Human Rights

Damongo, Ghana – Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies in Damongo, Reverend Father Clement Aapengnuo, has cautioned the chiefs and people of the Gonja Kingdom to be mindful of the slippery slope the Kingdom has taken following chieftaincy conflicts in some traditional areas. Speaking at …

Bole, Ghana – A Seminar on Leadership, Dispute Resolution and the Justice System of Ghana for Chiefs and Stakeholders in the Savannah Region under the auspices of the Gonjaland Youth Association (GLYA) and the Overlord of Gonja Kingdom and Patron of the GLYA, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa (I) comes off tomorrow …

Bole, Ghana – The Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Obed Boamah and other high ranking military personal were in Bole on 15th June, 2019 to acquaint themselves with the conflict situation in the area. The top brass of Ghana’s military first met with the …

Hamile, Ghana – A suspected Burkinabe gunman has been arrested at Hamile in the Upper West Region of Ghana.The suspect, Bilgo Tibila Desire, born January 1, 1968, was reportedly picked up during a church mass in Hamile on Sunday, June 2, 2019.A search conducted on him allegedly revealed a gun …

Accra, Ghana – Hajia Zuweiratu Mada Nashiru, a native of Chereponi has called on parties in recent clashes to lay down their arms and engage peacefully for the resolution of all issues that have caused the conflict. Hajia Zuweira said that peace had to return first to the community before …

Accra, Ghana – Caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have been warned not to take undue advantage of the ban placed on fishing activities by the Government to deny the children the right amount of protein in the food they prepare. The Acting National Coordinator of the GSFP, …

Tamale, Ghana – A former Northern Regional Minister, Moses Bukari Mabengba has attributed the never ending communal clashes between the Anufors and the Konkombas in the Chereponi Traditional Area to unfair media reportage. In an interview, he posited that some media houses in Ghana are full of mediocrity and thus …

Accra, Ghana – The African Centre for Security and Counter-Terrorism has urged the government to, as a matter of urgency, critically rethink the role of the political leadership in the communities affected by the Chokosi-Konkomba war.One person was gunned down in the latest communal clashes between the two ethnic groups …

Tamale, Ghana – Chief Executive Officer of BrivyWells Company Limited, Emmanuel Dovi Gbedema, has refuted claims that the rosewood processing factory which he founded belongs to a Chinese fugitive called Helena Huang. About a fortnight ago, Helena Huang was arrested by police in the Northern Region in possession of banned forest …

Tamale, Ghana – Some female students of the Tamale School of Hygiene have expressed disappointment in the leadership of the school for their unwillingness to take a decisive action on the sexual harassment scandal involving a tutor by name Solomon Ossom Asare alias King Solomon. According to the aggrieved students, …