The Fourth Estate — Investigative Journalism and Public Interest News
Five Fourth Estate journalists shortlisted for 2026 CJID Journalism Excellence Awards
Parents forced to buy desks as Upper East schools struggle with infrastructure deficits
Cocoa farmers report shortages and delays in delivery of promised free inputs
Our Impact
Foreign Affairs Ministry promises reform of document attestation services after The Fourth Estate investigation
Former UDS students petition GTEC over collection of unapproved levies
‘Circle Dubai’ brightens up again after years of darkness
MPs rush to declare assets after The Fourth Estate exposé
Peace returns to Anyinasin as excavators leave, ending months of Galamsey tension
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Cantonments’ ‘Monster’: NAFTI runs out of space as permanent campus rots
Two abandoned classroom projects leave Toflokpo pupils learning under a tree
Terrible NLA-KGL deal: KGL consultant accuses finance minister of misinformation, but NLA D-G backs minister
Ghana could earn GHC 2 billion from Mahama’s proposed lottery reforms – NLA Director-General
Health certificate without vaccination: Ghana’s yellow fever card racket exposed
Public mortuaries lose money as corpses, including chiefs, remain unclaimed for years
General News
The one-kilometre nightmare: Contractor returns to site after The Fourth Estate report
Govt’s embarrassing RTI merry-go-round: 3 institutions, 3 responses, one Presidential report
The one-kilometre nightmare: Contractor disappears after mobilizing to site during Mahama’s visit
Draining the public purse: How state institutions blew GHS88 million on unearned salaries in 5 years
Kamshegu Water Crisis: CSIR tests reveal bacterial contamination, dam water declared unsafe for drinking
Controller suspends salaries of over 2,700 public sector workers
Human Rights
Reels
Anti-Corruption
Videos
SOCO Water Project: The Ghost Boreholes
Environment
Quarry blasts leave a trail of damage in Pwalugu
NDC boys rack up GHS 5million electricity debt at illegal mine despite anti-galamsey crackdown
Researchers sound alarm as galamsey contaminates Black, White and Red Voltas
Huge swathe of Dodowa Forest cleared to relocate traders, raising alarm among environmentalists
Plastic waste collectors struggle as questions raised over use of recycling levy
