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Opinion: Young Jamaican’s invention could help tackle spread of COVID-19

Five years ago more than 40 babies born in Jamaican hospitals became infected with lethal bacteria - half of them died. The bacteria Klebsiella, like...

Here are the 16 finalists for the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2020

Sixteen extraordinary individuals including innovators, activists and entrepreneurs from 12 countries have been shortlisted for this year's Commonwealth Youth Awards. A pan-Commonwealth judging panel met last...

Nominations open to join Commonwealth Youth Council

Nominations are now open for nine youth leaders to represent the Commonwealth's 1.4 billion young people on the Commonwealth Youth Council. The Commonwealth Youth Council is...

Commonwealth boss says lasting peace requires justice

Lasting peace and the prosperity that comes with it cannot be achieved without justice, the Commonwealth Secretary-General has declared, during a keynote speech in...

Opinion: Extreme events are reversing development goals

Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life...

Namibia: Commonwealth says poll was ‘peaceful and orderly’

Namibia's election on 27 November was carried out in a largely peaceful and orderly manner, according to an interim statement issued by the Commonwealth...

Commonwealth law ministers to take action on access to justice

Commonwealth law ministers have unanimously resolved to remove barriers to access to justice in their respective countries, and to deliver Sustainable Development Goal 16...

Opinion: Access to justice for all is not yet a reality

Access to justice for everyone in all communities is an important right and requirement for building fair and peaceful societies – yet this objective...

Opinion: The world must not sleep-walk into another debt crisis

Trade wars, protectionism, and nationalist rhetoric are combining to weave the possibility of a nightmare debt crisis that could be worse than any previously...

Commonwealth finance ministers to meet over debt crises

Commonwealth finance ministers will meet in Washington D.C. on October 17, 2019 to discuss coordinated interventions to prevent future debt crises. The meeting will be...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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