A former Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has called for a change in the way and manner some appointments are made in order to fight against the corruption menace in the country. Justice Emile Short said, anti-corruption institutions in Ghana are not strong enough to fight graft due to…
DetailsGhanaians must limit their expectations of the Special Prosecutor because the office cannot solve all corruption-related cases, outspoken academic Professor Ransford Gyampoh has noted. Parliament on November 14, passed the Special Prosecutor bill after it went through the necessary scrutiny in Parliament. The object of the Bill is to establish the Office of the Special…
DetailsAccra, Nov 28, GNA – A new research project aimed at tracking and reporting child abuse cases in Ghana was on Tuesday launched in Accra. The project dubbed: “Protect That Child”, which is a flagship work of Participatory Development Associates (PDA) would contribute to continuous research, fill data gap as well as create awareness and…
DetailsThe Participatory Development Association (PDA), has launched a research project to track and report on child abuse cases in Ghana, using the Ushahidi online tracking platform. The move is to help create awareness and get public support for protection of child rights following reports that child maltreatment, exploitation and child marriages is on the…
DetailsGovernment has promised to increase funding for Research and Development (R&D) to 2.5% of GDP in the long term to boost all research programs in both Private and Public Institutions in the country. “I have also promised to increase funding for Research and Development (R&D). In the short to medium term 1% of GDP will…
DetailsUS Ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson wants the government to safeguard the public purse by holding corrupt officials accountable. While commending President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his initiatives to make “Ghana a better place to do business,” Ambassador Jackson noted there is more room for improvement in various sectors of the economy. “We…
DetailsClimate engineering, or climate intervention, is risky but needs to be explored as a supplement – not as a ‘Plan B’ – to greenhouse gas emissions reduction, said experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), in Bonn, Germany. Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the…
DetailsStop recruiting children as land guards — COP Ampah Bennin The Central Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) David Ampah Bennin, has cautioned chiefs, estate developers and land owners in the Kasoa and Gomoa areas against recruiting children to become land guards to protect their lands. According to him, his…
DetailsProfessor Agyeman Badu Akosa, former Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called for research into the health implications of heavy metals used by illegal miners on the various rivers in the country. He said it is not all the people staying downstream of the polluted rivers who could afford to depend on…
DetailsNAIROBI — Donors and international NGOs have not done enough to strengthen local partners, including governments and NGOs, a number of Kenya-based organizations and officials argued at the AidEx Nairobi conference this week. Local groups used the discussion on aid effectiveness to express their frustration at what they described as a disconnect between pledges and policy. High-level…
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