General inadequacies of the definitions of sexual offences in the Criminal Offences Act
Introduction While the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) outlines a number of criminal offences and prescribes punishment for offenders, a number of the crimes outlined in Act 29 have…
Award-winning start-up targets affordable medicine for every African
A Ghana-based start-up has received $1.5 million from Ebay billionaire Jeff Skoll to support its work in changing Africa’s pharmaceutical industry to make medicines more affordable. MPharma is one of…
Ministers want Accra’s hi-tech recycling plant replicated across the country
Regional Ministers who recently paid a working visit to the site of Hi-tech Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (iReCop) in Accra, have called for the installation of similar plant in…
GES introduces new curriculum, uniforms at basic level
The Director General of the Ghana Education Service announced reforms to the current educational system including replacing the existing primary school curriculum and introducing new uniforms for Junior High School…
Slapdash negotiations are the cause of poor roads – Contractor
The former President of the Association of Road Contractors of Ghana (ASROG) says a large part of why Ghana’s roads are in poor condition is because of shoddy negotiations. On…
Legal aid services benefit poor, vulnerable
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR), 1948, places an obligation on every state to strengthen its justice system by ensuring that the fundamental human rights of people are not…
Governments urged to scale up investments in youth
Ghana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Martha Pobee, is advocating a renewed global commitment towards the future of young people. She wants governments to scale up their investments…
The elephant in the room – The case for maize
“Our beloved country, is free forever.” These words, spoken by our first president at the dawn of our independence, have echoed in the hearts of every Ghanaian for the sixty-two…
Tales from my backyard: How we innocently kill our loved ones
For some time now there have been a lot of stories about people committing suicide yet we seem not to care for each other. I want to draw our attention…
Stop taking facilitation fees; lawyer advises public, private sector workers
The Ghana Integrity Initiative(GII) recently held an advocacy forum in Accra on the theme ‘’promoting Good Business Environment through Ethics, Integrity and Accountability to the enable the private sector to…
