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, by MARTIAL Paul
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Demonstrations against illegal gold mining in Ghana are becoming a major political issue, highlighting the corruption of the country’s ruling elites. With just two months to go before the country’s presidential elections, the environmental issue is entering the (…)
, by Accra
New legislation threatens prison sentences of up to five years for ‘wilful promotion, sponsorship or support of LGBTQ+ activities’
Ghana’s parliament has passed legislation that intensifies a crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ people and those promoting lesbian, gay or other non-conventional (…)
, by ADOGLA-BESSA Delali
Queer Ghanaians usually face prejudice and corruption when they report hate crimes, dissuading them from pursuing justice
Even in the security of a public court hearing, with his attackers in handcuffs, Timothy* remained on edge.
Timothy, a 22-year-old queer man from central Ghana, had been (…)
, by AKINWOTU Emmanuel, PARVEEN Nazia
Group of 67 high-profile Brits of African origin say they are ‘deeply disturbed’ by recent closure of LGBTQ+ centre in Accra
Some of the UK’s most prominent people of Ghanaian heritage have joined together to condemn their former homeland for its stance on gay rights in what will be seen as an extraordinary show of diaspora power.
The influential names in fashion, film and media, including Idris Elba and the Vogue editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, have signed an open letter in support of Ghana’s LGBTQ+ (...)
, by QUAKYI Nana Kofi
In its early days, Ghana’s COVID-19 response was heralded as a success story. Its perspective was captured in a statement by Ghana’s president when he announced Africa’s first lockdown on 28 March:
We know how to bring the economy back to life. What we do not know is how to bring people back (…)
, by AFOTEY Prince Nii, BOB-MILLIAR George M., MACLEAN Lauren M.
Hyper-partisan politics and shallow journalism obscured the implications of the protests at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
On the morning of October 22, 2018, students at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (known more by its acronym KNUST), the second (…)
, by YEEBO Zaya
The 31 December 2018 revolution in Ghana was a political upheaval that promised and had the potential to deliver a Castro/Sankara type social and political revolution, but was wasted on the rubbish heap of personality power grab fuelled by the ambitions of one man, the collective theft of (…)
, by BUTCHER Ryan
’The Ghanaian government should work to address the stigma that subjects people to violence in their own homes, the place where they should feel safest’
Human rights campaigners are calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ghana after a new report found violence towards LGBT (…)
, by KARIKARI Kwame
The most important developments in the Fourth Republic that have facilitated and expanded media freedom and free speech are the introduction of independent and private broadcasting, the end of state monopoly and control of broadcasting, and the arrival of the new communications technologies of (…)
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