2020

When Will Fitzgibbon of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) told me about the FinCEN Files project sometime in July 2019 and asked if I was in, as usual I felt the adrenaline rush – beaming with excitement, I…

This article has been edited to include a response from the lawyers of  Asanska Jewellery Limited and the letter we wrote to them seeking comments. Ghana might be the largest producer of gold in Africa, but as available information…

The Attorney-General (AG) is praying an Accra High Court to dismiss the case of seven Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and four persons who sued government over alleged mining of bauxite in the Atewa Forest Range. According to the AG,…

Dr Yaw Baah, Secretary General, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana, has reiterated the union’s calls on government to rectify the “unfairness and discrimination” in the implementation of the three-tier pension scheme and adjust upwards,…

Dr Ama Pokuaa Fenny, a Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has expressed concerns about the failure of politicians and political parties to provide clear strategies and direction for financing…

A research conducted by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has shown that beneficiaries of some projects under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) were barely involved in the projects’ initiation…

The National Chief Imam, Shiekh Dr Osman Nuhu Shurubutu, has suspended, indefinitely, Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman, his Personal Assistant. "The National Chief Imam, in consultation with his Advisory Board, has indefinitely suspended…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday received the letters of credence of five new envoys accredited by their respective countries to begin their duty tour of Ghana. The envoys are: Tiemoko Moriko of Cote D'Ivoire, Daniela…

The African Cancer Organisation (ACO) has called on government to develop a coherent and comprehensive cervical cancer control plan and scale-up effective programmes and resources, appropriate for citizens. It reiterated that it was…

Mr Evans Asare, Senior Associate of Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) Advisory, says Ghana is making moderate progress in the implementation of nine out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with seven of the goals being…