While we are quick to think of drought in terms of food imports to replace failed crops and dams and boreholes as the answer to resultant water shortages, one concern tends to be overlooked -- the risk of fire.
Dr Malick Njie, secretary of state for health and social welfare has said that climate change is not only a health threat but it is threat to every aspect of human life.
Mr. Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has lamented the increasing effect of deforestation on Ghana's agriculture system and called on all stakeholders to join the fight against it.
Country representative of the UN global health agency in Sierra Leone, Thursday observed that the issue of climate change and its devastating effect on health could affect the country's chance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
If there is truism in the saying what a man can do a woman can do better, then an encounter with female porters, a.k.a kaya-yoos, at Kejetia Lorry Park in Kumasi will remove all doubts from the biblical Thomas.
The Methodist Bishop of Sunyani, the Rt. Rev. James Baffour-Awuah, has urged Ghanaian women not to hide their God-gifted talents, for the fear of being intimidated or molested by men.
Gender, Remittances and Development: Preliminary Findings from Selected SADC Countries, published by UN-INSTRAW and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), highlights the growing impact of women's migration on households,
A Harare woman was yesterday slapped with an effective three-year jail term for forcing her tenant's two children to sit on a hot electric stove as a form of punishment.
The Education Department has been given the thumbs up for its efforts to increase teacher salaries. Education expert, Professor Tom Bisschoff of the Witswaterstrand University's Education and Management said the move will encourage new teachers to join in the field.
The United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) has strongly condemned recent acts of violence against its staff by local ex-employees of the predecessor UN mission in the poor African country who say they still have contractual claims with the
Federal Government yesterday said it would soon commence the implementation of a national electronic labour exchange intended to aid job seekers in their search for suitable employment.
President John Agyekum Kufuor has called on Insurance Companies to take advantage of the vast market created through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to provide cover for Ghanaians who are yet to join the scheme.
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has paid N39.7 million as compensation to 94 victims of the 1988 toxic waste dump at Koko Port, in Delta State. Out of the 94, seven were officers and they received N.7million each, while 87 were
I Know that a lot of people are scared to come to the north because of the floods that have devastated many villages and displaced thousands of people.
KIBONGE, the lonely lion that was left at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre after the 2002 demise of Salaamu, a lioness, will soon enjoy the company of two females from Paradise Wildlife Park in the UK.
National Heritage Council officials are at wits' end following the costly mischief of some monkeys in the capital that continuously vandalise a bronze commemorative inscription at Heroes Acre, the country's multi-million-dollar national war memorial.
