Earlier this year the media in Ghana became consumed with a story about an armed robbery on a bus from the capital Accra to Bolgatanga in the north. According to one woman, the robbers boarded the vehicle, stole possessions, and then made the male passengers rape the females. She even said one man was forced [...]

Stephen Mensah says his hearing-impaired brother, Kofi, felt ill during Sunday church service last week. Kofi got progressively worse throughout the week until he lost consciousness on Thursday morning and his wife, who is also hearing-impaired, had to bring him to the hospital in Accra. With Kofi unconscious and his wife unable to read or [...]