NEWS IN GHANA

    The Vice Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Hon. Commissioner Janet Sallah-Njie, has issued a bold and urgent call to African Union (AU) member states to move beyond commitments and take decisive action to ratify and implement all African human rights treaties. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of a high-level continental advocacy meeting in Accra on September 27, Commissioner Sallah-Njie warned that Africa stands at a crossroads between promise and paralysis—armed with the right legal instruments but failing to activate them in ways that protect the continent’s most vulnerable. “The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights is not merely a legal document. It is a declaration that the dignity of the African people is non-negotiable,” she declared. “Yet despite this, we continue to face a continental paradox—possessing the tools for transformation, yet hesitating to fully build with them.” The two-day meeting, ...

  ‘Development That Undermines Women’s Rights Is Exploitation’ — AU Commissioner Sounds Alarm at High-Level Workshop in Accra   In a commanding call to action that set the tone for a pivotal continental gathering, Hon. Janet Ramatoulie Sallah Njie, Vice-Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, issued a stern warning: “Development that undermines the rights and dignity of women is not development—it is exploitation.” Speaking at the opening of a high-level two-day workshop held from 25th to 26th September 2025 in Accra, Sallah Njie, who also serves as the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, decried the persistent marginalization of women across the continent, especially in communities impacted by extractive industries. Her speech launched a hard-hitting indictment of systems that continue to profit from women’s exclusion, environmental harm, and reproductive injustice. “Millions of women continue to live without access to ed...