By Parliamentary Network Africa’s Election Research Desk There has been a number of by-elections that have occurred under the Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana. These by-elections have been occasioned under varied circumstances but chief among them is the demise of a sitting Member of Parliament. So far, the Fourth Republic has witnessed 31 by-elections with […]
By Benjamin Opoku Aryeh Senior Programs Officer, Parliamentary Network Africa The recent Pan-Africa Parliament CSO Forum, organized May 19 2023, by the Center for Human Rights in Midrand, South Africa, in collaboration with the Pan-African Parliament, witnessed a remarkable convergence of voices focused on the theme “Accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade […]
Peace and security, integration of the Continent, unconstitutional changes of government and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) were the issues that featured prominently on the Agenda for the First Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan African Parliament. This is according to a Report of the Representatives from the Parliament of […]
The Gambia and Sierra Leone Country Programmes Manager for the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Gilbert Borketey Boyefio, has expressed the hope that the Gambia Assembly will come tops in the next edition of the Open Parliament Index (OPI), after the successful implementation of its country programmes. “It is our expectation that through the successful […]
The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Sammy Obeng is speaking at a workshop on Public Debt Management and Legislative Budgeting in Mombasa, Kenya from the 20th to the 21st of April 2023. The workshop is being organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in partnership with the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) […]
The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Sammy Obeng, has been awarded an Open Government Leadership Fellowship by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) for his contribution to the advancement of the Open Government Movement in Africa. The coveted Leadership Fellowship award was issued to him by the Open Government Partnership on March […]
The Programs Officer will be responsible for supporting the implementation of PNAfrica’s programs in Sierra Leone. The successful candidate will work closely with PNAfrica’s program team to plan, implement, and evaluate PNAfrica’s programs in Sierra Leone. The Programs Officer will also be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, including Parliament, Parliamentary Monitoring […]
The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin is scheduled to grace the occasion as a special guest of honour at the inauguration of the 1st Ordinary Advisory Session of the President for the National Assembly of Benin and the opening ceremony of its 9th Parliament. This was by an official […]
Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) has commenced a series of online training for Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMOs) in Africa. The pieces of training follow the completion of the first phase of the Open Parliament Engagements and Networking in West Africa (OPEN West Africa) project which led to the establishment of a community of PMO Networks in […]
For Immediate Release: The Leadership and Secretariat of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) join the rest of the continent to commemorate the 2023 PAP Day celebration to mark 19 years of the establishment of the Pan-African Parliament as the first legislative body of the African Union. The commemorative event is marked every 17th March […]