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The World Bank has suspended any future funding for projects in Uganda, citing human rights violations from the recent enactment of the anti-homosexuality law. A statement from the Bank says further funding is being frozen until authorities in Uganda provide adequate policy to protect minorities, including the lesbian, gay, bisexual, …

A 22-year-old lady, Linda Agyiri has been stabbed by her estranged boyfriend at Esan near Assin Sienkyem in the Assin North District of the Central Region. This is after she threated to divorce him over drug abuse. The suspect, Paul Tamakloe popularly known as Sean Paul is said to have …

The Ashanti Regional wing of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has bemoaned the inclusion of teachers in private schools in the enforcement of the teacher licensing law. According to the association, the enforcement of the teacher licensing law to cover private school teachers will lead to the …

The Ghana School of Law is organizing its Student Representative Council Presidential debate to get a sense of what each of the candidates would bring on board should they be elected as SRC President. The debate which is happening at the Makola Campus of the school is expected to be …

President of the United States Joe Biden has demanded the repeal of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law, barely a day after it was signed. The White House, on May 29, published a statement in which Biden referred to the new law as a tragic violation of universal human rights. He also descrived …

An unnamed man in Accra has killed his wife and inflicted cutlass wounds on his father-in-law, according to a report by Accra-based UTV. The man, said to be a wife beater, by a witness to the marriage lamented how the deceased had been serially begged to return to her matrimonial …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assented into law, the three new tax bills passed by parliament late last month. This was confirmed by information minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah in an interview on April 16, 2023 with Accra-based Joy News. He told Emefa Apau on The Probe programme that the president’s lawyer Kow …

In one breath, the Ghana Police Service wants to enforce a law that is little known to many Ghanaians, while on the other, those found culpable just cannot understand why there is such a fuss about civilians wearing camouflage in Ghana. More recently, all of these conversations have gained a lot of …

A group calling itself the United Traditional Priests Association has threatened to storm Ghana’s Parliament with eggs and schnapps to curse lawmakers who vote against the anti-gay bill. The Association considers it a betrayal if parliament does not approve the bill because LGBTQI+ activities are contrary to Ghana’s cultural values. The Association …

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice has rejected an assertion by the CDD-Ghana that his opinion that the Auditor-General should withdraw the audit report on the government’s COVID-19 expenditure it published amounts to an assault on the Office of the Auditor-General. In a statement issued on February 15, 2023, Godfred Dame said …