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Ghana’s Human Rights Record Dip In Amnesty International Report
Ghana’s Human Rights record has taken a dip as a new report by Amnesty International identifies prayer camps and police misconduct among leading causes of human rights abuses in the country. The rapid surge in the number of unregistered prayer camps purporting to treat mental ailments contributed to the dip in Ghana’s Human Rights record.
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Mahama To Speak On ‘Africa Winning The Progress Race’ In South Africa
Former President John Dramani Mahama is in South Africa and will on Thursday deliver the keynote address at the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Person of the Year 2016 Awards Programme in Johannesburg. The former President will be speaking on the theme of the Awards Programme, “How can Africa win the progress race?” The ALM Person
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12 Year Nigerian Girl Gang Raped To Death In Tamale
The police in Tamale are hunting for a group of attackers suspected to have strangled to death a 12-year-old class five schoolchild of a Nigerian couple after gang raping her on Tuesday at Ggblo-Kpalsi – a waterlogged suburb of the Northern regional capital. According to the police, the victim was going to her parents’ store
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Woman Stripped Naked In Kumasi: Police Arrest Dozens of Traders
Dozens of traders at the Kumasi Central Business District have been arrested by the Police in a bid to identify those who took part in the stripping of a woman they suspected to be a thief. A screening exercise is expected to be conducted today in that regard. In a video circulating on social media,
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‘Vagina assault’: Angry Otiko Urges CID Action
Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Otiko Djaba has condemned the mob action and sexual assault of an alleged female thief in the Ashanti Region, charging the police to bring the perpetrators to book. “I know the police will crack this case if they need to, this is pure CID action,” Ms Djaba said on
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Vehicle With State Protocol Sticker Used For Theft In Central Region
Three persons are in the grips of the Assin North district police in the central region for allegedly stealing telecommunication appliances. The 3 (names withheld) aged between 25 and 35 are alleged to be vandalizing cell sites of Telecommunication companies, stealing backup batteries and other valuable items including fire extinguishers and earthing cables in the
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5 Police Officers Shot In Kumawu
Five police officers have been injured in Kumawu Bodomase in the Ashanti region following renewed chieftaincy clashes. The Ashanti regional police command has deployed a joint police and military force to the troubled area to restore law and order. The melee is between factions of Berimah Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua II – a self-acclaimed paramount chief
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We Won’t Use Heritage Fund For Free SHS – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that the Akufo-Addo led government will not use the Heritage Fund to bankroll the free Senior High School policy. “We are financing the Free SHS education without looking at the Heritage Fund. We are not touching the Heritage Fund,” Mr. Ofori Atta told journalists Thursday after the Achimota Speak
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Unsustainable Capitation Crippling Health Facilities In A/R – NHISPA laments
Hospitals in the Ashanti region are calling for a review of the capitation system of payment under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The region began the payment system in 2012 when NHIS card holders were asked to choose a primary health care provider for an upfront payment of predetermined amount of claims. But the
