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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said that the time has come for Ghana to develop policies that would make her self-reliant, less dependent on foreign capital, technology and influence. According to him, his vision is in line with that agenda and that Ghana’s developmental policies going forward can no longer depend on the support that the technologically advanced world ...

There have series of reports that the Deputy National Security Coordinator in Charge of Airports, Hopeson Adorye has been sacked from his position for which reason he has in the last couple of days not been sighted at his office. News of his sacking became pronounced at the weekend when others also claimed they have not spotted him lately in ...

Netherlands is currently reviewing the country’s nationality law as part of an effort to allow dual citizenship by the spring of 2019, as most EU member states prepare for Brexit in March 2019, according to Neweurope.eu. There are approximately 87,000 UK nationals living in Netherlands and 100,000 dutch nationals living in the UK.   According to Justice Minister Mark Harbers, the plan is to ...

The Dutch government plans to relax citizenship rules making it easier to obtain dual nationality. In a letter to MPs published by the website DutchNews.Nl, junior migration minister Mark Harbers announced that the government will start consultations in the first quarter of 2019. The draft bill should expand the possibilities of obtaining dual nationality for ‘first generation’ immigrants and emigrants. ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) appears to be set for the implementation of the controversial Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA). The EC Chairperson Jean Mensa on Thursday inaugurated ROPAA Consultative and Implementation Committee. The nine-member committee is made up of three representatives from the EC, Peace Council, Civil Society Organisation, academia, one each from the ruling party and the ...

The Electoral Commission has started processes towards the implementation of the Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA), 2006 (Act 699). The law enfranchises Ghanaians in the diaspora. The election management body decided at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Thursday, 18 October 2018 that it will set up a committee to come up with a roadmap for the ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has suspended a decision on the release of former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo after he was acquitted of crimes against humanity charges on Tuesday. Earlier on Wednesday, ICC judges had rejected a prosecution request to extend Gbagbo’s detention. The decision had paved the way for the release of both Gbagbo and co-defendant Charles Blé Goudé ...

Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, a former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), says Ghanaians living abroad must be allowed to partake in the nation’s Presidential Elections only. He noted that, based on certain considerations, the most practical and cost-effective way was to allow Ghanaians living abroad to vote only in the presidential elections. He recommended that Ghanaians resident abroad, who were ...

De brief die 18-jarigen ontvangen met het dringende verzoek om hun donorkeuze vast te leggen, rept met geen woord over de toekomstige gevolgen als ze dat nalaten. De minister met orgaandonatie in zijn of haar portefeuille, in dit geval Bruno Bruins (VVD), stuurt ieder jaar in januari een brief naar alle 18 jarigen met de vraag of ze zich willen ...

Influential policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has proffered some alternatives for supporting banks struggling to meet the GHc400 million recapitalization directive. The think tank said the simple way to go around the hurdle is to “redirect some of the bank’s investments in government debt back to the equity section of their balance sheets” instead of supporting the struggling banks with ...