NEWS IN GHANA

Hon. Sherry Ayitey delivering a keynote address during the event The world mental health day is celebrated on the 10 th of October every year as initiated by the World Federation of Mental Health and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) since the year 1992 across the world to raise awareness on mental health issues using its strong relationships with the Ministries of Health and Civil Society Organizations across the globe. In Ghana, this year the day was marked for the first time at Koforidua in the Eastern region to promote open discussion on mental illnesses as well as investments in prevention and treatment services. It is amazing to note that significantly the day has also seen launching of a new project dubbed “The restoring Dignity Project by the Ghana Psychiatric Unit. The project seeks to get rid off mentally derange from the street into the psychiatric unit until they become revived before they are united with their families. It equally seeks t

Ghana has become the first country in the world to launch the national yam strategy for the development of the yam industry in the country. The national yam strategy which puts yam in the spotlight as a key crop to help Ghana fight poverty, enhance food security, and improve the livelihoods and income of women and men engaged in the yam sector. The launching which took place in a conference hall in Accra at the La palm royal beach hotel attracted a huge media attention including high level of dignitaries across the country and other parts of Africa and beyond. Speaking during the launching Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture Hon. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan disclosed the strategy envisions making Ghana the leading source of premium quality yam products with global penetration and contributing to an improved Ghanaian economy and livelihoods. He noted one of the objectives of the strategy is to develop commercially-driven research and development as well as capa

Kwabena Adofo, a young man believed to be in his 40s has been found lying down behind the Takoradi- station around Kaneshie in Accra with black eye swollen face with various degrees of scars on his body. What is believed to be another mob justice has been meted out to this man leaving the entire market people shocked and dismayed. According to an eye witness, Kwame Agyapong, the victim was seen by an old lady loitering around a fitting shop holding some electrical cables in his hand near Kaneshie not far away from where he was lying. The old lady screamed loudly saying “thief” and all of a sudden mobs appeared from nowhere with whips, stones and harmful objects beating the man. Adofo quickly felt down helplessly on the ground in a pool of blood and petrol was poured on his body ready to be burnt. But for the timely interventions of some unknown fellows, he would have been burnt into ashes. A police detective officer, inspector Frederick Kwame Opoku of Kaneshie D