Rapes, Killings Still Blight Darfur
A senior UN rights official said Wednesday that rape and inter-communal killings are still taking place in Sudan's war-scarred region of Darfur where implementation of rule of law remains weak....
Tag: Civil society
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition Visits Tema Port
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition has commended the port authority for the transparent manner in which they conduct their activities. A delegation from the coalition visited the port authority to...
Akufo-Addo Doesn’t Need Anyone To Succeed – Anthony Karbo
The New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Lawra constituency, Anthony Karbo has shot down calls for President Akufo-Addo to include officials from other political parties into his...
The Heritage Fund and the Solemn Promise
By Frederick K. Kofi Tse “Our political class introduced something they call free education that is free indeed?free of knowledge. It is because they are so suspicious of those institutions that...
This Senseless Mob Justice Must Stop!
LAST week it was widely reported in the media, both social and conventional, that an alleged female thief arrested at the Kumasi Central Market was subjected to inhumane treatment by a mob who...
Police Rescue Over 360 Girls From Trafficking
MORE than 360 young girls were rescued from being trafficked into the gulf countries in 2016, the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (ATHU) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) has disclosed. It said a total...
Inserting Legs and Fingers Into ‘thief’s’ Genital Is Barbaric – Otiko
Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba says she is appalled by the acts of violence meted out against a 27-year-old lady for allegedly stealing in Kumasi. The lady, accused of allegedly stealing...
“Mahama Ayariga Is Telling the Truth” — Ayariga’s Opponent Declares
We are it again! People have sworn by the Almighty God in order to make them appear believable. And it doesn’t seem the current probe being undertaken by a parliamentary committee to ascertain...
Prioritise Education In Allocation of Oil Revenues, CSOs Advise
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the government to prioritise education in the allocation of oil revenues rather than seeking to use proceeds of the Heritage Fund to finance its...
Parliament Distorts Opposition To Plant Breeders’ Bill!
Latest: “Food Sovereignty appeared before our committee and we gave them the opportunity to prove that the bill is about GMO. They couldn’t. They actually apologized and withdrew. And yet the day...
Inserting Legs and Fingers In ‘thief’s’ Genital Is Barbaric – Otiko Boils
Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba says she is appalled by the acts of violence meted out against a 27-year-old lady for allegedly stealing in Kumasi. The lady, accused of allegedly stealing...
Women Group Condemns Attack On Alleged Woman Thief
A female advocacy group, Modern Women of Wisdom, has condemned what it describes as “inhumane attack” meted out to a suspected woman thief at the Kumasi Central Market last week. A statement...
Research & Rebuild Int’l Commends Government But Warns of Indiscipline
Research and Rebuild International, a civil society organisation operating in the country has praised the decision by President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s led government to implement its much...
Ignore Nzema Chiefs – Dr. Manteaw
It is unfortunate that chiefs of Nzemaland in the Western Region are creating the impression the gas resources of the country are their personal property, Dr Steve Manteaw, Chair of the Civil Society...
Show Us How You Will Fund Free SHS In State of Nation Address
The Minority in Parliament has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to spell out in his State of the Nation Address, scheduled for Tuesday, the sources of funding for the free senior high...
‘I’ll Transform KKA’
One of the candidates vying for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Kpone Katamanso Assembly (KKA), Mr. Josiah William Nuertey, has hinted of his resolve to turn the fortunes of the...
Free SHS To Cost $1.2 Billion A Year – Kofi Bentil
The Vice President of IMANI Ghana, Mr. Kofi Bentil has disclosed to GhOne TV that the free Senior High School Program will cost government 1.2 billion dollars a year. This postulation according to...
Resist All Attempts To Use Heritage Fund For Free SHS – Lecturer Tells Ghanaians
A former lecturer of the University of Ghana, Dr. Ebenezer Kofi Hayford is urging Ghanaians to fiercely resist moves by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, led by President Akufo-Addo to use...
Nana Addo Not In Charge of Affairs – Murtala Mohammed
It appears the brouhaha surrounding the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will not die soon as concerns about cost and source of funding...
Learn From Uganda, Impose Tax To Fund Free SHS
The Akufo-Addo government has been urged not to shy away from imposing a tax to fund free education following a raging debate over the funding source for the 2016 campaign promise. A pro-social...