By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Alexander Afenyo-Markin, leader of the minority in Ghana's Parliament, accuses the government of carrying out political persecution against the opposition. According to him, opposition officials and other critics are being targeted in a broader effort to silence dissent.
Ghanaian parliamentary minority leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has filed a fresh defamation suit against Ghana Gold Board chief Sammy Gyamfi and National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme chief Eric Adjei. He is seeking damages for calling him an extortionist; his lawyers say they adapted the proceedings to the High Court’s interpretation of the rules.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: Ghanaiantimes ·
The Youth Bridge Foundation is calling for a thorough investigation and protection measures following allegations of sexual abuse involving students at Obuasi Senior High Technical School in Ghana. The organisation also wants the handling of previous complaints by the school and public officials examined, according to its statement cited by MyJoyOnline.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: MyJoyOnline ·
The High Court in Tamale convicted former Northern Development Authority chief Sumaila Abdul-Rahman and three others of seven offences linked to public contracts. The four convicted people were not given prison sentences, as the court took their advanced age into account, according to Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: Thechronicle ·
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is defending his country’s non-alignment policy and calling on foreign investors to invest in Ghana. He says the aim is to ensure fair returns for investors and the country, according to his remarks at the Financial Times Africa Summit.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3news ·
Unemployment drives Ghanaian youth into underground miningIn Atwima Kwanwoma District, young graduates say unemployment and poverty have driven them into underground mining despite the risks. They say they have few alternatives for supporting themselves, reports The Ghana Report.
Edo threatens to execute four convicted kidnappersThe governor of Nigeria’s Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, threatens to sign the execution warrants of four men sentenced to death if they do not appeal within 30 days. The four men were sentenced on 29 September by a special criminal court for the kidnapping of a woman in Benin City, according to the governor.The week in Africa
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