social protection ... Additionally, SEND Ghana recommended creating youth-friendly health centres nationwide.
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Dubawa trains journalists with fact-checking skills in Western Region

Business Ghana 08 Dec 2023
The two-day training workshop, held in Takoradi, and the last in a series of three being organized across the country, was done with support from the United States Embassy in Ghana, and attended by 18 journalists ... Mr Isaac Hughes, a participant, who spoke to the Ghana News Agency, ...
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How to stay hopeful in a world seemingly beyond saving

Beijing News 08 Dec 2023
But democracy has also shown some remarkable successes with regard to civil liberties and political participation in countries like South Africa, Indonesia and various other states such as Benin, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius, and Senegal ... Stating the good news does not mean we deny the bad.
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U.S. - World News Briefs

News-Press Now 08 Dec 2023
Both statutes allow weapons to be removed from someone in a mental health crisis, although there are differences between the two states' laws ... Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state's ban ... Since that landmark ruling, Texas and 12 other states rushed to ban abortion at nearly all stages of pregnancy.
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Support MSMEs to take advantage of Guided Trade Initiative under AfCFTA-CUTS

B & FT Online 07 Dec 2023
One of such initiatives is the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) launched in October 2022 by the AfCFTA Secretariat in collaboration with member states ... He stated that Ghana has solidified its commitment to the AfCFTA by actively participating in the GTI since its inauguration in October 2022.
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EU remains committed to boosting employment opportunities in Ghana — Razaaly

Business Ghana 07 Dec 2023
The European Union’s (EU) commitment to boosting employment opportunities in Ghana is resolute and constantly demonstrated, the EU Ambassador to Ghana, Irchad Razaaly has said.  ...  The EU is a main partner of the Government of Ghana in skills development for the digital and green job market.
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2023 National Best Farmer, 19 others to benefit from one year  support

B & FT Online 07 Dec 2023
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Feed the Future (FTF) Ghana Policy LINK Activity, is set to offer year-long assistance to Charity Akortia, recognized as the 2023 National Best Farmer, and Edith Akosah Wheatland, honored as the National Best Female Farmer.
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Decentralise policies to achieve SDG targets — Okyenhene

Business Ghana 07 Dec 2023
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has stated that unless Ghana decentralised its policies and programmes, the country will not achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ... Mr Botwe was inspecting some facilities built at Kyebi under the Ghana Secondary Cities ...
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Countries uphold commitment to UN peacekeeping at Ghana meeting; Pakistan warns of new challenges

Urdu Point 07 Dec 2023
UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Dec, 2023) More than 90 countries, including Pakistan, underlined their commitment to UN peacekeeping, the world body's flagship activity, during a two-day conference in Accra, Ghana, that concluded on Wednesday.
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Policy on deployment of 5G Network in the offing

Business Ghana 07 Dec 2023
The event was an initiative of ATC Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications ... The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ATC Ghana, Ashutosh Singh, said the country in its current state was not in the position to deploy the 5G network efficiently because there were lots of policy changes required.
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Modern approach to international taxation book launched

B & FT Online 07 Dec 2023
... income and Capital; and cited specific jurisdictional and domestic sources of tax laws in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and United States of America to demonstrate the real-life application of international tax principles in their respective domains.
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Private universities asked to pay competitive salaries to lecturers

Ghana Business News 07 Dec 2023
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency on the state of private universities in Ghana and how they can compete with public universities, Professor Essuman said private universities must be interested in the happenings of the corporate world and learn from them.
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United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions

Stars and Stripes 07 Dec 2023
ACCRA, GhanaThe United Nations’ top peacekeeping official defended the organization’s missions worldwide as concerns grow that they’ve gone into retreat as African leaders demand their withdrawal from Mali to Congo ... peacekeeping ministerial meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, that efforts had been hampered by divisions among member states.
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Opinion: How can the world solve its shortage of health workers?

CNN 07 Dec 2023
More than 4,000 health workers left Zimbabwe between 2021 and 2022, and nearly the same number of nurses left Ghana in 2022 alone. High-income “destination” countries – such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia – are also responsible for recruiting health ...
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