Human Rights

Wa, Ghana – Motorbike owners in the Upper West Region after having realized they are being cheated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in the Way Municipality have threatened to demonstrate against officials. Some of youth in Wa who spoke to Upperwestmedia.net said they have been taken for a ride …

Tamale, Ghana – Ernest Green, a 24-year-old nurse at the Damango Government Hospital in the Northern Region, who was arrested by the Damango Police for allegedly raping a 24-year-old Italian woman, who was on admission at the hospital, has been discharged by a Tamale District Magistrate Court. Magistrate Anthony Ansah …

Bole, Ghana – Legal Resources Centre (LRC), the implementer of USAID funded Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) project in the Bole District has organised its fourth year town hall meeting at Bole on the performance of the Bole District Assembly on capital development projects. The meeting which brought together various stakeholders …

Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation is a women-led organization working to enhance power relation in poor communities of Northern Ghana. Over a decade GSF has strived to ensure the voices of women are heard in various spaces be it on human rights, economic or social justice. In the process we have established …

Tamale, Ghana – Available statistics suggest that women account for 70% of production of subsistence crops and form about 90% of the labour force in the marketing of farm produce in Ghana. In Northern Ghana, women are engaged in the planting, weeding, harvesting and post-harvesting stages of all types of …

Kpandai, Ghana – The Konkomba Community in the Kpandai District is outraged about the attempt being made by some individuals to exclude the district from the proposed Savannah Region and will reject such a move by persons behind this mischievous act. A statement signed by the Vice Chairman of the …

Damongo, Ghana – The King and Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa I has accepted the proposed creation of the Savanah Region without the Kpandai District. Speaking at a closed door meeting attended by Chiefs and Opinion leaders as well as stakeholders across Gonjaland at the …

Damongo, Ghana – The youth of Damongo in the West Gonja District of Northern Region have cautioned chiefs, politicians, religious and other opinion leaders to stop interfering in matters of criminality being handled by the police. They claim it is because the criminals have people who always come to their …

Tamale, Ghana – The Tamale Central Prison (TCP) has forcibly accommodated more inmates causing overcrowding. The facility is overstretched as it accommodates over 300 inmates, with a cell housing 30 inmates which is against the international standard of a cell housing at most four inmates.  The prison was built to …

Kiape, Ghana – Dagaaba settlers at Kiape, a community near Bole in the Bole District of the Northern Region woke up in the morning of last Friday to meet the mass killing of their pigs. A member of the community called Andrews Dery, in an interview with Bole based Nkilgi …