More than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Israel’s military said it struck 400 “terror targets” and killed several Hamas commanders over the same period. It also declared that it would not reduce its attacks despite Hamas’s release of another two hostages. UN ...

Liberian President George Weah will face off against challenger Joseph Boakai for the second time in a Nov. 14 runoff vote, election officials in the West African nation said Tuesday. The results of the first round announced by Liberia’s National Elections Commission are the closest runoff since the end of the country’s back-to-back civil wars. Weah, a former international soccer ...

 former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice William Atuguba, has criticised the decision by Supreme Court which nullified the election of James Gyakye Quayson as the MP for Assin North in 2020. Speaking at a public lecture organised by Solidare Ghana in collaboration with the University of Ghana on the theme: protecting our democracy; the role of the judiciary at ...

The Kumasi-Obuasi highway expansion project, which was started to address concerns about increasing crashes and vehicular traffic jams on the road, has been abandoned, leaving motorists and residents in the area to suffer. Vehicular traffic on the Nkronza-Pakyi section of the highway is distressing to road users, who have to contend with gullies that have formed on the edges of ...

Cabinet has approved further economic measures to sustain Ghana’s progress towards economic recovery. The decision was aimed at further consolidating the stability of growth and tightening of spending. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Cabinet on October 20, began a three-day retreat to deliberate on the country’s economy and the humanitarian crisis that has hit many parts of Lower ...

People labelled as witches or wizards continue to suffer at the hands of others, despite the passage of the criminal offences amendment bill by Parliament three months ago. The bill is among others to protect persons accused of witchcraft. The Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill, also known as the anti-witchcraft bill, prohibits the activities of witch doctors or witch-finders. It also ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council has raised concerns about the lack of enforcement of Ghana’s Mental Health Law, Act 846(2012). The Council observed at a recently held Universal Peer Review( UPR) Process in Geneva, Switzerland that the absence of a robust enforcement regime has made it difficult to report the most inhumane and degrading treatment of persons with mental ...

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released the maiden census reports in braille, audio and large prints to make it easy for people who have difficulty seeing to have access to the 2021 Population and Housing Census report. The first census publication in braille was published in partnership with the Ghana Blind Union (GBU) as part of the commitment of ...

One of Ghana’s most respected private legal practitioners, Akoto Ampaw has died. The human rights activist and anti-corruption campaigner is said to have passed on at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) today, October 20, 2023. Details on the cause of his passing are currently scanty, but social media is awash with tributes from some Ghanaians including legal practitioners ...

The government has granted Barari DV Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Atlantic Lithium Limited, a fifteen (15) year Mining Lease to commence the construction and mining of lithium at Ewoyaa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The Lease incorporates new and enhanced terms intended to ensure that the country benefits, optimally, from this mineral. This includes an increase ...