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Gender Ministry reviews Domestic Violence Act

    The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DoVVSU) of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) is reviewing the Domestic Violence Act 2007 (Act 732) and its Legislative Instrument (L.I 2237) to make them more respondent to changing times. The Domestic Violence Act was introduced to …

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Arise Ghana Demo: Day one violence was intended by protesters — Criminologist

  Dr. Jones Opoku-Ware, a criminologist and lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), believes that the protesters of the Arise Ghana ‘Krom Ay3 shi’ demo planned the violence to create a bad image for the police on Tuesday. Speaking on the ‘Frontline Show’ on the Accra-based …

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VIDEO: Police contain Nima violence

  VIDEO: Police contain Nima violence Details of the violence are sketchy, however, the police post accompanied by a 15-second video says the street fight has been contained  File photo: Crowd control police on the street The police say they have brought a violent situation under control in Nima, a suburb of Accra, …

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Feminism is responsible for domestic violence – Pete Edochie

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Pete Edochie Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has blamed feminism for the increasing cases of domestic violence women suffer in marriage. Speaking to BBC Igbo, the actor said women are at fault in most of the incidents of domestic violence. He lamented that today’s women do not know how …

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Full text: NDC addresses violence during voters’ registration exercise

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Registration exercise PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE HON JOHNSON ASIEDU NKETIAH ON THE VIOLENT CONDUCT OF THE 2020 MASS VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE PARTICULARLY THE BRUTAL ATTACKS ON EWES AND INNOCENT CITIZENS IN BANDA DURING THE EXERCISE. Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, you are welcome …

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Rape and violence against women is not something we should joke with’ – Information minister

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Minister of information Kojo Opong Nkrumah Listen to the Article The minister of information Kojo Opong Nkrumah has joined other well-meaning Ghanaians to condemn what appears to be a rationalization of rape. He took to Twitter to write: “Rape and violence against women is not something …

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SA apologises to Nigeria for xenophobic violence

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of attacks in which Nigerians and other foreigners have been targeted. A special envoy from South Africa presented an apology from President Cyril Ramaphosa to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The envoy, Jeff Radebe, …

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SA apologises to Nigeria for xenophobic violence

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of attacks in which Nigerians and other foreigners have been targeted. A special envoy from South Africa presented an apology from President Cyril Ramaphosa to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The envoy, Jeff Radebe, …

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Savannah Region: One dead, four injured after communal violence

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The police have said they are investigating the matter At least one person is feared dead and four others wounded after communal violence broke out Thursday evening between two rival groups at Lakula near Daboya in the Savannah Region. An eye witness in Mankarigu, a nearby …

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Asokore- Mampaong: Hundreds flee violence at Dagomba-Line

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Hundreds of Dagombas settlers at the Dagomba-Line at the Asokore-Mampong municipality of the Ashanti region have started fleeing the area on Friday following the clash between them and police on Tuesday. The incident, that led to some of them sustain various degrees of injuries, started when …

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