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In a landmark move, the African Union (AU) has taken a significant step towards harnessing the benefits of migration by validating a comprehensive action plan to implement the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). The two-day meeting, which concluded on 29th August 2024 at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana, brought together senior officials from AU member states to finalise the continent’s strategy for managing migration. In her closing remarks, Mrs. Doreen Annan, Acting Chief Director of the Ministry of the Interior, hailed the validation of the action plan as a major milestone in the AU’s efforts to address complex...

In collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghana has launched the 2024 World Drug Report in Accra, Ghana, as part of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The event was held on the theme “The Evidence is Clear: Invest in Prevention” and seeks to raise awareness and intensify efforts to prevent drug trafficking and abuse. In a speech read on behalf of the President of Ghana, the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Henry Quartey stated that Government is committed to addressing the global drug problem, acknowledging the challenges posed by drug...

The Deputy Minister for the Interior, Hon. Naana Eyiah has commended the launch of a Peace-building Fund Project in Tamale, aimed at enhancing social cohesion and social contract through empowerment of women and youth in the three Northern regions of Ghana. The Peacebuilding Fund Project will support transformation in beneficiary districts and communities, promoting sustainable development and lasting peace. The project, implemented in partnership with the United Nations and other stakeholders, seeks to address localised conflicts and challenges threatening Ghana’s peace and stability. These include chieftaincy disputes, farmer-herder conflicts, environmental degradation, and youth unemployment. Hon. Naana Eyiah acknowledged Ghana’s...

The Hon. Minister for the Interior, Henry Quartey has called on stakeholders for urgent collaboration to mitigate the threats of migration, climate change and conflicts in Africa. He said considering the increasing threat of Migration, Climate Change and Conflicts in Africa, it is important to highlight the complexities of the phenomena and how they serve as triggering factors for political violence and facilitate the infiltration of violent extremist groups in Africa. Hon. Henry Quartey made these remarks at a gala night organised on the sides of the 3rd Edition of the Kofi Annan Peace and Security (KAPS) Forum by...

At the handing over ceremony of medical equipment procured by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to the Ghana Prisons Service, the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery stated that Government is taking measures to improve prison conditions through the completion of various projects aimed at alleviating overcrowding in the prisons. Hon. Ambrose Dery noted that the handing-over ceremony marked a stride in Government’s quest to provide essential healthcare and uphold the dignity of our incarcerated brothers and sisters. “The right to good health is a fundamental human entitlement, encapsulated in the United Nations Sustainable...