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No Accountability After Ghanaian Journalists Attac

Friday, February 7, 2025
Abuja, February 6, 2025 mdash;Armed men, some wearing military camouflage, attacked journalist Ohemeng Tawiah with stones and machetes on December 20, 2024, after Tawiah ...

Ghana’s President Scraps Seven Ministries To Cut Costs

Sunday, January 12, 2025
President John Mahama of Ghana has scrapped seven government ministries as part of efforts to rein in public spending under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity programme. The move, announced in a gazette dated 9 January, reduces the number of ministries from 30 to 23, aligning with Mah ...

Ghana’s President Approves Visa-Free Entry For African Passport Holders

Friday, January 3, 2025
The outgoing President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has officially announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders from the start of this year, marking a step towards continental economic integration. The announcement came during his final state of the nation address as he prepares to s ...

Ghana's Ruling Party's Candidate, Bawumia Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Opponen

Sunday, December 8, 2024
Hon. Mahamudu Bawumia,Vice President of the ruling party 39;s presidential candidate, has conceded defeat in Ghana 39;s 2024 elections and congratulated former President John Mahama. In a concession speech delivered on Sunday, Mr Bawumia, the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), stated t ...

Mine Security Guards Attack Media Crew Covering Environmental Degradation In Gha

Thursday, October 31, 2024
Abuja, October 31, 2024 ndash;The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ghanaian authorities to swiftly investigate and hold accountable the security guards who attacked< ...

Private Media Outlet Class Media Group Firebombed In Ghana

Monday, May 6, 2024
Abuja, May 6, 2024 mdash;Authorities in Ghana should swiftly and comprehensively conclude their investigation of the April 25 firebomb attack on Class Media Group rsquo;s office, hold those responsible to account, and ensure that journalists at the media outlet can work safely, said the Committee to ...

Ghanaian Journalist Mohammed Aminu Alabira Says Npp Parliamentarian, Party Suppo

Thursday, February 8, 2024
Abuja, February 7, 2024 mdash;Authorities in Ghana must ensure an efficient and comprehensive investigation into the attack on journalist Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira and hold accountable those responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Alabira, a correspondent for privately o ...

Ghanaian Soldiers Beat And Arrest Journalist Nicholas Morkah, Wipe Phone

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Ghanaian authorities must swiftly complete their investigation into the soldiers who attacked and detained journalist Nicholas Morkah last month and hold the perpetrators to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On October 19, six soldiers attacked and beat Morkah, a morning ...

‘You better shut up’: A Ghana family’s relentless calls for justice

Thursday, July 6, 2023
Kamilu Ibrahim Tahidu and his brothers gather every evening outside their family home in Ghana rsquo;s capital of Accra. They sit in a circle of plastic chairs and enjoy each others rsquo; company. They pray together. And they never forget that one of them is missing. It rsquo;s been over four ye ...

Four Years Since Murder Of Ahmed Hussein-suale Divela, Ghana’s Journalists Still

Friday, January 13, 2023
The January 16, 2019, murder of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, who was gunned down by unidentified men months after threats by a local politician,
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