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  • According to figures and definitions being shared across Ghanaian media platforms, the Ghana Statistical Service, the Ghana Habitat for Humanity findings, UN-Habitat Factsheet 21, UN-OHCHR, research publications by Ghanaian and non-Ghanaian academics, we have a pervasive homeless and housing problem in Ghana that has been a ticking time-bomb since the early 2000s.

    • The primary cost of the pandemic as seen in the loss of human lives is distressing, but the secondary effects on the global economy, on livelihoods and on sustainable development prospects are even more alarming.

    Our world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining livelihoods.

    • Clearly, the disease has compromised the health and wellbeing of the global population, reversing efforts at attaining, especially the sustainable development goal three, that seeks to ensure good healthy population by cutting down mortality, raising life expectancy and economic growth.

    Written By Salifu Abdul-Rahaman - In September 2015, the global community under the aegis of the United Nations Organisation(UN), General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as a new holistic approach to achieving sustainable development.

    • The 2030 agenda for the SDGs encourage member states, both developed and developing to conduct regular and inclusive reviews ...

    Ghana is set to present its first Voluntary National Review (VNR) report of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) at the 2019 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) at the United Nations (UN) on July 17.

    • The role of the individual in the attainment of the SDGs, however, is my area of greatest concern. The “push and pull” concept is a key partnership strategy in achieving the SDGs.

    Written By Sampson Amanyo-Zickson - Humanity is currently strolling at, perhaps, the most exciting and challenging times in history.

    • Five winners will be awarded the grand prize and have their work showcased at an international level, helping them to expand their work

    The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched a pan-African award for a new generation of early stage social innovators in Africa who are solving pressing problems in the SDG focus areas.

    • No one will help us if we do not help ourselves. Africa is no longer asking to be taught how to fish. Africa is already rowing towards the utopia enunciated in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the Africa Union's Agenda 2063.

    Written By Cesar A. Mba Abogo - In 1990, when Cameroon's football team did the unthinkable and beat Argentina in the World Cup, the proportion of the world's population living below the poverty line was 37.1 per cent. Fast-forward 35 years later to 2015, following a global adoption of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this figure now stands at 9.6%.

“I admire the guy below” – David Ampofo

African Development Bank approves $40 million package for Angola’s Banco Millennium Atlântico to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka

COVID-19: The Decline of Global Remittances Puts Rural Families at Risk - Pedro de Vasconcelos

Man gives girlfriend mathematical formula to his ATM card

File image: Nigeria 2019 Elections: Kingsley Moghalu announces candidacy for president

Sound Public Policy in Ghana, Principles and Imperatives

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom

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“I admire the guy below” – David Ampofo

African Development Bank approves $40 million package for Angola’s Banco Millennium Atlântico to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka

COVID-19: The Decline of Global Remittances Puts Rural Families at Risk - Pedro de Vasconcelos

Man gives girlfriend mathematical formula to his ATM card

File image: Nigeria 2019 Elections: Kingsley Moghalu announces candidacy for president

Sound Public Policy in Ghana, Principles and Imperatives

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom

In Norway, Trump's comments on immigration rejected as backhanded praise. Photo credit - NBC

Ghislaine Maxwell given paper clothes at correctional center to avoid suicide attempt: Sources

Prosecutors open probe into whether Biden accuser Tara Reade lied under oath in court appearances

Javier Hernandez celebrates his milestone 50th goal for Mexico in his side’s 2-1 win over South Korea.

Duke's Zion Williamson (1) drives to the basket against North Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

African Development Bank approves $40 million package for Angola’s Banco Millennium Atlântico to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

NneNne Iwuji-Eme describes herself as ‘the first black British female career diplomat’. She takes up the post of high commissioner to Mozambique in July. Photograph: The Foreign Office

Members of the Bolivarian National Guard loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro run under a cloud of tear gas after being repelled with rifle fire by guards supporting Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in Caracas, April 30, 2019.