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Dressing has over the years grown past merely wearing pieces of material to reduce cold or better still cover up a person’s dignity. It is seen as an art form were people combine the benefits of wearing clothing and making a mark of style in today’s world. It is regarded all over the world as a language everyone understands. That is to say, what a person wears communicates what he/she feels and where they belong. Modest fashion can be interpreted in many ways. Nevertheless, it is typically used to describe clothing that conceals rather than accentuates the body. Modest fashion…

Dressing has over the years grown past merely wearing pieces of material to reduce cold or better still cover up a person’s dignity. It is seen as an art form were people combine the benefits of wearing clothing and making a mark of style in today’s world. It is regarded all over the world as a language everyone understands. That is to say, what a person wears communicates what he/she feels and where they belong. Modest fashion can be interpreted in many ways. Nevertheless, it is typically used to describe clothing that conceals rather than accentuates the body. Modest fashion…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will leave Accra on Sunday, June 9 to Geneva, Switzerland where he is billed to address the 108th International Labour Conference by the International Labour Organisation. He will lead a Ghanaian delegation, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, and Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor Awuah, to the conference. The conference, theme “Building a future with decent work,” will mark the centenary celebration of the founding of the ILO. Nana Akufo-Addo will address the opening session of the Conference, which commences on Monday, June 10 and will…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will leave Accra on Sunday, June 9 to Geneva, Switzerland where he is billed to address the 108th International Labour Conference by the International Labour Organisation. He will lead a Ghanaian delegation, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, and Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor Awuah, to the conference. The conference, theme “Building a future with decent work,” will mark the centenary celebration of the founding of the ILO. Nana Akufo-Addo will address the opening session of the Conference, which commences on Monday, June 10 and will…

Sudanese opposition activists have rejected an offer of talks from the country’s military council, saying it cannot be trusted amid a violent crackdown on protesters. Doctors linked to the opposition on Wednesday said at least 100 people had been killed by a paramilitary unit in the capital, Khartoum. They said 40 bodies were pulled from the River Nile in Khartoum on Tuesday. Residents told the BBC they were living in fear in the capital. The deputy head of the military council defended the violent suppression, claiming that the protesters had been infiltrated by rogue elements and drug dealers. “We will…

A two-man delegation from the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority are in Ghana to draw lessons from the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to strengthen their regulatory practices. The scope of their benchmarking would cover the regulatory processes with emphasis on registration, market surveillance, inspections, licencing, vigilance, clinical trial oversight and laboratory testing functions. The team, which will be in Ghana from June 3 to 7, seeks to leverage on the best practices in regulation for which Ghana’s FDA has distinguished itself in on the African continent. It will also have the opportunity to understand the legal framework underpinning…

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (MP) was in Germany to participate in the 2019 Climate and Security Conference held on Tuesday June 4, 2019. The Foreign Minister who arrived in the German capital, Berlin on Monday 3rd June, 2019 at the invitation of her counterpart, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Heiko Maas participated in a high-level panel discussion on political responses to the threats climate change poses for international peace. She also delivered the keynote address on the topic, Climate Change and Socio-Economic Conflicts. While in Berlin, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey will hold bilateral…

The rape lawsuit against Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped, according to a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday. A notice of voluntary dismissal was filed last month in Nevada state court in Las Vegas. The filing did not say whether the accuser, American woman Kathryn Mayorga, had reached a settlement with Ronaldo. Mayorga filed a complaint in September last year alleging she was sexually assaulted by Ronaldo in 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel. Ronaldo, 34, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player, strongly denied the accusations. Mayorga said last year that while she had agreed to a…

Government has tightened up the curfew in the Bole township of the Savannah Region following the firing of gunshots to disrupt this year’s Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers Wednesday. An 8:00pm to 5:00am curfew in the town and its environs has with immediate effect been pushed to 6:00pm to 6:00am, after two houses were burnt and another vandalised together with a vehicle. It has also reinforced the total ban on carrying of arms, ammunition or any offensive weapon by any person in the area. The dormant chieftaincy related violence was erupted Wednesday following the arrival of a feuding chief at the Muslim prayers…

Rihanna has been named the world’s richest female musician by Forbes magazine. The singer’s worth is estimated at $600m (£472m), including revenues made from her fashion and beauty lines in addition to those from her music career. In May 2019, French luxury brand LVMH confirmed it would launch Rihanna’s fashion company, Fenty, making her the first woman of colour to lead an LVMH fashion house. “I want to be as disruptive as possible,” she told the New York Times of the venture. “The brand is not traditional.” Rihanna’s Fenty label aims to rip up fashion industry rules LVMH also backs…