A Surge in FGM in Northern Ghana Amid COVID
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is ostensibly the removal of female organs for cultural reasons. Ghana's government outlawed female circumcision in 1994; however, it is still being practiced in some parts of Northern Ghana. Studies have pegged the prevalence of FGM in Ghana at 4%. This reporting project will thus highlight the surge of FGM during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the experiences and complications of FGM survivors. It will also seek to proffer viable suggestions on reducing the prevalence of FGM and possibly ending its prevalence in Northern Ghana.
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August 02, 2022 20:31 UTC
FULL TEXT: Dr. Nduom writes open letter to President Akufo-Addo
Business News of Tuesday, 2 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comBusinessman, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has issued an open letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. All Cocoa roads and projects funded by COCOBOD must be given to indigenous Ghanaians and their companies. Take firm steps to ensure indigenous Ghanaian control (ownership) of the financial sector - banking, insurance, investment, pension and others at all levels. All new and renewed concessions for gold, bauxite, oil and gas, diamond, timber must have a minimum of 25% indigenous Ghana ownership. The digitalization agenda must be placed firmly, 100% in the hands of indigenous Ghanaians and their companies.
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August 02, 2022 17:46 UTC
Martin Kpebu was not forced to retract Akufo-Addo is part of 'criminal syndicate' comment - Samson Anyenini
General News of Tuesday, 2 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comLawyer Samson Lardy Anyenini, the host of JoyNews' Newsfile, has stated that colleague lawyer, Martin Kpebu, was not forced to retract his criminal syndicate comment aimed at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. To him, Lawyer Martin Kpebu was just a whistleblower who used the news analysis programme on JoyNews to express his reservations about the corruption fight to those in power. Lawyer Martin Kpebu on Saturday, July 23, issued an apology to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for describing him as a member of a criminal syndicate at the Jubilee House. “Akufo-Addo is part of the criminal syndicate at the Jubilee House. “Abysmal failure – so this is 419,” Lawyer Martin Kpebu stressed.
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August 02, 2022 13:43 UTC
Four times high-ranking leaders in Ghana have knelt before priests, chiefs
We begin with the Asantehene:Otumfuo Osei Tutu IIOver the past weekend, GhanaWeb chanced upon a rare image of the revered Asante King, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, online. In the image, the king is seen on his knees, receiving special prayers in church from the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, Justin Welby. According to additional online information, the archbishop welcomed the King of the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana to the Lambeth Palace on August 1, 2014. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who is an Anglican by faith, was on a private visit to the United Kingdom and requested an official visit with Archbishop Justin Welby. Rev Dr. Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, the second Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana, at Asante-Mampong, in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, 27th February 2021.
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August 02, 2022 01:38 UTC
'Breaking the 8 will be the last great political feat of my career’ – Akufo-Addo
General News of Monday, 1 August 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed what he says will be ‘the last feat of his political career;’ – handing over to another New Patriotic Party (NPP) president come 2025. The president has therefore appealed to the rank and file of the NPP, to play their roles in ensuring that the agenda dubbed, “breaking the 8” will materialize, that the NPP will retain political power for the third consecutive term after the 2024 General Elections. The occasion was the NPP’s 30th Anniversary and National Thanksgiving Service held at the Kofi Ohene-Konadu auditorium. It was under the theme; 'NPP@30: Our Shared Traditional, Holding and Working Together a Stable and Prosperous Nation.' Party Chairman, Stephen Ntim, reiterated his resolve to lead the party into victory come 2024.
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August 01, 2022 10:09 UTC
Masters degree, LLB and more – See the academic qualifications of NPP’s Abronye
Abronye as he is popularly referred to has over the years showed no relent in defending the New Patriotic Party. Abronye’s latest academic acquisition is a Masters Degree in Energy Economics from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Before his graduation from GIMPA, Abronye had under his belt a Chartered Energy Economist certificate from the Global Academy of Finance and Management in the United States of America. Abronye graduated from Kaaf University College for his LLB, the school is affiliated with GIMPAAbronye is currently pursuing a Professional Law Course at the University of Sydney in Australia. Watch the new episode of People and Places below:Meanwhile, GhanaWeb is accepting nominations for the prestigious GhanaWeb Excellence Awards – Youth Edition.
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August 01, 2022 01:11 UTC
'I’ll show you where power lies' – Alleged soldier says as he assaults civilian, fires AK47
General News of Sunday, 31 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA social media user, Solomon Kusi has reported an alleged assault meted on him and some other people by a retired military officer. Kusi alleged that the said Major Konadu assaulted him and others and later called a military team led by one Abu who came to assault him some more. Sounds of gunshot is heard in one of the amateur videos shot by Solomon Kusi who at one point sees himself being confronted by the alleged soldier for recording the incident. The post by Solomon Kusi has attracted various reactions on social media including some who have sympathized with him for the ordeal. Sorry for that experience, Solomon Kusi,” Kofi Ofosu Nkansah who is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP) posted on his wall.
