Human Rights

Tamale, Ghana – Budding media and publishing company, Rudder Communications (RudCom), has launched the 2020 edition of its annual human capital development project. Dubbed “The 100 Most Influential Personalities From Northern Ghana” (The 100 MIPs), the project seeks to promote literacy and entrepreneurship amongst young people from the Upper West, …

Tatale, Ghana – Ubore Nambu Jacobki IV, chief of Kuyuli in the Tatale Traditional Area of the Northern Region, has strongly refuted allegations of notorious smuggling among his people by officers of the Ghana Immigration Service. Ubore Nambu Jacobki said a press release issued by the GIS on 22nd June, …

Tamale, Ghana – Residents of Changli, a suburb of Tamale have petitioned the Minister of the Interior to transfer senior police officers at the Northern Region Police Command who sanctioned the dawn raid of their community that saw at least 200 residents severely brutalised. The residents are also demanding a …

    INTER-PARTY RESISTANCE AGAINST NEW VOTER REGISTER (IPRAN) 19th March, 2020 For Immediate Release IPRAN To Declare Citizens Arrest for NIA Officials, if Registration Continues after 48hrs The Inter Party Resistance Against the New Voter Register has taken a very sad and grievous note of the unfortunate outbreak of …

Yendi, Ghana – The King of Dagbon His Royal Majesty Ndan Ya Na Abukari II has in consultation his council of elders and Chief Imams ban all public gathering in the Dagbon state. A statement issued by palace secretary Abdul Rahaman Mohammed on Wednesday, said the King “..in consultation with …

It is an undeniable fact that the media is the ‘Fourth Estate of the Realm’ and this fact lies in its description, which fits squarely in Ghana’s current democratic dispensation as the “Freedom and independence of the media is guaranteed”. Ghana’s 1992 Constitution gave the media enough space and protection …

Yendi, Ghana – The Gbewaa Palace has disclosed that all military personnel on duty at the palace on January 16, 2020 have been replaced. The decision follows a police assault on a truck driver inside the palace of the Yaa Naa. It is not clear whether sanctions will be meted …

Damongo, Ghana – Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has paid a one-day working visit to the newly created Savannah Region. He first visited the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council where he met with the Minister in-charge of the region, Salifu Adam Braimah. Mr. Braimah led his counterpart and his team to meet …

Tamale, Ghana – The monthly security report of the Institute for Peace and Governance (IPEG) continuous to show a rise in violent related crimes in the Greater Accra and Central Regions of Ghana. For the month of December 2019, the report indicated the Greater Accra, Central and Eastern Regions recorded …

Tamale, Ghana – The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region has demanded an unqualified apology from management of Radio Tamale  91.7Mhz following a needless scuffle by an uninvited guest who disrupted a weekend political programme of the station called “Boot for Boot”. The uninvited guest by name Iddrisu Hardi …