… The Cyber Security Authority’s Safer Digital Ghana campaign, UNICEF Ghana, CHRAJ, the Data Protection Commission, the Ghana Police Service, schools, technology companies and civil-society organizations including Child Online Africa all contribute. …
… The Justice for All Programme was established as a collaborative initiative involving the Judiciary, the Attorney-General’s Office, the Ghana Prisons Service, the Ghana Police Service, CHRAJ and civil-society organisations, with the POS Foundation playing a significant facilitati …
… Following this, he said, CHRAJ recommended a forensic audit and further investigation into procurement-related matters for which the National Cathedral Secretariat has provided explanations on the transaction. …
… CHRAJ’s Digital Rights Focal Person, Elias Mane, also called on the government to ensure that public digital platforms are accessible to persons with disabilities. …
… recovered an additional GH¢14.95 million in unearned salaries and irregular payments through routine audits conducted across the country. “It also recovered GH¢14.95 million in additional unearned salaries and irregular payments through routine audits conducted nationwide; CHRAJ …
… The National Cathedral project has been the subject of several investigations and audits, including a CHRAJ investigation, an Office of the Special Prosecutor probe, a Deloitte audit and a subsequent forensic audit commissioned under the current NDC administration. …
… The National Cathedral project has been the subject of several investigations and audits, including a CHRAJ investigation, an Office of the Special Prosecutor probe, a Deloitte audit and a subsequent forensic audit commissioned under the current NDC administration. …
… Add two systemic safeguards: a public register of foreign interests for all covered officeholders, maintained by CHRAJ and searchable by any citizen; and a five-year statutory review requiring the Attorney-General to report to Parliament on the regime’s operation — evidence of ac …
… While commending the work of institutions such as CHRAJ, the Office of the Special Prosecutor, EOCO and the Auditor-General, CACG maintained that investigations alone are not enough to restore public confidence. …
Ghana has built foundations for protecting children online through legislation like the Cybersecurity Act 2020 and frameworks involving multiple agencies, but these efforts are not sufficiently connected, measurable, or fast enough to match the speed and scale of the digital world children now inhabit. Traditional child-protection systems designed for physical spaces must evolve to address online threats like grooming, blackmail, and sexual exploitation that can occur remotely.
Ghana has built foundations for protecting children online through legislation like the Cybersecurity Act 2020 and frameworks involving multiple agencies, but these efforts are not sufficiently connected, measurable, or fast enough to match the speed and scale of the digital world children now inhabit. Traditional child-protection systems designed for physical spaces must evolve to address online threats like grooming, blackmail, and sexual exploitation that can occur remotely.
Civil society leaders and anti-corruption advocates credit the Mahama administration after 18 months for ongoing investigations, contract terminations, and procurement reforms, but express caution that the true test of the government's commitment lies ahead.
The POS Foundation's executive director says Ghana's participation in the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review has produced tangible changes, including community-sentencing reform; however, significant commitments remain outstanding. He cited the Community Service Bill passed in July 2026 as a legislative outcome stemming from UPR recommendations to address prison overcrowding.
Yaw Owusu Obimpeh, a Council of State member for Ashanti Region, has stated that no one is above the law and that friendship with political leaders cannot shield anyone from accountability, responding to Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng's comments about being willing to return to prison rather than abandon his friendship with former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
Persons with disabilities have raised concerns that inaccessible websites and digital platforms exclude them from essential services as Ghana pursues digital transformation. At a workshop organized by Open Knowledge Ghana and Internet Society Ghana Chapter, participants including visually impaired users and web developers identified barriers such as forms not configured for assistive technologies and called for developers to engage persons with disabilities directly in platform design.
The Ghana Audit Service recovered approximately GH¢24.95 million in unearned salaries and irregular payments in 2025, comprising GH¢10 million from a nationwide payroll audit affecting 2,408 separated staff and GH¢14.95 million through routine audits, according to the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition's State of Corruption Report 2025.
Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, founder of Power Chapel Worldwide, said he is prepared to face imprisonment rather than end his friendship with former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Hajia Samira Bawumia, describing the relationship as not a crime and refusing to conceal it to satisfy critics.
The Founder and Leader of Power Chapel Worldwide, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, says he is prepared to face imprisonment rather than distance himself from his friendship with former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife. He told his congregation that his friendship with the couple is not a crime and that he will not hide or pretend the relationship does not exist.
An opinion piece argues that dual nationals serve as bridges for diaspora capital, remittances, and institution-building that have driven Ghana's economic development—citing examples like Databank and Ashesi University—and contends that excluding them would forfeit a critical source of development finance.
Crusaders Against Corruption Ghana called for urgent national action against what it describes as a growing integrity crisis, arguing that corruption has become deeply rooted in everyday life and is threatening public trust and national development. The group's chairperson warned that Ghana loses integrity not through grand scandals but when thousands of small dishonest acts are tolerated year after year.
The National Commission for Civic Education and UNFPA have launched a comprehensive civic engagement initiative in Anloga District funded by Global Affairs Canada. The programme deploys community meetings, outreach at markets and lorry stations, mobile van broadcasts, and men's club engagements to address gender-based violence, adolescent pregnancy, and harmful norms.
A High Court in Accra ruled that Ghana Police Service unlawfully violated the constitutional rights of three citizens—including two broadcast journalists—during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration in September 2023, ordering the Inspector General of Police to pay GH₵150,000 in damages and issue a formal apology. Justice Nana Brew found the police conduct "unprofessional" and determined that the arrest and detention breached rights to personal liberty, human dignity, freedom of assembly, and media independence.
The Network of Women with Disabilities, Africa (NEWDA) has intensified advocacy efforts for Ghana to ratify the African Disability Protocol, describing the move as critical to protecting the rights and dignity of women with disabilities. The advocacy was launched in Accra during a workshop organised in collaboration with the Women with Disability Development and Advocacy Organisation (WODAO).
A writer describes discovering a sprawling, unsightly community of makeshift settlements hidden behind the craft shops at Accra's Arts Centre on John Evans Atta Mills High Street, criticizing city authorities for allowing such conditions to persist in the heart of the city.