Politics, Human rights and the Media in Ghana
Politics and the mass media are as interlinked as, to borrow a local expression, the teeth and the tongue. Neither can do without the other. Since the newspaper, the first…
The politics of resistance
Resistance is the only road to liberation for people exploited and suppressed by those who have state power and control over wealth and resources. However, resistance does not mean disregard…
Ghana moves to restore ailing forests
A memorandum of understanding has been signed among five organizations with the aim to undertake a landscape restoration in the Tain II Forest reserve and its fringe areas in the …
Minister touts significance of NREG
The deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito Owusu Bio has acknowledged the contributions of the Natural Resources and Environment Governance Program (NREG) to the country’s natural resources…
State-owned media timid — Prof. Karikari
Even though the 1992 Constitution explicitly protects the state-owned media to be independent, free and critical in order to demand accountability from government, they are timid, the Board Chairman of…
Ghana must abolish the death penalty
A civil society organization, the Perfecto of Sentiment (POS) Foundation has called on the government to abolish the death penalty. The organization argues that the 1992 Constitution promotes and ensures…
Aftermath of ITLOS ruling… Oil companies rush to pay Surface Rentals
The judgment delivered by The Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) recently has triggered a rush by licensed Oil companies operating at Ghana’s…
Businessmen laud BoG over policy rate cut
The cut of the country’s policy rate from 21 to 20 percent by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been lauded by a section…
Understanding Policing in modern Ghana
Policing is generally about law enforcement, maintenance of law and order checking crime and ensuring that those suspected to have committed crime are made to face the law. The Ghana…
Penal Reform Ghana calls for changes to Criminal Justice System
On the occasion of the World Human Rights Day which falls on Sunday, 10 December 2017, Penal Reform Ghana (PRG) calls on government to, as a matter of urgency, initiate…
