Ghana

There has been an out-pour of anger from some Ghanaian lawyers and ordinary citizens following a notice from Ghana’s Chief Justice warning judges and lawyers to wear wigs in courtrooms.

Ghana is reported to be experiencing shortage in condoms and sex lubricants raising fears of possible outbreak of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).

At the beginning of September, Ghana’s Ministry of Finance brought the heads of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) to deliberate how to reform SOEs, some of them loss-making, in order to have them play a more strategic role in Ghana’s development.As reported in the local press, the Vice President of Ghana, Mahamadu Bawumia (who gave the keynote address to the Policy and Governance Forum) was very candid in his directive: “Share with government not your many challenges, which we all know [about], but your strategies,” he is reported to have said, referring to strategies for ensuring financial discipline, for exploring access to new sources of capital, and for improving commercial viability.

Ghana has criminalized stigmatization of HIV/AIDS patients as the West African nation moves to create a friendly environment for patients to be accepted into their societies when diagnosed of the disease.

The 26 Togolese nationals who were arrested in Ghana’s capital Accra by the police for staging an unlawful protest to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe have now been released.

26 Togolese nationals are to appear in court on Monday in Ghana’s capital Accra after police officers arrested them for staging an unlawful protest over the weekend to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe.

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR has said that hundreds of Togolese have fled the country into neighboring Ghana.

There is an out-pour of anger from Ghanaians over the defilement of a four-year-old girl in central Ghana by a young man with the alleged perpetrator being freed by traditional leaders.

Cosmetics making company Nivea has taken down its campaign billboard in Ghana which came under a lot of criticisms for promoting the sale of skin-lightening creams.

The Captain of Ghana's senior football team the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan is reported to be venturing into the aviation industry after successfully operating in the transport, boxing and detergent sectors.