Human Rights

Sawla, Ghana – President of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations, David Aniah, has entreated Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to give persons with disabilities under their care the opportunity to decide what they want to do with their share of allocation in the District Assemblies Common Fund. Speaking to stakeholders …

Bole, Ghana – The Youth of Bole met on Sunday and took a decision to fight for the curfew imposed on theit district to be lifted. At a charged meeting at the Old Community Centre in Bole, the youth also pledged to unite to fight to restore peace and unity …

Damongo, Ghana – The Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa (I) has proposed Damongo in the West Gonja District to be named as the regional capital of the newly created Savanna region. In a speech read on his behalf at the first post referendum stakeholders forum of the …

Bole, Ghana – A cross section of NPP youth led by the Constituency Chairman of the party in the Bole-Bamboi constituency Mr Sulemana Zakaria embarked on a demonstration today at Bole to get the DCE for the district, Madam Veronica Alele Herming removed from office. The constituency Chairman, Mr Sulemana …

Damongo, Ghana – A former Northern Regional Chairman aspirant of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Prince Gbanso Busunu, was on Saturday arrested by a combined team of police and military for attempting to lead a demonstration. Prince Gbanso was arrested after information had gone viral that he was organising …

Buipe, Ghana – A total of 134 Persons with Disability (PWD) in the Central Gonja District have received various working tools, scholarships and cash to empower their lives and create jobs for themselves. The items include deep freezers, sewing machines, hair dryers, plastic chairs, set of modern mobile phone repair …

Damongo, Ghana – The District Chief Executive for West Gonja, Saeed Jibril, has ordered the closure of all shops on 27th December 2018. In a letter to all shop owners in the district, the DCE said, he saw this very necessary since voting for the creation of the new Savanna …

Bole, Ghana – The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bole Madam Veronica Alele Heming, has refuted claims that she has taken side in the Bole chieftaincy conflict. She also debunked allegations that she has been supporting one faction of the dispute with weapons and local warriors to come and destroy …

Wa, Ghana – The Head of Planning, Research and Training at the Upper West Regional Health Director, Richard Basadi, has urged women in the region to walk into health facilities in the region to request for safe abortion. He said though he was not encouraging abortion among young girls, but …

Tamale, Ghana – For five (5) years running, the Sagnarigu Municipal Assembly in the Northern Region of Ghana, has scored an average of 44.69 percent at the annual Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), that is according to a new research report released by the Centre for Active Learning and Integrated …