The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) will hold its national Council meeting on Thursday, July 25, to finalize a decision on whether to end the ongoing strike. The strike, which has lasted over a month, was initiated due to the government’s failure to implement the National Labour Commission’s Arbitral Award Orders, designed to improve teachers’ working conditions. …

A Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has stated that since Ghana has not formalized presidential debates in its electoral process, candidates cannot be compelled to participate. He explained that, in countries where presidential debates are a standard part of the electoral process, they are institutionalized. This comment comes in response to the Majority …

24 July 2024 (Munich, Germany) – Today at AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, at a session beginning at 10:30 CEST, Linda-Gail Bekker presented full results from the PURPOSE 1 trial of twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention. The results confirm that lenacapavir demonstrated 100% efficacy for HIV prevention in cisgender women. Following is a statement on the results from Sharon Lewin, …