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Law Faculties at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana (UG) and University of Cape Coast (UCC) are respectively ranked 5th, 11th and 14th among 20 English teams that participated in the African Moot 2019 organized by the Centre for Human Rights. A total of 40 teams participated in the annual event which was hosted this year by the Faculty of Law, University of Botswana. The African Moot 2019 amongst other things afforded participants the opportunity to meet and interact with colleague LLB students from different countries on the similarities and differences among laws and…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Ghana is set to host the ‘I have a vision (IHAV) Project Conference 2019’ aimed at tackling issues with the standard and quality of education in Africa. The four-day conference takes off July 24-27, 2019 at the University of Ghana. It brings together 100 participants from 20 African countries to deliberate on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4; elaborating on the impact of quality education, as well at the development requirement to ensure the attainment of this goal. In a statement signed by Media Relations Officer Sabtiya Wahab Abubakar, IHAV noted that the aim of the conference is to bring…

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said Ghana under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the best period to study in the country. The introduction of the Free SHS policy has resulted in an increment in student enrolment by some 31%, as opposed to the spectre of 100,000 students falling out of school each year at the Junior High School level in the years before 2017. “For the first time in 10 years, under President Akufo-Addo, we have said this and nobody has been able to dispute it, every child in every secondary school has been supplied with all…

Pressure group, Coalition for Social Justice staged a protest on Tuesday over what it described as unbearable economic hardship in the country. The group also raised concerns about insecurity as well as attack on media freedom among others. By 8 am members of the coalition had massed up at the Obra Spot at the kwame Nkrumah interchange for the “kum yen preko” demonstration which literally mean kill us now. Other groups which joined the protest were the minority caucus in parliament, the Greater Accra Market Women Association and Head Potters Association. They also included the Concerned Drivers Union, True Drivers…

The Social Welfare Department of the Kpone Katamanso Municipal Assembly is seeking assistance from the general public in tracing the whereabouts of the parents of two children who have been missing for a year. A boy who does not know his name is about two years of age and dark in complexion. He was found by the Golf City Police in Kpone Katamanso and does not know the names of his parents. The girl is dark in complexion and between the ages of two and three years. She was found at Zenu in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality. Both children are…

Ghana’s ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been named in The Africa Report’s inaugural ranking of the top Africans who control the levers of power across politics, business and the arts: from billionaire barons to unpredictable peacemakers and soft-power superstars. Top on the list is Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man. Anas placed 25th on the chart. Below is the list from 21 to 30. 21 – Mo Ibrahim  Truth teller  Sudan Through the four pillars of his foundation – a prize, an event, a report and fellowships – the Sudanese businessman-turned-philanthropist keeps people thinking about governance on the continent.…

Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, ACP David Eklu has advised journalists to move away from just holding discussions  on assault on journalists, and ensure these issues are reported to the appropriate authorities. According to ACP Eklu, there are many instances in which journalists either do not officially report cases of assault or fail to cross check with the police on progress made on some of the reported cases. ACP Eklu made this point at a Media General forum under the theme, “The State of Media Freedom in Ghana: A Critical Look at Contemporary Journalism, Public Interest…

It appears most media practitioners have failed to make the best out of the growing freedom of the press in Ghana, and are rather practicing with reckless abandon, a former Editor of the Daily Graphic, Ms Elizabeth Ohene has assessed. This could explain why support for unfettered media has declined in Ghana and other parts of the continent, she suggested, recounting a report that said people now see press freedom as a problem instead of opportunity. Limiting herself to Ghana, the former minister of state, said though FM stations have multiplied in recent times, the “recklessness” that comes with the…

A former Minister of state in charge of Tertiary Education under erstwhile Kufuor government has condemned the manner in which two journalists of online news portal, Modernghana, were arrested by operatives of national security. The act of storming the offices of media organizations to arrest journalists with armed police personnel is “crude and unnecessary”, Ms Elizabeth Ohene opined. Her comment was in reference to the arrest and detention of the editor of Modernghana, Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri and his colleague Emmanuel Yeboah Britwum on June 27 in Accra. Mr. Ajarfor later alleged he was tortured while in the custody of the…