As Zuwera Alhassan walks briskly crashing the grass on her way through the path leading to the village borehole to fetch water that morning, she realized a sudden feeling of wetness, alerting her that it was that time of the month again. She soon started thinking of the consequences that
Bringing up her five children alone, according to Esi Araba pushes her to cope and manage with the naked fire and the heat that emanates from the direct solid fuel, despite the attendant health hazards. Araba, within her 30s says she has engaged
Tawana Musvaburi’s 33,000 Instagram followers may feel like they know all about her life – but most don’t know what her partner looks like. There might be subtle signs she has a boyfriend, like the back of a head, or two clinking wine
When the fishing canoes of Adina and neighboring coastal communities began returning to shore in August, the scene resembled a festival. Nets came in heavy with anchovies, small cod and other small pelagic species a striking contrast to the lean years’ locals had
Fresh trauma arrives with every election season in Tanzania for 42-year-old Mariam Staford. For most, the fiesta-like rallies and songs, along with the campaign messages, signal a chance for people to make their voice heard. But for those with albinism, they bring terror.
As the world marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the European Union and its member States are resolute in their shared value of justice, human dignity, and the belief in rehabilitation. The day serves as an occasion to applaud Ghana’s progress
From a tiny village in the Western part of the Gold Coast emerged a little boy who would grow up into a gaint for African independence and the voice for the oppressed. He personally did not bother about his ethnic roots because he
In the land formerly called the Gold Coast, European castles lined up the shores like invading aliens. The castles were built as early as the fifteenth century and were used by the Portuguese, Dutch, Danes and British to imprison and ship out slaves
An ex-convict, Dennis Kwaku Agyei, 35 years old says he will never pray or desire a prison for even his worst enemies. “Prison is not place for anybody to go there”, she stated when her shared his two and half-years prison experience. Ex-convict
William Kobla Mensah, born in Accra in Ghana’s capital, is a man whose life embodies compassion, courage, and service. Raised by parents who taught him to do good without expecting anything in return, William has carried this principle from childhood into his adult