NEWS IN GHANA

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...

Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), an NGO committed to ending all forms of human rights abuses in the country has enlightened over 200 pupils of the Hilen Springfield School in Accra on modus operandi, techniques and pranks of kidnappers in the country. The sensitization exercise which was staged at the Hilen Springfield School campus in the early hours of March 28, 2019 saw participants adequately equipped and empowered with knowledge on how to outwit the pranks kidnappers employ to lure their unsuspecting victims. They were also provided with guidelines and tips on how to unearth those pranks whenever they happened to encounter movement of the so-called kidnappers anywhere near them. The sensitization exercise which was more of an interactive session was conducted by a team of volunteers made up of lawyers, journalists and human rights activists who are members of the distinguished Human Rights group. The pupils had turns to ask questions and answers were provided to th...

Over 400 pupils of the Tower Preparatory and Junior High School(JHS) in Accra have been equipped with adequate knowledge, information and techniques aimed at outsmarting the tricks of kidnappers in the country. The participants, during the early hours of Wednesday, March 27, 2019, were vigorously sensitized on the modus operandi, tactics and pranks employed by kidnappers to lure their unsuspecting targets who are mostly young girls. They were also armed to the teeth with guidelines on how to outwit wiles of the so-called kidnappers whenever they come any close to them. The sensitization exercise was conducted by a team of Human Right Reporters Ghana(HRRG), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), committed to defending and protecting the freedom and fundamental rights of people in Ghana and beyond. According to HRRG’s Executive Director, Mr. Joseph Wemakor, the sensitization exercise forms part of his outfit’s project which seeks to help demystify the burgeoning phenomenon of...

 What on earth could prevent a desperate young man whose desire is to seek for better life outside the shores of Ghana?  The saying “when the die is cast no amount of witchery or prayers can prevent the crossing of the Rubicon” can be likened to the case of a desperate young Ghanaian migrant. Frank Owusu, 21, as he is known seems to be so passionate about embarking on a trip to Europe all in the name of finding a job to make a good living and support his family back home. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Frank has dared to go to any limit to ensure his plan to embark on deadly voyage through the Sahara Desert and the deep blue Mediterranean Sea in the hope of reaching his dreamland, Europe materialized. By hook or by crook, Frank must realize his dream, as he vowed never to look back on anything that is likely to hinder his objectives. An attempt many African youths have made which brought their lives to a halt while others were exposed to a...