Category: News

Accra: The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) patrol operations at the Asanko Gold Limited Concession in the Ashanti Region turned violent on Monday when the troops encountered illegal miners operating within restricted zones of the concession. The miners fled upon seeing the military, but in the process, a young man reportedly fell into an abandoned pit and drowned. According to Ghana News Agency, the following Tuesday, groups of illegal miners and residents carried the body to the military base at Esaase in protest. Before the police could arrive to retrieve it, the group took back the body. The protest escalated, and

Accra: Equality Now, a Civil Society Organisation, has raised concerns about the persistent delays in passing Ghana’s Property Rights of Spouses Bill and the Interstate Succession Bill. These delays are reportedly undermining women’s dignity, security, and equality, despite the nation’s constitutional guarantees and recent progress in gender legislation. According to Ghana News Agency, Ms. Esther Waweru, Senior Legal Advisor at Equality Now, highlighted these issues at the opening of a two-day civil society workshop in Accra. She noted that the continued inaction is leaving discriminatory provisions intact, which perpetuates injustices against women and children, particularly in scenarios of death or

Accra: Fifty Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), government officials, and donor partners have assembled in Accra to evaluate Ghana’s human rights progression, implementation, and lapses. At a two-day national workshop that commenced on Tuesday, stakeholders aimed to draft and validate a unified CSOs midterm report based on field data and experiences regarding Ghana’s human rights laws. According to Ghana News Agency, Ghana has recently abolished the death penalty and witchcraft camps, criminalizing those who accuse others of witchcraft. However, these changes necessitate additional funding for implementation. The country is preparing for the upcoming fourth United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) meeting,

Accra: Civil society organizations (CSOs), women’s rights advocates, and legal experts have begun a two-day national stakeholder workshop in Accra aimed at advancing family law reforms and promoting women’s rights in Ghana. The gathering, which runs from September 10 to 11, 2025, is being convened by the Initiative for Gender Equality and Development in Africa (IGED-Africa) in partnership with the Solidarity of African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition and hosted by Equality Now, Kenya. According to Ghana News Agency, the workshop comes at a critical moment in Ghana’s gender and family law reform agenda, as attention shifts to the implementation of

Accra: Huawei Ghana, in partnership with the Association of China-Ghana Mining (ACGM) LBG, organized a summit to showcase and encourage mining companies to adopt technological innovations aimed at promoting sustainable practices, safeguarding the environment, and improving efficiency. The summit brought together industry leaders, technical experts, and Chinese and Ghanaian enterprises to explore technological innovations, including data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in modernizing mine processing to meet 21st-century standards. According to Ghana News Agency, the stakeholders committed to green development, advocating public-private partnerships and upholding international standards through enhanced transparency and responsibility measures. During the summit, Huawei Technologies introduced participants

Kumasi: The Second Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Capacity Building Conference of the Local Government Service Association of Physical Planners (LOGSAPP) is scheduled for Friday, September 12, 2025. The event will be hosted at the Amoono-Neizer Conference Centre at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. According to Ghana News Agency, the statement was issued and signed by Mrs. Gifty Nyarko, the National Interim President of the Association. The AGM will focus on the theme ‘Planning for resilient, inclusive, climate-sensitive and disaster-free communities for efficient infrastructure development and service delivery.’ The conference aims to bolster local

Accra: The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has commenced nationwide stakeholder consultations on proposals submitted by utility companies for the upcoming Multi-Year Tariff Order covering 2025-2030. The process began with a media engagement in Accra, aimed at fostering transparency and deepening public understanding of the tariff review exercise. According to Ghana News Agency, the meeting brought together journalists, regulators, and representatives of key utility service providers including the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC), and the Enclave Power