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“We still have challenges of the phenomenon of illegal mining, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, corruption in public life, and we need to enhance the efficiency of the State’s administrative machinery. In all these, I expect you to be proactive partners in our common efforts to find solutions that will improve the lives of our people, and safeguard the integrity ...

An extensive search of the Political Science literature on Democracy shows that there are four main stages of Democratic Progression. Each stage has an implication for human rights. The First Stage is called Authoritarianism. This is simply explained in terms of a system of government, that favours or enforces strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom and ...

The Queen mother of Musuko-Kwabenya has denied claims that an office for LGBT people has been established in the area. According to Naa Korkoi Dugbartey II, the individual making the claim is an imposter laying claim to a stool in the community. “We don’t have such thing like this here I have sent the youth to go and search but ...

A parent whose three sons at the Presbyterian Boy’s Secondary School (PRESEC) in Accra have contracted COVID-19 has raised concerns over what he says is the rising cases of infections at the school. About 14 students at PRESEC have allegedly been quarantined by health officials at the school. This was after some students reported to the school’s clinic complaining of ...

The main contender in the parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Odododiodio Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections has painted a dire picture of the party after defecting to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Michael Nii Yarboi Annan said the attitude of some party members and executives at the constituency, regional and national levels compelled ...

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George has chided the European Union in Ghana and the Australian High Commissioner for attending the opening of the LGBTQ+ administrative office in Tesano weeks ago. According to him, the showing up of these diplomats at the launch of the LGBTQ+ office is an insult to the hospitality Ghanaians offer to foreigners. Taking to social media to ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has waded in the ongoing LGBT rights conversation in the country saying people must be human to understand them. “You don’t have to be pro-gay to appreciate their situation. You only have to be human. Let us be careful and not generate an intense hate campaign against homosexuals. You can speak for the law and ‘culture’ minus ...

Bawku Central lawmaker Mahama Ayariga says homosexuals must recognise they have no rights in Ghana. According to him, people who own up to being homosexuals in the country must be identified and face prosecutions. “They don’t have the right to practice gay or lesbianism so they can’t say their rights have been violated. You don’t have the right to be ...

An Immunologist at Noguchi Dr. Kwadwo Asamoah has assured Ghanaians about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine being expected in the country this week. He said the vaccines are safe and have proven efficiency in the fights against the deadly virus. “Almost everybody should feel safe to take the vaccine but if you’re in doubt, talk to your doctor who ...

The acting District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Bawku West District, Victoria Ayamba, is reported to have unilaterally sacked an accredited Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) caterer and reallocated her contract to the wife of a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Zebilla, Grace Fuseini Adongo. About 600 children went hungry for four days after she stormed the Yikurugu Primary ...