General News

The government is preparing a road map for the implementation of the Right to Information( RTI) Bill which is expected to be passed in Parliament this week, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated. He said the implementation of the law would require the establishment of information units in all public offices, the recruitment and training of ...

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has said the decision by the Anglophone West African country to use French as a second language is a major concern of the Government of Ghana, in line with national priorities.She reiterated plans by the government to include the promotion of the learning of French in basic schools ...

President Akufo-Addo has said the Ghanaian taste for foreign goods is to blame for the depreciation of the country’s currency, the cedi. According to him, if the majority of the products consumed in Ghana were produced locally, the incident of currency depreciation will not occur. Addressing the leadership of the Ghana Bar Association at a meeting at the Jubilee House ...

A human rights advocate says the police are “being a judge and a jury in their own cause” when they investigate complaints against some of their men. The Head of Africa Office of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said this is a clear violation of the natural justice principle requiring that a man shall not adjudicate upon a matter in which ...

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has arrested some 68 illegal miners in the region. 59 of them were foreign nationals with the rest being local accomplices. The illegal miners were arrested on Tuesday dawn by the Immigration Service personnel during a joint operation with the Mpohor District Security Council. The 68 galamsey operators were arrested from ...

The renewed conflict the Chereponi district could worsen soon if police are not adequately resourced to deal with the fluid security situation, two security analysts have warned. Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa and National Network Coordinator at the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Albert Yelyang, want an appeal by the police for logistics to be granted swiftly before the conflict, ...

Mr. John K. Yibile, Sissala East Municipal Director, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called for the need to depoliticise crime and corruption in order to arrest the canker in the Ghanaian society. He pointed out that no political party would survive if the Ghanaian perishes under the dissolvent action of partisan fanatism. Mr Yibile made the call during ...

Dr Steve Manteaw, Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has cautioned that the nation’s commitment to Open Governance Partnership (OGP) is flawed by the delay in passing the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law. According to him, “information is key in promoting transparency, accountability and active citizenry participation in governance which are the requirements of all ...

A Justice of the High Court has said, “the judicial service is excited about going paperless after 62 years of Ghana’s independence.” According to Justice Ellen Amoah, the system which is currently being piloted is hoped to improve court integrity, save time and money for court users. Illustrating how the electronic system saves time and money on the Joy FM Super ...

No single security person has been prosecuted for the attacks on more than 25 journalists and media employees since 2006. Although the perpetrators in some of the cases are identified, the cases are settled sometimes with apologies. In most cases, however, no compensation is paid, while the security organisation involved promise to offer better working relations with the media. Checks ...