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Pan-African Parliament

Also known as: PAP

Pan-African Parliament — African institution that develops model laws and adoptions on gender equality, labour migration, sustainable soil management, traditional medicine, and cancer control for continental harmonisation.

2026-04-292026-08-23
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  1. May 2026

  2. Joy Online

    … He also cites his role at the Pan-African Parliament, where he chairs the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs for the West African Caucus. …

    Annoh-Dompreh sues Bono Regional Minister, media house over cocoa smuggling claims; demands GH¢30m

  3. Joy Online

    Ghana has strengthened its voice in continental policymaking after Frank Annoh-Dompreh was elected Chairman of the Committee on Health, Social Work and Labour under the Western Caucus of the Pan-African Parliament. …

    Ghana clinches key Pan-African Parliament role as Annoh-Dompreh takes health and labour chair

  4. Joy Online

    Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has been elected Chairman of the Committee on Health, Social Work and Labour at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) under the Western Caucus. …

    Annoh-Dompreh elected Chairman of PAP Committee on Health, Social Work and Labour
  5. April 2026

  6. Ghana's Zanetor Rawlings elected PAP 2nd Deputy President

    1. Joy Online

      Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has been elected Second Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament. …

      Zanetor Rawlings elected 2nd Vice President of Pan-African Parliament

    2. Joy Online

      In a significant boost to Ghana’s continental diplomatic standing, MP for Korle Klottey Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has been elected as the Second Deputy President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). …

      Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings elected 2nd Deputy President of Pan African Parliament in South Africa

  7. Joy Online

    Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has called for transparency and clarity over arrears within the Pan-African Parliament, warning against last-minute disclosures that could undermine confidence in ongoing proceedings. …

    No last-minute surprises – Annoh-Dompreh demands clarity on arrears at Pan-African Parliament

  8. Joy Online

    Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has issued a strong call for unity and compromise at the ongoing extraordinary session of the Pan-African Parliament. …

    The world is watching – Annoh-Dompreh warns Pan-African Parliament against ego-driven power struggles
Politics

Mahama nominates two MPs and reassigns two ministers

The News

President John Mahama has nominated Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings for the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology and Mahama Ayariga for the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, both subject to parliamentary vetting. He also reassigned Kenneth Gilbert Adjei to Defence and Ahmed Ibrahim to Works, Housing and Water Resources, filling vacancies created by a helicopter crash last year.

7 August 2026 · The Chronicle →

Friday 7 August

  1. Mahama nominates two MPs and reassigns two ministers

    President John Mahama has nominated Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings for the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology and Mahama Ayariga for the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, both subject to parliamentary vetting. He also reassigned Kenneth Gilbert Adjei to Defence and Ahmed Ibrahim to Works, Housing and Water Resources, filling vacancies created by a helicopter crash last year.

    7 August 2026 · The Chronicle →

Monday 3 August

  1. Pan-African Parliament launches three model laws for continental harmonisation

    The Pan-African Parliament has unveiled three Model Laws covering gender equality and equity, labour migration, and sustainable soil management to help African Union Member States harmonise national legislation and advance Agenda 2063. The instruments were developed through consultations with AU organs, Member States, parliamentarians, academia, civil society, and development partners, and are intended to be adopted and implemented by Member States to support legislative reforms.

    3 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 29 July

  1. Pan-African Parliament adopts traditional medicine legal framework resolutions

    The Pan-African Parliament has adopted resolutions championed by Frank Annoh-Dompreh calling for African governments to establish legal and regulatory frameworks for traditional medicine integration into national healthcare systems, including development of a continental 'Model Law on Traditional Medicine and the Protection of Local Knowledge' to guide research, licensing, quality assurance and ethical use of indigenous medicines.

    29 July 2026 · The Chronicle →

Tuesday 28 July

  1. Pan-African Parliament develops model law on traditional medicine

    The Pan-African Parliament's Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs has adopted a resolution to develop a continent-wide Model Law on Traditional Medicines and the Protection of Local Knowledge, aimed at strengthening the regulation, recognition and integration of traditional medicine into Africa's health systems.

    28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Pan-African Parliament pushes traditional medicine regulation for maternal health

    The Pan-African Parliament has adopted a resolution to integrate traditional medicine into African national health systems and develop a continent-wide legal framework to regulate it, aiming to reduce preventable maternal and newborn deaths while protecting indigenous knowledge.

    28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

  3. Pan-African Parliament urges governments to fund health commitment

    The Pan-African Parliament adopted a resolution challenging African governments to honour the Abuja Declaration of 2001, which requires allocating at least 15% of annual national budgets to health. The Parliament warned that weak funding continues to expose the continent to public health threats and called on member states to establish contingency funds and strengthen legal frameworks for health emergency response.

    28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

  4. Pan-African Parliament pushes stronger Africa CDC disease response role

    The Pan-African Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a stronger role for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in coordinating continental health emergencies and urging African Union member states to integrate Africa CDC frameworks into national laws. The move follows repeated health crises including HIV, Ebola, COVID-19, mpox, Marburg and cholera outbreaks that exposed weaknesses in health systems.

    28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

  5. Africa urges stronger national laws for pandemic preparedness

    The Pan-African Parliament has called on African Union member states to adopt continental health frameworks into national law to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response, citing gaps in health systems and legal structures exposed by HIV, Ebola, COVID-19, mpox, Marburg and cholera outbreaks.

    28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

  6. Pan-African Parliament VP urges AU convention ratification on violence

    Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Second Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament, has called on African governments to ratify and implement the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, saying it is essential for strengthening legal protection and advancing Africa's peace, security, democracy and development. Speaking at a high-level dialogue in Johannesburg, she noted that Africa cannot achieve Agenda 2063 aspirations while more than half its population faces threats of violence, exploitation and discrimination.

    28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 July

  1. Annoh-Dompreh urges African nations to add value to critical minerals

    The Chairman of the Pan-African Parliament Committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration has called on African leaders to adopt a coordinated strategy to derive greater economic value from critical mineral resources through value addition rather than exporting raw materials. He argued the continent should shift focus from articulating aspirations to implementing policies that deliver measurable benefits for its people.

    27 July 2026 · The Chronicle →

Friday 24 July

  1. African leaders must convert mineral wealth into jobs—Annoh-Dompreh

    Ghanaian MP Frank Annoh-Dompreh told the Pan-African Parliament that Africa must transform its critical mineral reserves and trade opportunities into industrial growth and prosperity rather than allowing others to capture the benefits. He argued the continent should use its mineral deposits as leverage in the global energy transition.

    24 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 23 July

  1. Annoh-Dompreh leads Africa's first continental cancer law

    Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Chairman of the Pan-African Parliament's Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs, is leading efforts to develop Africa's first harmonised legal framework on cancer prevention, treatment, financing and research across all 55 African Union member states. The initiative will culminate in the adoption of the Africans Beating Cancer (ABC) Model Law, allowing individual African countries to domesticate the legislation and strengthen their national cancer control programmes.

    23 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 15 July

  1. Zanetor calls for economic empowerment alongside political reforms

    Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Second Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament, has urged African governments to invest in economic empowerment of citizens alongside political financing reforms, arguing that poverty drives money politics and that legal frameworks alone cannot safeguard democratic governance.

    15 July 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Opaque political financing fuels corruption across Africa

    The Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption has identified opaque political party financing as a major enabler of corruption, illicit financial flows, and state capture in Africa, urging governments to enact and enforce laws regulating political funding to ensure elections reflect the will of citizens rather than hidden financiers' interests.

    15 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 4 June

  1. Bagbin condemns foreign pressure tying aid to legal changes

    Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has condemned external pressure on African countries to alter their laws and cultural values as a condition for receiving development assistance and international cooperation, arguing that conditioning aid on changes to domestic laws violates the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the UN Charter.

    4 June 2026 · Daily Guide →

  2. Speaker Bagbin urges African parliaments to protect family, sovereignty

    Speaker Bagbin told delegates at the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty, and Values in Accra that the family is the foundation of national sovereignty and that laws must reflect African values. He criticized the trend of tying development aid and trade deals to legal frameworks alien to African societies, arguing it violates principles of sovereign equality.

    4 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 25 May

  1. Zanetor condemns South African xenophobia as continental disgrace

    Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Second Deputy President of the Pan-African Parliament, has condemned ongoing xenophobic hostilities in South Africa as a shameful stain on Africa's collective conscience, warning that the violence undermines African leadership's global credibility and betrays the continent's founding vision of unity.

    25 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 22 May

  1. Majority Leader claims Ghana achieving fastest economic recovery

    Ghana's Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga declared that the country is experiencing its "fastest economic recovery in history" under President John Dramani Mahama's second administration, citing rapid inflation decline, stable cedi, rebuilt international reserves, and public debt reduction from 65% to 45% of GDP within a year. He credited the Finance Ministry and Bank of Ghana for steering the recovery through an inherited IMF programme and noted Ghana has exited the IMF programme and committed to a Policy Coordination Instrument with the fund.

    22 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 11 May

  1. Zanetor urges teaching younger South Africans about African liberation support

    Newly elected Pan-African Parliament Vice President Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings said younger South Africans should be reminded of African countries' contributions to South Africa's liberation, noting that Ghana and other African nations provided financial, educational, and logistical support during the struggle.

    11 May 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Dr Zanetor elected Pan-African Parliament Second Vice President

    Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, MP for Korle Klottey, has been elected Second Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament. She returned to Ghana on Thursday to a reception at Accra International Airport, noting the victory marks the first time a woman has held the position and the second time Ghana has held it.

    11 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →

Wednesday 6 May

  1. Minority Chief Whip sues Regional Minister, media house for defamation

    Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Minority Chief Whip, has filed a defamation suit against Bono Regional Minister Joseph Addae Akwaboa and a media organisation after remarks made on April 28, 2026, falsely linked him to cocoa smuggling and economic sabotage. The MP denies the allegations and claims the publication was reckless and malicious.

    6 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 3 May

  1. Ghana's Annoh-Dompreh elected Pan-African Parliament health chair

    Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Ghana's Minority Chief Whip, was elected Chairman of the Committee on Health, Social Work and Labour under the Western Caucus of the Pan-African Parliament, strengthening Ghana's role in continental policymaking.

    3 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Saturday 2 May

  1. Annoh-Dompreh elected PAP health committee chairman

    Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Minority Chief Whip and MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, has been elected Chairman of the Pan-African Parliament's Committee on Health, Social Work and Labour under the Western Caucus. He pledged to work with fellow parliamentarians to advance policies on healthcare, labour rights, and social protection across the continent.

    2 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 30 April

  1. Zanetor Rawlings elected Pan-African Parliament second vice president

    Klottey Korle MP Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has been elected Second Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament with 131 votes against 51. As part of the Parliament's bureau, she will help guide the continental legislative body's affairs and support its legislative and advisory functions.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Ghana's Zanetor Rawlings elected PAP 2nd Deputy President

    Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, MP for Korle Klottey, has been elected Second Deputy President of the Pan-African Parliament during a parliamentary session in Johannesburg, securing 131 votes. She becomes the first female representative from the West African Caucus to serve in this role.

    30 April 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 29 April

  1. Ghanaian MP demands transparency on Pan-African Parliament arrears

    Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has called for transparency and clarity over arrears within the Pan-African Parliament, warning against last-minute disclosures during an extraordinary session in Johannesburg.

    29 April 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Annoh-Dompreh urges Pan-African Parliament to prioritize unity over personal ambition

    Ghana's Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has called on members of the Pan-African Parliament at its extraordinary session in Johannesburg to avoid ego-driven power struggles and prioritize consensus-building and compromise over elections, warning that the body's credibility depends on setting aside personal ambitions.

    29 April 2026 · Joy Online →

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