The Electoral Commission, per its mandate, has concluded the compilation of the new voters register which will be used for the conduct of the December 7 general election. Prior to and during the exercise, Ghanaians were witnesses to some incidents of violence, intimidation and in some cases voter suppression by some individuals who were either affiliated to the state or to …

Erik Van Waveren, Global Coordinator for SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) Voice for Change (V4CP), has lauded a Ghanaian non-governmental organisation for empowering communities to adopt proper sanitation and hygiene practices. Intervention Forum (IF), under its V4CP, has for the past three years undertaken extensive continuous capacity building and community engagement programmes with relevant stakeholders on sanitation and hygiene issues. It …

A governance expert has urged community leaders to arm themselves with good leadership skills to get their messages accepted for effective implementation. Mr Felix Amakye, lecturer at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) in Accra made the call when he addressed members of District Sanitation and Hygiene Advocacy teams (DSHAT) at a meeting at Awutu Beraku in the Central …