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Harvard University — institution that settled a $53 million lawsuit over cadaver parts theft and hosts research fellows and lecturers engaged in international development and journalism.

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Harvard settles $53 million lawsuit over cadaver parts theft

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Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits by families whose relatives' bodies were mishandled by a former morgue manager who stole and sold body parts on the black market. Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard Medical School's morgue for nearly three decades, was sentenced to eight years in prison in December 2023 after stealing and selling organs, heads, faces, brains, skin and hands from donated cadavers since 2018.

20 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 20 August

Harvard settles $53 million lawsuit over cadaver parts theft
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits by families whose relatives' bodies were mishandled by a former morgue manager who stole and sold body parts on the black market. Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard Medical School's morgue for nearly three decades, was sentenced to eight years in prison in December 2023 after stealing and selling organs, heads, faces, brains, skin and hands from donated cadavers since 2018.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 18 August

Harvard appoints former Bank of Ghana Governor Ernest Addison
Former Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Ernest Addison has been appointed a Short-Term Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University's Centre for International Development and Centre for African Studies. He will lead four seminar sessions in October drawing on his eight-year tenure managing macroeconomic policies, financial sector reforms, and Ghana's response to major economic shocks including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war.
18 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 6 August

Nana Benyin launches manifesto in NPP Germany chairmanship race
Dr. Nana Benyin Enninful has launched a manifesto ahead of NPP Germany Branch elections scheduled for 8 August, presenting a programme to revive chapters, empower members and strengthen the Branch's influence within the party. The manifesto launch, themed "Honouring Our Tradition, Shaping Our Future," is described as historic for external-branch contests, which traditionally have lacked formal written policy platforms.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 15 July

Journalists must pursue truth beyond facts, says Harvard lecturer
Prof Christopher Rhodes, a lecturer at Harvard University, urged journalists to remain committed to both facts and truth, arguing that journalism's role in promoting democratic accountability extends beyond reporting verified information. Speaking at the State of Journalism, Media and Communication Conference 2026, he reflected on newspapers' historic role in Ghana's independence struggle and challenged journalists to uphold truth amid democratic backsliding and misinformation.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Media shaped American Revolution, birth of modern democracy
Harvard lecturer Prof Christopher Rhodes, speaking at the State of Journalism, Media, and Communication Conference 2026, argued that journalists and newspapers were key forces in driving the American Revolution and shaping modern democracy, roles whose historical significance has often been overlooked.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 24 June

Climate change threatens cocoa farmers' health and productivity in Ghana
Researchers at a policy breakfast in Accra warned that climate change is affecting cocoa farmers' health, well-being, and productivity as much as cocoa trees, calling for Ghana's cocoa policy to shift focus from production alone to the farmers themselves.
24 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Saturday 6 June

Ghana's education culture overvalues school prestige, undermines alternative paths
An opinion piece prompted by recent social media debate about the National Science and Maths Quiz argues that Ghana has normalised ranking human worth based on schools attended and career prestige, creating a hierarchy that undervalues less prestigious institutions and creative or technical pathways.
6 June 2026 · Daily Guide →

Tuesday 2 June

Ghanaian scholar leads global health equity research
Dr Godfred Boateng, a Ghanaian-born academic, is conducting research across Canada, the United States, and ten African countries on health equity and social determinants of health, influencing policy and empowering vulnerable communities.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 13 May

Africa's debt crisis rooted in global financial system asymmetries
Despite Africa representing nearly one-fifth of global population but less than 3% of sovereign debt—lower ratios than Europe, the US, and Japan—many African countries remain trapped in debt cycles due to structural inequalities in global finance that limit access to affordable, long-term capital and force reliance on costly, short-term, market-based borrowing in foreign currencies.
13 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Monday 11 May

Bank of Ghana reported GH¢15.6 billion loss in 2025
The Bank of Ghana reported a GH¢15.6 billion loss for 2025 alongside deepening negative equity, with observers questioning whether the central bank's stabilization efforts during Ghana's economic turbulence have left it financially weakened despite contributing to easing inflation, exchange rate stability, and improved investor confidence.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 April

Ghana's development constrained by colonial narrative, not colonialism itself
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's main economic constraint is not colonialism's legacy but the intellectual comfort that blaming colonialism provides, and that the country is increasingly filtering economic and institutional questions through a colonial lens rather than addressing root causes.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →