Accra Circuit Court Four has sentenced Gift Chinyere Aminu, 36, to seven years' imprisonment in hard labour for human trafficking and prostitution. The court heard that Aminu brought victims from Togo to Ghana and forced them into prostitution, subjecting them to severe beatings when they failed to comply.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Photonics and Optics Laboratory, being established at KNUST, aims to develop local capacity to build, maintain and improve advanced scientific instruments rather than rely on imports. The laboratory, to be commissioned September 22, will train African scientists in photonics applications including medicine authentication, disease screening and environmental monitoring.
7 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
Children as young as 10 are becoming severely addicted to cannabis in parts of the Volta Region, with producers processing raw cannabis into toffees and soft drinks marketed to unsuspecting children, according to the Volta Regional Commander of the Narcotics Control Commission. The trend is most evident in Hohoe and Kpando municipalities, as well as North Dayi, South Dayi, and Afadzato South districts, with cannabis syndicates selling the substance to clients in Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and other parts of West Africa.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A former intelligence bureau chief argues that Sub-Saharan African intelligence services are structured to record and report historical events rather than predict future threats, a practice inherited from the colonial period that undermines their core national security function.
7 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of a resolution endorsing the Equal Earth map projection as a fairer alternative to the Mercator projection, describing it as a landmark step correcting over 450 years of cartographic distortion of Africa. The resolution was adopted by 164 votes in favour to one against (the United States), with six countries abstaining.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →