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UN urges Ghana to improve conditions of mental patients

October 10, 2015 6:37 am Add a Comment

A United Nations Special Rapporteur, Juan Mendez, has urged the government to do more to protect the rights of persons with mental illness, and provide sufficient funds, among other things, to improve their living conditions. He said despite some level … Read more →

UN to support Ghana’s 2016 elections

September 29, 2015 4:34 pm Add a Comment

The United Nations (UN) has indicated its readiness to provide support towards the 2016 general elections. This announcement followed a meeting between President John Dramani Mahama and the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, during the ongoing UN General Assembly in New … Read more →

UN commends Prez. Mahama over fight against Ebola

October 19, 2014 7:09 am Add a Comment

A high-level United Nations delegation Saturday called on President John Dramani Mahama to thank him for his leadership in the fight against ebola and also discuss ways of ending the outbreak quickly. The delegation was made up of the Director-General … Read more →

Prez. Mahama accepts UN request to make Ghana Ebola Logistics Hub

August 30, 2014 1:07 pm Add a Comment

President John Mahama has agreed to a request from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, for the use of Ghana as the logistics base for the international fight against Ebola in West Africa. This follows a Friday evening telephone conversation … Read more →

UN imposes sanctions on Boko Haram

May 23, 2014 6:41 am Add a Comment

The UN Security Council has approved sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls. It will now be added to a list of al-Qaeda-linked organisations subject to an arms embargo and … Read more →

Use of marijuana on the rise in Ghana – UN report reveals

March 5, 2014 6:49 am Add a Comment

Ghana is making international headlines for the use and production of marijuana as well as the trafficking of the deadly methamphetamine substance, a narcotic drug, according to a UN report. The UN report released today, painted a gloomy picture for … Read more →

PHOTOS: UN commends Nana Akufo-Addo

September 4, 2013 10:12 am Add a Comment

Ambassador Said Djinnit, a Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General for West Africa has commended Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo for his contribution to incessant peace in Ghana.