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Opinion: When insult was free speech and dissent became offence – The dangerous hypocrisy poisoning Ghana’s democracy
For nearly eight years, President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia endured one of the harshest waves of political abuse ever witnessed in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. The attacks did not merely target policy. They targeted personality, family, ethnicity, religion, intelligence, dignity, and humanity itse...
No place for xenophobia in South Africa, Ramaphosa declares
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected claims that South Africans are inherently xenophobic, insisting there is no place for intolerance, discrimination or hostility towards foreign nationals in the country. In a national address on Sunday (7 June), Ramaphosa said incidents of violence and tension involvi...
Damang deal: CHRAJ asked to investigate President Mahama over alleged abuse of office
A petition has been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) seeking an investigation into President John Dramani Mahama over alleged conflict of interest and abuse of office linked to the takeover of the Damang mine by his brother, Ibrahim Mahama. The petition, dated 20 May, was sub...
Stop payment of District Assemblies Common Fund cash to MPs – Citizen to Supreme Court
A Ghanaian citizen, Dr Yaw Twerefour has filed a Writ at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the practice of paying District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) monies to the personal bank accounts of the current two hundred and seventy-six (276) Members who constitute the country’s Parliament. As part of...
Government’s job programmes failing to tackle youth unemployment — Oppong Nkrumah
The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has expressed concern over the worsening youth unemployment situation in the country, arguing that government’s flagship employment initiatives are yet to make meaningful impact on the growing crisis. Delivering a statement in Par...
Retain Black Maria — Bolgatanga traders petition IGP
Traders in Bolgatanga took to the streets on Saturday, July 18, in a peaceful demonstration calling on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to keep the Special Operations Team, popularly known as the Black Maria, stationed in the Upper East Region. The demonstrators marched through sections of the municipality before...
Digital colonisation: ‘Stealing of African data must stop’ – Sam George warns tech companies
The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has sent a strong warning to global technology giants over the systematic exploitation of African digital resources, describing the phenomenon as a dangerous wave of "new colonisation" sweeping across the continent.
Kumasi: Chief Inspector under probe for illegally renting structures to sex workers at Asafo
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched an investigation into a Chief Inspector over allegations that he owns unauthorized wooden structures at Asafo BB in Kumasi and rents them to commercial sex workers, police said on Friday. The command said it was treating the allegations seriously but did not disclose the...
Kumasi: Boy,15 dies in late-night fire that destroyed nine-bedroom house at Tarkwa Makro
A 15-year-old boy has died after a late-night fire destroyed a nine-bedroom house at Tarkwa Makro in the Suame Constituency of Ashanti Region, leaving several residents homeless and wiping out their belongings. The fire broke out at about 11:00 p.m. on Monday, according to residents, rapidly engulfing the house before...
Nationwide consultations underway for Ghana’s Youth peace and security plan
Ghana is deepening efforts to strengthen youth participation in peacebuilding and national development with the development of its first National Action Plan (NAP) on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), through nationwide consultations aimed at shaping a youth-inclusive security framework. The National Youth Authority (NY...
Police arrest 93 suspects in anti-narcotics operation across Ashanti Region
Police have arrested 93 people, including suspected key figures in the illicit drug trade, during a series of intelligence-led operations across the Ashanti Region, authorities said on Monday. The operations, conducted by the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Operations Team (SOT) between 15 and 24 July, targeted s...
GMA gives government 72 hours to reinstate suspended KATH CEO
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has demanded the immediate reinstatement of the suspended chief executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr (Med) Paa Kwesi Aidoo, escalating a dispute over the management of overcrowding at one of the country’s busiest referral facilities. The Association said after an em...