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Ghana’s prisons: ‘universities of crime’

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault May 9, 2012

Thanks to poor conditions, and a focus on punishment instead of rehabilitation, Ghana’s prisons have become “universities of crime,” says an ex-convict. “Our prisons nowadays are not for reformation but rather training people to become notorious criminals,” says the ex-con, who has just recently been released from prison and wants to remain anonymous. According to [...]

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Health Services Workers Union makes inroads in Ghana

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault April 15, 2012

In Ghana fewer than 10 per cent of workers belong to a trade union. While the minimum wage has almost doubled since 2008, at 4.48 Ghana cedis per day, or about $2.54,  it remains low by international standards. Many workers—especially the large number of farmers in the rural regions—don’t even make the minimum wage because [...]

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Clash over gay rights in Accra

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault March 26, 2012

Gay rights have been pushed to the forefront in Accra after a group of young men, allegedly armed with canes, cutlasses, stones and broken bottles attacked party-goers in the neighbourhood of James Town on Sunday, March 11. “They beat some of our lady friends who were not able to run,” says Hillary, a 27 year-old [...]

Tagged as: Accra, Gay, Ghana, human rights, lesbian

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Kidney disease: a ‘silent killer’ in Ghana

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault March 9, 2012

He says he feels weak. Plastic tubes protrude from his arms and connect to a rectangular machine next to his bed. They are coloured crimson with his blood. Richard Kusi Yeboah is only 15 years old, but he spends 12 hours every week at the renal unit in Accra’s Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. In early 2011 [...]

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Hospital overcrowding a ‘time bomb’ in Ghana

In Malawi,
by Jonathan Migneault February 23, 2012

“This was a time bomb waiting to happen.” That’s what Dr. Philip Amoo had to say after three children died following a bacteria outbreak at Accra’s Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Amoo is the head of Korle Bu’s public health unit and said the “time bomb” was due to overcrowding at Ghana’s largest hospital. Christiana Akyfo, [...]

Tagged as: bacteria, children, hospitals

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The Fulani children of Accra

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by Jonathan Migneault January 24, 2012

Adeeza is 15 years old. Her family traveled to Accra about two months ago from Niger. Her mother tells her she should not speak with me and my colleague but she goes on telling her story. They left their village– where she says they lived comfortably– at six o’clock in the morning one day and [...]

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