Human Rights

Transparency in words, Secrecy in practice: How MDAs are betraying Gov’t’s transparency pledge

Lured by opportunity, enslaved by debt: Ghana’s human trafficking crisis

Police accused of abusing a 38-year-old man over a Tik Tok video about Special Ice Water

Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill

When reporting becomes a risk: The growing digital war on journalists in Ghana

Ghanaian journalists alarmed by growing legal threats

Former government appointees under investigation, prosecution did not comply with asset declaration law

CHRAJ sleeps on Songor Salt human rights abuses petition as victims cry for justice

“It’s deadly”: Violence and intimidation deter reporting on illegal mining

Death in Detention 2: Torture and Unexplained Deaths in Ghana Police Cells

Death in Detention: Suspected Killings in Ghana’s Police Custody [Part One]

Shot on duty: A Ghanaian journalist’s five-year struggle for recovery

Freedom without security: Why journalism remains a dangerous occupation in Ghana

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Inside the Property Rate Deal That Cost Assemblies Millions

In 2023, the Akufo Addo administration introduced a digital platform to centralise property rate collection, promising to modernise the system and boost local revenue. But an investigation by The Fourth Estate revealed that instead of solving the problem, the digital platform led to a sharp decline in collections. In this episode, Seth Bokpe explains why the system failed, how much was collected, and why the money remains unaccounted for.