The Daily IIJ

Ghana’s forest reserves has declined from 8.2 million hectares a century ago to a current 1.5 million hectares. In her quest towards mitigating climate change, Ghana would in January 2010, begin an ambitious nationwide aforestation project that also seeks to bridge the unemployment gap confronting the country.

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After a long wait, the Nepal government has decided to hold a historic cabinet meeting dedicated to climate change in the Himalayas on December 4. Earlier the meeting was postponed due to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s health.

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  From Nathaniel Y.Yankson, Doha, Qatar GHANA HAS again added another international accolade to its fold as Radio Show hostess Akumaa Mama Zimbi, also known in private life as Joyce Dongotey-Padi, clinched a $20,000 award by the Qatar Foundation (QF) in Doha last Tuesday to support her Widows Alliance Network for Sustainable Economic Development (WANE) [...]

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Parliament on Friday unanimously approved a credit facility agreement between the Government of Ghana and Kreditanstalt Fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) of Germany for an amount of thirteen million Euros (€13,000,000.00) in support of the District Development Facility (DDF).

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A justice of the High Court of Ghana, Mr Justice Iddrisu Mahamadu, says his life is in danger following the trial and conviction of six policemen and four civilians for robbery over which he presided. The threat to Justice Mahamadu’s life was reported to the Inspector-General of Police (lGP), Paul Tawiah Quaye, by the Chief [...]

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Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office for Education in Africa (BREDA) called for a dialogue on matters relating to early childhood development has called African governments to review their expenditure patterns to ensuring that there are directed on areas of priority.

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Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) gender experts, civil society organizations and governments representatives were urged to commit themselves to action towards equality and empowerment of African women.

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In response to a petition filed by attorneys from Freedom Now and Hogan & Hartson LLP, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the immidiate release of Chief Ebrima Manneh who was kept in communicado three years ago.

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Africa remains among the most economically vulnerable continent in the world and the current economic crises threaten to reverse economic gains now more than ever.

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From Nathaniel Y.Yankson, Doha, Qatar HER HIGHNESS Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, Chair of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development says time has come for the possibilities of educaion to be placed in its global context rather than confining it to keep up with technological advances aimed at meeting market and [...]

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