The Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) joins the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin and the Leadership of the House in welcoming back from recess, all Members of Parliament to the Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. Also, on behalf of Parliamentary […]
As the world comes together to observe World Press Day, the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) joins to call for a more collaborative relationship between Parliament and the media to further entrench democracy on the continent. The observance of World Press Day reminds governments and for that matter Parliaments, of the need to respect their […]
Introduction To achieve the ambitious goals that they set for themselves, parliamentary monitoring organisations (PMOs) in Africa must embrace collaboration among themselves. PMOs play diverse roles including monitoring policies and programmes of governments and facilitating open and voluntary participation, and bridging the gap between representatives and the represented. It is therefore important that PMOs work […]
The Gambia Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network has been established to provide a dedicated platform for Civil Society Organizations in The Gambia to engage with the National Assembly in a coordinated manner. The establishment of the Network is expected to bring to an end the fragmented nature CSOs in the country have been engaging with the […]
Ranking member of Ghana’s Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said if there were the promotion of stronger Parliaments within the West African sub-region, it would have averted the return of coups that have occurred. “We thought the era of coups is over, we are seeing what happened in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea […]
The African Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations Network (APMON), a network of parliamentary monitoring organizations across Africa, has been launched in Accra, Ghana. The Network is made up of organizations that monitor and engage parliaments across the continent and seek to advance open parliament within national and regional parliaments. The Working Group of the continental Network had […]
The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Rt Hon Alban S. K Bagbin has highlighted the need for more inclusivity and participation of both sides of the political divide in the development process of the country. ‘Basic important national policies must get the buy in of the representatives of the people, and that buy in […]