… ds, held under the theme, “Beyond the Headlines: The Media’s Role in Promoting WASH for Safe Motherhood and Quality Healthcare.” The awards ceremony was supported by Lesken Enterprise Ltd, Myturn Limited, KacStone Records, Paga Youth Movement, NorthLite Solar Ltd, ActionAid Ghana …
… was held under the theme, “Beyond the Headlines: The Media’s Role in Promoting WASH for Safe Motherhood and Quality Healthcare.” The awards ceremony was supported by Lesken Enterprise Ltd, Myturn Limited, KacStone Records, Paga Youth Movement, NorthLite Solar Ltd, ActionAid Ghana …
ActionAid Ghana has launched a 24-month campaign to strengthen the participation of mining-affected communities in decisions on land, livelihoods, the environment and natural resources. …
… Mr John said this at an engagement forum in Tamale organized by the Northern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service in collaboration with ActionAid Ghana under the auspices of the Northern Regional Coordinating Council. …
… Yakubu Akuka, the Upper East Regional Programme Officer of ActionAid Ghana, said journalists had a responsibility to move beyond predominantly negative portrayals of Africa and highlight the continent’s successes, resilience, culture, and development initiatives. …
For years, the Ghana Agroecology Movement (GAEM)—a Civil Society Organisations-led platform facilitated by CIKOD, ActionAid Ghana, and the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG)—has championed the cause of natural farming. …
… Dr Zakari made the call when she chaired this year’s International Youth Day celebration organised by the Northern Regional Chapter of Activista Ghana, the youth wing of ActionAid Ghana, in Tamale. …
ActionAid Ghana and its youth movement, Activista Ghana, have welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a 48-year-old man for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Nyanshegu, a suburb of Tamale. …
Deputy Minister of Education Dr Clement Apaak has appealed to striking pre-tertiary teachers to return to classrooms while government works to resolve their concerns, including promotions, salary adjustments, and conditions of service. He said government had agreed that nearly 80,000 teachers who passed promotional examinations would receive new salary scales and allowances with effect from January 2026, and explained delays were partly due to data transfer challenges between the Ghana Education Service and the Controller and Accountant-General's Department.
Deputy Minister of Education Dr Clement Apaak has appealed to striking pre-tertiary teachers to return to classrooms while government works to resolve their concerns, including promotions, salary adjustments, and conditions of service. He said government had agreed that nearly 80,000 teachers who passed promotional examinations would receive new salary scales and allowances with effect from January 2026, and explained delays were partly due to data transfer challenges between the Ghana Education Service and the Controller and Accountant-General's Department.
Deputy Minister Dr Clement Apaak has appealed to striking pre-tertiary teachers to return to classrooms while the government works to resolve their concerns, including promotions, salary adjustments, allowances, and conditions of service. The minister cited data-transfer delays as the reason for delayed implementation of new salary scales for nearly 80,000 teachers who passed promotional examinations, and said the government has agreed to make promotions automatic and provide new salaries effective January 2026.
ActionAid Ghana has launched a project called Uplifting the Voices of Mining Communities (VOICES) to strengthen participation of mining-affected communities in decisions on land, livelihoods, the environment and natural resources. The 24-month, Comic Relief-funded initiative will be implemented in four districts and will train 80 women and youth representatives in extractive-sector governance, establish community-based monitoring committees, and equip community members and journalists to document environmental, social, labour and human rights concerns in mining areas.
The Northern Regional Minister has called for stronger collaboration to address alleged irregularities in the School Feeding Programme, including reports that some caterers failed to provide meals for five days despite payment and that beneficiary figures were allegedly inflated. He described such practices as unacceptable and said they undermined effective implementation and could deprive vulnerable children of nutritional support.
Yakubu Akuka, Upper East Regional Programme Officer of ActionAid Ghana, called on African journalists to adopt a more positive and balanced approach to reporting, highlighting the continent's successes, resilience, culture, and development initiatives alongside reporting on problems and wrongdoing.
Ghana Agroecology Movement's CIKOD commissioned rigorous research at the University of Energy and Natural Resources to test fermented human urine as a natural herbicide, seeking scientific evidence to support safer alternatives to synthetic chemicals and inform agricultural policy.
Dr Fathiaya Nzhelayim Zakari, Advocacy and Engagement Officer at YEFL-Ghana, has called for the creation of safe and supportive spaces where young people can discuss mental health challenges without stigma or discrimination, saying such spaces are critical to breaking silence and building resilience among young people in northern Ghana. She noted that young people in the region face peculiar challenges including limited employment opportunities, fewer industries, dependence on climate-sensitive agriculture, and economic uncertainty, which can affect their mental wellbeing when support systems are inadequate.
The High Court in Tamale sentenced Abdallah Mohammed to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Nyanshegu, plus an additional six months for perjury. ActionAid Ghana and Activista Ghana welcomed the conviction as a major victory for child protection and the fight against sexual and gender-based violence.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's institutions have not meaningfully improved in protecting women's safety since the 1990s serial killings of marginalized women; citing WHO data showing one in three women globally have experienced physical or sexual violence, and Ghana Statistical Service figures indicating 24.4% of women aged 15–49 have experienced intimate partner violence and 35.2% emotional violence.
ActionAid Ghana has expressed support for national efforts to criminalise "sex-for-jobs" practices, describing it as a step toward safe and dignified workplaces in line with ILO Convention 190. The organisation said the practice particularly affects women and young job seekers vulnerable due to unemployment and poverty.