Current Affairs

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Professor Stephen Kweku Asare, Legal Scholar and CDD-Ghana Fellow who writes under the moniker GOGO, has warned that Operation Recover All Loot cases are stalling as Ghana’s courts enter their annual long vacation, renewing his yearly call for the judiciary to rethink how it schedules judicial leave. Professor Asare opened his commentary by noting […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS The Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Mahama Ayariga, has described the Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament as one of the most productive legislative periods, highlighting the passage of ten major bills aimed at strengthening Ghana’s economy, governance and public institutions. Delivering his closing remarks before Parliament adjourned […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, for a four-day State Visit running from August 2 to August 5, aimed at strengthening Ghana’s longstanding relationship with Jamaica while deepening Africa-Caribbean cooperation and advancing the global reparations agenda. The visit will centre on expanding diplomatic, cultural and economic ties between Ghana and Jamaica, […]

ELS: MBN360 Politics The High Court in Accra has ordered the freezing of five bank accounts and four landed properties belonging to former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Edward Aboagye, popularly known as Dennis Miracles Aboagye. The order follows an application by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved a donation of US$250,000, equivalent to about GH¢3 million, to support victims of the recent devastating floods in Ghana. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the donation, saying the Ministry had been officially notified by the ECOWAS Commission of the decision. […]

ELS: ,MBN360 NEWS Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has criticised what he describes as the growing perception that Ghana’s justice system operates “two sets of laws for two sets of people” following the acquittal and discharge of former MASLOC Chief Executive, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu In a press release issued on Friday […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Ghana has moved closer to abolishing capital punishment after a Government Committee’s recommended report on removing the death penalty from the country’s statutes was formally accepted. The announcement was made by Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine who said the acceptance of the report signals the government’s commitment to human […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS A conflict unfolding thousands of kilometres from Ghana is once again exposing a weakness at the heart of the country’s energy system: its heavy dependence on imported refined petroleum products. Renewed tensions involving the United States and Iran have pushed global oil and fuel markets back into a period of heightened uncertainty, […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, legal scholar and CDD-Ghana Democracy and Development Fellow, has proposed a system of concurrent voter and party registration as a potential replacement for Ghana’s delegate-based primary elections, following the Supreme Court’s declaration that such systems are unconstitutional. Professor Asare outlined his proposal in written commentary addressing what should come next […]

ELS: MBN NEWS The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Henry Nana Boakye has argued that the Supreme Court’s decision on the delegate voting system will not by itself eliminate vote buying in political party elections. Therefore he called for a specific legal framework that clearly defines electoral inducement and establishes penalties for offenders. Mr Boakye […]