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A spokesperson for Mr Dreyfus said in a statement: “As officials from the Attorney-General’s Department told Senate estimates on Tuesday, the Albanese government’s policy in relation to workplace, sexual assault or sexual harassment claims was to ‘only to agree to confidentiality where this has been requested by the claimant’, and that ‘It is our policy, […]
3 Highlighting the role of Bangladesh’s youth in fostering recent democratic reforms in Bangladesh, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain has called upon Commonwealth leaders to engage 1.5 billion youth across the member states for a sustainable future. He made the call at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM-2024), held in Apia, Samoa, […]
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on her election as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. President Tinubu on Saturday also expressed confidence that Botchwey’s leadership experience will bring renewed energy to the Commonwealth’s efforts to advance meaningful economic and political partnerships that drive […]
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is a supporter of reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism. (AFP pic) APIA: Commonwealth members selected Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as secretary-general of the 56-nation club headed by the UK’s King Charles, the Commonwealth said on Saturday, the final day of a summit in Samoa attended by Charles and Queen Camilla. Representatives of […]
The 56-nation Commonwealth announced Ghana’s foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as the new secretary general of the organisation as a rancorous summit concluded in Samoa on Saturday. The voluntary association of sovereign states is mostly made up of former British colonies. Botchwey was one of three candidates vying for the post, all who have backed […]
The UK’s King Charles III delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Apia, Samoa. (AP pic) APIA: King Charles said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for the UK’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 […]
PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week he wants to discuss current challenges with Commonwealth leaders, especially climate change, rather than the past Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street […]
Getty Images Athletics were held at Hampden Stadium during the 2014 Games Glasgow’s scaled back Commonwealth Games will be held between 23 July and 2 August, it has been revealed. Dates for the 11-day event were confirmed in a report to Glasgow City Council. The Scottish government backed plans for the city to step in […]