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Ga Traditional Council, Speak Out: A looming contempt of court and cultural violation in the proposed burial of Daddy Lumba
When a nation loses a legend, we honour him with dignity, not with lawlessness, cultural violation, and a reckless disregard for the authority of the courts. The Ga Traditional Council cannot sit aloof while a storm of contempt, confusion, and cultural desecration brews at East Legon. Since the passing of Ghana’s music...
The PURC’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ on the rapid depletion of ECG prepaid credits is a betrayal of the Ghanaian Consumer
In the quiet corners of Ghanaian households, there is a recurring ritual of frustration. It happens when a citizen taps a keypad to load five hundred cedis of electricity credit, only to watch the units vanish with a velocity that defies the laws of physics and the realities of a modest income.
From Ghana to Canada: Dr Akwesi Owusu Bempah champions the fight against racial disparities and crime
While Ghana grapples with rising violent crimes linked to foreign nationals, a different story of resilience, reform, and hope is unfolding thousands of miles away in Canada. At the centre of this story is Dr Akwesi Owusu Bempah, a Ghanaian-born academic whose work is shaping policing reforms and community safety in th...
Rising oil prices could trigger unexpected petrol demand in Ghana
Fuel prices may rise again soon, but what if higher prices don’t actually reduce petrol consumption in Ghana?
The case for an explicit and limited legal threshold for internal military deployment in Ghana
In a republic, the question is never merely whether something can be done. The question is who may do it, under what law, and within what limits. That is the architecture of constitutional democracy. The Constitution guarantees life, liberty, dignity, equality, and protection from degrading treatment. These are not sea...
What is wrong with us? When public urination and defecation become normal, and dignity becomes optional
Sanitation, Self-Respect, and the Silent Health Crisis We Pretend Not to See Drive through many cities across Africa at dawn or dusk. You will see something so normalised that many people no longer react. Cars pass. Pedestrians avert their eyes. Life continues. The behaviour has become so common that it rarely shocks a...
Accra Professional Ladies Open concludes with Ivorian Sadjo Coulibaly crowned champion
The 2026 Accra Professional Ladies Open has officially ended, with Côte d’Ivoire’s Sadjo Coulibaly emerging as champion after an impressive run in the tournament.
A nation that prays for political failure
The last time NPP was in power, NDC was praying that it would fail for them to come to power. Now that the NDC is in power, the NPP is vehemently praying for the NDC to fail.
From communities to classrooms: Hearing care for all children-2026
Every child deserves a chance to hear clearly, learn confidently, and thrive in life. On 3 March, the world marks World Hearing Day — a global public health campaign coordinated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) — with the 2026 theme: “From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children.” This theme high...
Withdraw Ghanaian peacekeepers from Lebanon now – LACPSA-Ghana
The Laadi Centre for Peace Building and Security Analysis (LACPSA-Ghana) has called on the Government of Ghana to immediately withdraw Ghanaian peacekeepers from Lebanon following a recent attack near their operational base. According to the group, the incident involving the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNI...
The messaging crisis behind vote selling in Ghana
On March 3, 2026, as voters queued in the Ayawaso East by-election, a video published by Ghana Web and shared on its Facebook wall captured a moment that should unsettle us all. In the clip, an elderly man, speaking candidly to a Ghana Web reporter, declared that he would not vote unless he received something […]
Poison on the shelf? The hidden truth about some African store foods abroad
You walk into an African store in Houston, Toronto, London, or New York.You pick up palm oil, egusi, beans, and garri, the taste of home. The smell of your mother’s kitchen. The memory of childhood. But here is the question no one wants to ask: Are you eating real food… or something dangerously altered? Because what […...