Tag: UN

Ghana must brace for future calamity and leadership crisis


When Judas Iscariot was asked to join Jesus’ ministry, he was already engaged in money-making. He is thought to have hailed from a family with ties to terrorism, theft, and a fanatical Jewish sect that was obsessed with accumulating fortune at any cost.
Judas humbly made a bid for a more lucrative role in Jesus’ ministry: finance. Judas was given money for the ministry and was stealing from it, according to John 12:6. He had no one to answer to, not even his master, Jesus Christ. Jesus’ ministry was increasingly less concerned with accumulating wealth because it was more concerned with saving souls, changing the law, and laying the groundwork for the gospel to triumph.

Investment in water, energy, technologies and public-private partnership solutions to sustainable vegetable farming in northern Ghana


All it will take to develop sustainable vegetable farming, build farmers’ resilience, reduce poverty and enhance the income and livelihood of farmers’ households is to enable access to reliable water and energy infrastructure and technologies. Read more…

Effective Use of ICTs Could Halt Needless Mortality of Women and Children


The former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, a few years ago convened a meeting of health leaders and experts … More

The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels Part 2: Heatwaves, More Deaths: Let’s Break Free from Fossil Fuels


There is warm and then there is too warm. Scientists have discovered that without the atmosphere’s natural insulating blanket of … More

Climate Change Programme Assembles Research Scientists, Development Practitioners to Make Climate Change Interventions Less Conflictive in Africa


By Francis Npong, Ghana In response to increasing climate variability, national governments, international organizations and NGOs are currently implementing new … More

Environmental Journalists’ Group Protests against Coal-Plant Establishment in Ghana


A journalist group in Ghana, Media Advocates for Sustainable Environment (MASE) is taking on the managers of Ghana’s electricity Company-Volta River Authority (VRA) over plans to construct a coal-fired plant in Ghana.

10 Female Teachers Selected for ICT Training Fellowship


Francis Npong Education is one of the most important aspects of human resource development. Poor teaching methodologies do not only … More

Delays in Passing Right to Information Bill into law were Political Tactics-RWI Co-ordinator


By: Francis Npong, Accra, The unnecessary delays in passage of the Right to Information Bill into in Ghana were political … More