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Ghana ‘witches’ safer in their camp. Declines Government’s intervention
Some inmates of witch camps in the Northern Region have kicked against the calls for the camps to be disbanded. Techina Mutaru, Magazia of the…
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In Ghana Success Battling HIV/AIDS Hangs In The Balance
I thought I would have to go looking for stories of hope amid despair at the HIV clinic for women and children located inside the…
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Leaders Told To Help Stop Forced Marriage
Leaders of the 54 Commonwealth nations are being urged to end early and forced marriage.
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Ghana: The Abandoned Offspring of Oil
Kobina’s legs are dappled with scars. He gets them flitting across the beach in Sekondi, in southwest Ghana, slipping in the soot-black mud and clambering over pirogues slippery with fish guts, only to sell a sachet of water or a freshly peeled orange to fishermen working on the shore.
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‘Miracle’ plant boosting health in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN — A tropical plant said to be nutritional dynamite is being plugged by Sierra Leone’s government as a natural cure-all in the country, which…
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Amnesty International criticises Sierra Leone’s free health care plan
DAKAR — Sierra Leone’s free health care plan for pregnant women and young children is dysfunctional and hobbled by corruption and a lack of accountability,…
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Sitigmatisation and misconception remain major threats for fighting HIV/AIDS in Ghana
Human Immune Virus (HIV) related stigma, discrimination and misconception continue to manifest in every aspect of the society creating major barriers to fighting HIV/AIDS, Mr…
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Ivory Coast Refugees Living With Former Liberian Refugees
Bigger refugee camps are going up along Liberia’s eastern border for more than 150,000 people who fled Ivory Coast’s political crisis, earlier this year. Many…
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Kerosene out of reach for oil-rich Nigeria’s poor
It’s been five months since Toyin Felix last cooked dinner for her family in her kitchen. The price of kerosene is so high this mother…
