-Presidency assures Domelevo; accumulated annual leave now 167
The Office of the President has assured the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, that the directive for him to take his accumulated annual leave was issued with due regards to the labour laws of the country, contrary to the latter’s interpretation of the...
– Domelevo appeals to the President
The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has urged the President to reconsider the latest directive for him to proceed on leave, in order to protect the sanctity of the labour law, the constitution and the independence of the Auditor-General.
In a response to the President’s directive...
The doubt about non-violence in 2020 presidential and general elections is still sparking after the recent act of violence in Greater Accra during the Ayawaso West by-elections that took place on January 31, 2019 after the death of the incumbent MP Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko.
Even though electoral violence may not...
Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges, court documents released on Monday showed. Meng’s lawyers claim the case that the United States submitted to Canada is “so...
Students in introductory macroeconomics courses typically used to learn about the paradox of thrift. This theory, popularized by John Maynard Keynes, states that if households decide to save more and consume less during a slowdown or recession (because of uncertainty about future income), then the resulting reduction in aggregate...
On a cold winter’s night in July 2016, thousands of people gathered inside and outside Rotten Row Magistrates’ Court in Harare to await the verdict in the Zimbabwean government’s case against Pastor Evan Mawarire, the leader of the #ThisFlag movement and a staunch opponent of then-President Robert Mugabe. When...
The COVID-19 crisis is inflicting the most pain on those who are already most vulnerable. This calamity could lead to a significant rise in income inequality. And it could jeopardize development gains, from educational attainment to poverty reduction. New estimates suggest that up to 100 million people worldwide could...
George Floyd tested positive for COVID-19.
What has that got to do with his death? Absolutely nothing! If your brother had asthma, and someone intentionally introduced smoke into his room, and he died, you would be very upset if the system said “well he had asthma, so nothing to see...
As Africa braces itself for a surge of coronavirus infections, both China and the US are claiming to be Africa's greatest supporter; but there is more at stake in this escalating rivalry than simply tackling the virus, writes BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was...