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July 31, 2022 22:41 UTC
Terrorists using Ghana as central warehouse - Security Analyst warns
General News of Sunday, 31 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA security analyst has disclosed that terrorists are using Ghana as a central warehouse citing reports submitted to the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, earlier this year. Adib Saani explained that the concept of a warehouse entails launching attacks on neighbouring countries but regrouping in Ghana to strategize and launch more attacks. According to Saani, who works with the Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building, Mr. Adib Saani, it is the reason why terrorists have not launched any attack on the country. “They are not attacking Ghana not because they don’t have the capabilities or abilities, but because Ghana is being used as a central warehouse as indicated in reports submitted earlier this year to the UN Security Council about the presence of a terrorist warehouse in Ghana, Togo and Benin,” he said. "I think one of the most important things we have to do is to improve intelligence.
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July 31, 2022 20:30 UTC
‘Nigeria and Ghana media need collaboration to boost West Africa’s economy’
Africa’s media has a lot to do in projecting African trade to make it very attractive. How can a dynamic synergy be created between media owned by the African-American community in the United States and the media in Africa? A synergy can be created between both countries’ media if there is a mutual cooperation and agreement. For instance, by Ghana putting a spotlight on what in Nigeria are worthy of investing in; and, same as Nigeria doing for Ghana. Well, Africa can evolve its own global media brand if stories being published are full of aspirations.
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July 31, 2022 02:28 UTC
18-year-old Boy Builds Moving Car From Scraps, Shares How it All Started in Video
The 18-year-old's vehicle runs on fuel with almost no challenge as it moves with no impediments on the road. Danso told Ghanaweb on BizTech that he always dreamt of building a vehicle, and through determination, he finally made it a reality. Photos of Obed Obeng Danso. Credit: GhanawebSource: UGCDespite his little resources, Danso's resilience led him to buy scrap parts of a discarded three-wheeled vehicle, known in Ghanaian parlance as 'Aboboyaa', to finish his work. The boy, whose name is yet to be known, built the machines with cheap materials but managed to achieve his goal.
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July 30, 2022 14:57 UTC
Ex-NDC MP recounts how Koku Anyidoho allegedly ‘mafiad’ Mahama under Mills administration
Adu Asare alleged that Koku Anyidoho had little or no respect for the office of the Vice President which was occupied by John Dramani Mahama. Using the word ‘mafia’ to describe Koku’s treatment of John Mahama then, Adu Asare said Koku Anyidoho did not accord Vice President Mahama the respect that he deserved. “Workers and security of the Vice President did not have access to some corridors at the Castle because of Koku. At the time we won the 2008 elections, Koku had been sacked by President Mills. He ‘mafiad’ the bodyguards of the Vice President then.
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July 30, 2022 13:57 UTC
Akufo-Addo sacks Adwoa Safo as Gender Minister
General News of Thursday, 28 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sacked Sarah Adwoa Safo as the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection with immediate effect. The statement added that Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister, Sanitation and Water Resources, will continue as the caretaker minister until a substantive Minister. “In accordance with article 81(a) of the Constitution, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revoked the appointment of Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, as Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, with immediate effect. “The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, will continue to act as caretaker Minister for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, until such a time that President Akufo-Addo appoints a substantive Minister,” the statement from the Presidency concluded.
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July 28, 2022 22:23 UTC
Dampare lists 11 public institutions that should be investigated for corruption
In the said report, the Police service was ranked as the highest institution that takes bribes and engages in corruption in Ghana. Other institutions including the Ghana Immigration Service, GRA customs officers and Lands Commission were mentioned. But in a 5-page statement released on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, the IGP raised concerns about how that a number of other institutions including parliament, Attorney General and Registrar General’s offices were not also investigated. According to him, some other public institutions which were left out of the research deal regularly with the public and should have been included accordingly. Dampare, whilst further raising concerns about the methodology adopted for the research, quizzed why the institutions that undertook a corruption survey on other organizations in Ghana did not self-assess themselves.
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July 28, 2022 22:06 UTC
Let’s pray MPs do not fight over the ‘removal’ of Adwoa Safo – ACEPA Boss
Dr. Draman said that information he has indicates that both the Majority and Minority caucuses have taken entrenched positions on the seat currently held by Sarah Adwoa Safo of the New Patriotic Party, NPP. Adwoa Safo’s absence, the NPP has 136 then NDC side, currently, there is an injunction in Assin North, that brings their number to 136. Because 136, 136 and you need a simple majority, you need 1 or 2 from the NDC. He added that the committee failed to decide on Adwoa Safo because she failed to appear before the committee to explain why she has absented herself from the House since December 2021. However, unconfirmed reports indicate that the majority members of the Privileges Committee of Parliament recommended that Adwoa Safo should be removed in the committee's report submitted to the House.
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July 28, 2022 08:22 UTC
Parliament approves loan agreement on Suame interchange barely 1-week after majority leader ‘attacks’
General News of Wednesday, 27 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comParliament has approved a loan agreement of135 million euroS loan facility between the government of Ghana and Detsche Bank S.A..E for the design and construction of phase one of the Suame Interchange and ancillary works project in Kumasi. Per the report in parliament, the phase 1 is expected to be completed within a period of 36 months from the commencement date. This approval is barely a week after residents attacked the Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for the area, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu over the poor nature of the roads. It took police to calm tension and shield the MP from angry residents after he attempted to address them. In responding to this, the majority stated that he understands the plight of his constituents as he has no intention to take any decision against them.
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July 27, 2022 22:22 UTC