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Prosecute perpetrators of Election 2020 deaths – Emile Short
Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has urged the swift prosecution of those responsible for...
Muntaka confirms 15 deaths and 40 injuries from 2020 and 2024 election violence
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has released alarming data on election-related violence in Ghana, confirming that 15 people lost their lives...
IGP forms special investigative team to probe 2020, 2024 election-related deaths
The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has responded to a directive from President John Dramani Mahama to investigate the deaths linked to...
Suhuyini slams Bawumia over statement on 2020 election deaths
The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, has criticised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his response to questions regarding the...
Mahama slams Akufo-Addo for silence on 2020 Election deaths, promises compensation for families [Video]
Former President John Mahama has criticized President Akufo-Addo for his silence on the deaths of eight citizens during the 2020 elections, pledging to provide...
CHRAJ sends message to Defence, Interior Ministers over 2020 election deaths
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has written to the Defence and Interior Ministers and Inspector-General of Police (IGP), demanding their...
Election 2020: Police confirms 5 deaths
The National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) has announced that its Joint Operation Centre recorded a total of five deaths from electoral and post-electoral violence nationwide...
Affail Monney calls for deeper national introspection over recurring election violence
Former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Roland Affail Monney, has urged Ghanaians to confront the root causes of election-related violence rather than...
Political impunity fueling election violence — Dr. Asah Asante
A political scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Asah Asante, has attributed Ghana’s recurring incidents of election-related violence to a culture of...
11 suspects to face prosecution for 2020 and 2024 election violence
Eleven new criminal case dockets on incidents of violence and deaths recorded during the 2020 and 2024 elections have been prepared by the Ministry...
Security Officers implicated in 7 election deaths – Interior Minister
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has disclosed that investigations into violent incidents during Ghana’s 2020 and 2024 general elections found that...
Use of firearms by security officers, party supporters linked to election deaths – Muntaka
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has revealed that most violent incidents recorded during Ghana’s 2020 and 2024 general elections were linked to...
Mahama receives details of 2020 and 2024 electoral violence report
President John Mahama has announced that he has received a comprehensive report detailing cases of electoral violence from the 2020 and 2024 general elections.
He...
Police shouldn’t wait for President’s directive to investigate election-related deaths – Kwaku Asare
A Fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kwaku Asare, has expressed his support for investigations into the deaths that occurred during the...
Mahama orders immediate probe into election deaths
President John Mahama has directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to immediately launch an investigation into the deaths recorded during...
Minority demands answers over election-related deaths
The Minority in Parliament is demanding urgent answers over the deaths recorded during the just-ended election.
At least three persons died during the 2024 election...
2024 Polls: No one deserves to die over elections – Twum Barima
Private legal practitioner and National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication team member, Twum Barima, has emphasized the need for peaceful elections.
He stated that no one...
2024 elections: Ibn Chambas sends important message to Akufo-Addo
The African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas has called on President Akufo-Addo to ensure no blood is shed...
No peace pact until 2020 election violence is dealt with – Asiedu Nketia
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has maintained its firm stance against signing any peace agreement for the upcoming December elections unless there is accountability...
2024 Election: It’s Alan vs. Mahama, as Bawumia fumbles and tumbles out of the...
The recent media engagement by the NPP's presidential candidate, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has left many Ghanaians questioning his competence and integrity.
His failure to...
NRSA develops codes for political parties to reduce election-related crashes
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has unveiled a new ‘Road Safety Code of Practice for Political Activities’ designed to mitigate road-related fatalities during...
Our hands are so bloody – Rev Opuni-Frimpong on electoral deaths
The Executive Director, of Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong has expressed worry over the inaction in dealing with electoral violence...
Commit to zero tolerance for election violence – Dr Opuni Frimpong urges parties
Former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has urged political parties to commit to zero tolerance for electoral violence and...
Accidents claim more lives in election year — NRSA
Election periods record high number of deaths from road crashes in the country as a result of the disregard for road traffic regulations and...
Stick to the election budget to avoid a crisis in 2025 – Prof. Quartey...
Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Prof. Peter Quartey has cautioned government to stick...
2024 Elections: Ghana must ensure the EC gets it right – IMANI Boss
The founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has told the Electoral Commission (EC) to properly manage the electoral processes to avoid any errors...
2024 election: Ghana must ensure the EC gets it right – IMANI Boss
The Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has told the Electoral Commission (EC) to properly manage the electoral processes to avoid any errors...
NPP super delegates elections worse than Russia-Ukraine war – Omane Boamah
The Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has described the just-end super delegates conference of...
Quack Midwife: How the New Generation Hospital cooked up data to conceal deaths
In parts one and two of this story, we chronicled how The Fourth Estate uncovered an unlicensed midwife whose 30-year history of practice has...
Mahama promises to investigate killing of 8 in 2020 elections
Aspiring Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, has promised to institute investigations into the killing of eight...
‘Electoral officials deployed for 2020 election work have not been paid’
The Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, has urged the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to release funds for the payment of officials...
NDC to hold vigil for victims of 2020 electoral violence
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Thursday hold a vigil in memory of persons who lost their lives in the 2020 election as...
Full text: Electoral Commission’s update on 2020 elections
LET THE CITIZEN KNOW 25-10-2021
Updates on the 2020 elections and responses to some allegations
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the Press. The Electoral Commission...
2020 electoral violence: Mahama’s appeal to E/R House of Chiefs
Former President John Dramani Mahama has passionately appealed to the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs to add their voices to calls for justice for...
Two NDC MPs petition CHRAJ to investigate 2020 election killings
Two legislators – Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) and Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah of Ellembelle, have petitioned the Commission on Human...
Election 2020: National funeral service for victims slated for Jan 7
A national funeral service for all victims who died during and after the December 7 general elections will be held on Thursday January 7,...
The six persons who lost their lives in election violence
Six persons have lost their lives in the just ended December 7 general election as a result of the violence that erupted.
Below is a...
Election 2020: Killings have soiled Ghana’s democracy – Prof Kwasi Prempeh
Executive Director of Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has condemned the isolated cases of violence which were recorded during the recent general election.
Prof...
Year in review: 10 former African leaders who died in 2020
Several former African leaders died in the year 2020 in what has been a tough year for the continent as a whole.
The coronavirus...
CSOs take on matters arising after 2020 election results declaration
Civil Society OrganiSations (CSOs) in Ghana have commended all the key stakeholders including the Electoral Commission (EC), political parties, citizens and the media for...