World Vision reaffirms commitments to ending open defecation in Ghana

World Vision, Ghana, has reaffirmed its commitment to ending open defecation in its operational areas by 2020. It was estimated in 2017 that Ghana loses an average of $79 million annually due to open defecation...

Angry teenager stabs boyfriend to death for cheating

A 16-year-old-girl (name withheld) has allegedly stabbed her boy friend popularly known as Efo to death at Kade in the Kwaebibirem District. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue by Police...

Kukurantumi Residents invade streets against Chief’s sale of lands

Scores of residents at Akyem Kukurantumi embarked on a demonstration last Friday against their Chief Daasebre Boamah Darko II for allegedly attempting to lease 6000 acres of land to supposed investors without compensating its...

Doctor refused to thoroughly examine me at Police Hosp. – ModernGhana editor

Editor of online news portal ModernGhana Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri has said he was denied thorough examination at Police Hospital after his torturous experience with the National Security. Recounting how he and his colleagues were detained...

Torture Home: Why should you destroy the good image of the Home – Social...

In the wake of the ongoing exposé of the torture and ill-treatments that go on at Echoing Hills, a facility that takes care of over 80 inmates of all spheres of life, a Social...

ModernGhana issue requires gov’t action – Amnesty International

The country director for Amnesty International Robert Akoto Amoafo has called for action following reports of alleged National Security torture of some journalists working with modern Ghana. He said government must probe the matter to...

Torture Home: Sack Gender Minister – Child Rights Activist

A Child Rights activist in Germany, Kofi Asante, has called for the immediate sack of the Gender Minister, Cynthia Morrison, over her comments on the recent Anas investigation “Torture Home”. “This is crass incompetence, I was...

Torture Home (3): When reverend Lamina steals food for orphans

He is believed to be a benefactor bringing bliss to the blighted lives of this bunch of beleaguered boys and bashful girls.  But Reverend Lamina betrays benevolence with burning greed for earthly bread and...

ModernGhana arrest: We didn’t torture editor – National Security

The National Security Council Secretariat has denied claims of torture on the editor of ModernGhana, Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri. Abugri has said that he was tortured and beaten by National Security operatives while in detention following...

W/R: Fisherman drowns trying to pull out Tuna

A middle-aged fisherman identified as Joshua is gone missing on the high seas of Ghana, Western Regional public relations officer for the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, John Dickson Eshun has told Empire News. He...