Two non-governmental organisations – K-Brains Legacies and DQ Hall Hospitality Services – have organised a clean-up exercise at Amuyaokope D/A School in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. The initiative aimed at creating a conducive learning environment for pupils and staff while fostering a spirit of community
A local businesswoman has fallen victim to a robbery in Douala. The incident occurred on Tuesday, September 10, 2-24 when two men posing as employees of an oil-producing company approached the victim with a business proposal. The victim was lured to a location under the pretense of signing a contract
The Ghana Chapter of the UNOWAS Working Group on Women, Youth in Peace and Security (WG-WYPS) has expressed concern about the imminent water crises facing Ghanaians due to the devastating impact of illegal mining. A statement issued by Mrs Theodora Williams Anti, the Convenor for WG -WYPS Ghana Chapter, copied
Organised Labour has demanded that President Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo-Addo declare a state of emergency on illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. It said the declaration must include an order to halt all forms of mining, legal or illegal, in forest reserves and around water bodies, and the immediate evacuation
Professor Africanus Lewil Diedong, a professor at the SDD University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS), has charged the media to observe the highest professional standards of journalism practice to promote peace in the country. ‘Particularly in the lead-up to the general election, when some political elites and their
Prof. Akwasi Osei, former Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, has argued that decriminalizing suicide in Ghana was a positive move, but not adequate. ‘Decriminalization will enable persons contemplating suicide to come out in the open to seek help. ‘We however need to do more by way of
Total Life Enhancement Centre-Ghana (TOLEC-GH), a psychology-focused organisation advocating mental health and providing psychological services, has launched a six-month project to provide mental health and psychosocial support services for prison inmates and officers in the country. The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Prisons (MH-PSP) project is being implemented in
Madam Hellen Kahaso Dena, Project Lead, Pan-African Plastics Project, has urged the government to ban the import of unusable clothing and textile waste from the Global North. She said that textile waste often contained harmful chemicals that polluted the environment, and that if imported textile waste was not effectively managed,