NEWS IN GHANA

Inadequate security personnel coupled with improper safety measures on campuses of some public schools in the country have become a major cause of worry to teachers in recent times. In an era where abductions and violent crimes appeared to be on the ascendancy, the teachers have expressed utmost fear for the lives of children. Some teachers of Accra College of Education-Demonstration School, located at Legon in Accra who earlier shared their frustration in an interview with a team of Human Rights Reporters Ghana(HRRG), said they fear the children are at risk of getting kidnapped if the situation at hand is not improved. The HRRG team of volunteers were at the school premise last Friday June 7, to educate the entire school population on kidnapping and its related issues to guide them in taking precautions to avoid being victims. One of the teacher's explained inadequacy of security personnel coupled with lack of improper security measures on campus has compelled teache...

HRRG Boss, Joseph Kobla Wemakor in an interview with victim  She could have fallen easily into the trap of her own uncle who attempted raping her during her visit to his house to assist with some household chores the last time. It is very pathetic of someone in whom her confidence is reposed as a guide and a role model. Someone who is supposed to be her pillar of support through her early stages of development into an adulthood. Regrettably, someone she hardly believes could behave in such an unjustly manner, the way he treated her. Who could have fathomed how a naïve and young girl like Cynthia Adu (not her real name), 17, could manage to outwit and extricate herself from a well-calculated trap of a ‘sexual predator’ in the name of her mother's kid brother (uncle)?. Impossible indeed! The thought of rape in mind could mean a whole lot for her. It means she could either contract one or more of those deadliest sexually transmitted diseases, become pregnant as a teenager ...

Mr. Isaac Tetteh, Managing Director of T. T. Brothers Limited, distributors of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Ghana has observed that giving to support the kids of Tema SOS Village is a responsibility he has been entrusted by his late mother with a warning never to quit for life. “It’s something that we will be doing forever. Even if I’m no more, I hope my children will continue from where I’ve left of since it’s something my mum has warned me not to stop and since she is no more, it’s something I’m going to continue”. Mr. Isaac Tetteh made this revelation in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of a donation exercise which took place at the Tema SOS Village on Easter Saturday morning. The exercise saw his company, TT Brothers Limited repeated its old ritual which began for the past sixteen (16) years when it donated bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, toiletries and drinks to the Tema SOS Village. “Uncle T” as he is popularly known, is magnanimous in ...

Human Rights Organization, Amnesty International Ghana(AIG) has launched its 2018 Reports on Death Penalty and Executions with the call on parliament and government to explicitly abolish the death penalty in the constitution for all crimes in Ghana.  The local chapter of the global Human Rights Organization, made up of over 4000 people together with its abolitionist friends and partners have also petitioned parliament among other requests, to support efforts towards ensuring the replacement of death penalty with death sentence as punishment for crime in the penal code of Ghana.  The launch which preceded the petitioning of parliament was held at the Accra International Press Centre on Wednesday April 11, 2019.  Present at the event were various dignitaries from embassies in the country, Government Officials, Representatives of UN Organizations, Ghana Police and Prisons Services, Civil Society Groups, Non-Governmental Organizations, Commission of Human Ri...

Journalists especially those championing the cause of migration has been charged to help prioritize and accurately report on migration and human trafficking issues in the country.  Mrs. Linda Asante-Agyei, the Vice President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) made the call while addressing journalists at a Lessons Learnt Workshop on Migration held for Migration Reporters within the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday, April 03, 2019. “We all know that as journalists, we have a critical role to play in shaping perception especially on migration therefore I’ll urge all of you to adequately and accurately report on migration-related issues”. The workshop, an initiative of Media Response with support from IOM Ghana seeks to help solicit feedback from the journalists who were earlier trained in the area of investigative journalism on migration within the Greater Accra Region. Speaking in interview, Mr. Samuel Dodoo, the Executive Director of Media Response advise journ...

Van Moorhouse Foundation (VMF), a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing people's lives especially the vulnerable through the provision of needs in impoverished communities, has conducted a free medical screening for over 250 inhabitants of Nzulezu community, in the Jomoro district of the Western Region. The beneficiaries made up of pregnant women, nursing mothers, the aged, including women and children, were thoroughly screened for malaria, hepatitis B including some communicable diseases, which affects some people in the area.  The recipients also took advantage of the opportunity to have their blood pressure level (BP), sugar levels, including body weight and height examined.  They were also counselled on how to ensure good dietary behaviour, including a healthy lifestyle at all times. The free medical screening was executed by a team of health professionals drawn from various health facilities in the country. Van Moorhouse Foundation, in resp...

Government has been urged to complement the efforts of the Human Rights Reporters Ghana(HRRG) including other Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organizations championing the cause of sensitization campaigns on kidnapping in the country in order to bring the activities of kidnappers to a halt.  Mr. Samson Dugbaze, the Headmaster of Dominion International School located at Ablekuma-Joma in the Ga West Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region made the plea in an interview on the sidelines of a sensitization exercise on kidnapping when the team of Human Rights Reporters Ghana visited the school during the early hours of Thursday, April 4, 2019.  The exercise, according to the HRRG’s Executive Director, Mr. Joseph Kobla Wemakor forms part of the group’s campaign which seeks to demystify the phenomenon of kidnapping in Ghana in a bid to help children who are mostly targeted not to fall victims to pranks of kidnappers.  In all, over 40 pupils from the Dominion Inter...