The British High Commission (BHC) in Ghana is seeking an experienced and qualified specialist to lead UK objectives focused on climate and nature, under the People and Planet Pillar of the Country Business Plan, encompassing forestry and carbon markets, assisting the Commission’s wider climate objectives.
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When they start demolishing, I don’t want to hear pim!
We all watched the videos of the Greater Accra Regional Minister going around, and people were screaming, cursing and resisting the exercise.
But we also need to hold the institutions responsible accountable. Their job is to ensure people don’t build in waterways and other prohibited areas in the first place.
There’s no way entire structures should go up without anyone noticing until it’s suddenly “too late.” If enforcement had happened when the first block was laid, many of these demolitions wouldn’t be necessary today.
This problem won’t go away until we take a serious stand on doing what’s right!
And it starts with the institutions that standby and watch things get this far.
In Accra, Ghana, at the Juneteenth commemoration and the High-Level Conference on reparatory justice, I reflected on why this moment must matter to every child of Africa, whether in Bridgetown, Kingston, Accra, Port of Spain, Lagos, New York or Bahia.
We must not allow language, geography, passport, party or generation to divide a people whose story is connected. The debt of history is still being paid in the currency of our children’s future, in development gaps, in climate vulnerability, in the cost of finance, in stolen culture and in opportunities delayed.
Reparatory justice is therefore about repair, yes, but also about the world we now choose to build. One rooted in truth. One rooted in dignity. One that allows Africa and its diaspora to speak with one voice.
One people. One purpose.
here's Barack Obama's entire speech commemorating the Obama Presidential Center. He reflected on his administration's successes and failures, critiqued the moral rot of contemporary America, and outlined a positive vision of the future -- all without ever mentioning Trump
Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.
Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.
Wearing this badge is more than football it’s identity, family, home 🇬🇭
Every time I step on the pitch, I carry a nation with me. From my first call-up to now, Ghana has shaped me on and off the field.
Always united. Always Ghana. 🇬🇭
Hundreds of thousands of South Africans live and work in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and across Europe. Thousands more live and work across Africa, including Ghana, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Nigeria, Kenya and Mozambique. They leave for better opportunities, safer communities and a higher quality of life.
Nobody asks them why they didn’t stay and fix South Africa first.
So your questions are foolish.
People move because they believe they can build a better life elsewhere. South Africans do it. Ghanaians do it. Americans do it. Brits do it. Nigerians do it. Everyone does it.
Wanting immigration laws enforced is a legitimate call but chasing people through the streets and beating them up because they’re foreigners is animalistic. No human being with a working brain will do that.
So, are you a human being with a working brain?
Earlier this week, the Australian High Commission joined the University of Ghana Business School @ugbsofficial and the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS) for a high-level public lecture on the theme “The Voices of Africa and the Pacific at COP31.”
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