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 -Why laws don’t engender disclosure of sexual abuse in Ghana. She was five or six, Mary can’t recall but she remembers vividly what happened on several nights for the next 5 years while she shared a room with her cousin. “He would approach my bed each night” she says, “pull down my pant and …”. “It was Christmas, 2006”, NY recounts. “After church service, my sister and I followed him home because he said he wanted to change his outfit and take us out”. Later she recalls that her mother called her sister to assist her in making dinner so she was left alone with him, he locked the door. She was 16, he was 25. “It was early morning, I went to the staff common room to ensure that everything was in place,” says MJ, a third victim of sexual abuse. Then she met a teacher who had come in early to prepare for his class. “He asked me to help him with something, when I got close, he tried to hold my breasts”. These three women do not want to be named, they fear the stigma of sexu...

Introduction In a world where the concept of space is constantly changing, (Scholte, 2005, p. 59) one issue in one corner of the globe affects other parts. That is the case for Hunger. This paper analyses Hunger in Africa as seen by the media in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The paper evaluates two news reports on Hunger within the four main paradigms of International politics (realism, liberalism, international political economy (IPE) and constructivism). The paper will then identify some of the common biases and trends inherent in the reports. Much of the analysis will rely heavily on statistics, data and theories forming the basis for argumentation. The concluding part of the paper will argue for a multi-approach to analyzing problems within International Relations. This paper holds the view that problems cannot be understood sufficiently by relying on a single paradigm. It is by adopting this multi-paradigm approach that the media can improve on its re...

The world over, issues of succession have often generated conflict. The concept of itself is a thorny issue especially in situations where there are no clear lines of succession and there are many ‘rightful’ heirs to a seat of authority. History is awash with man examples of this problem. notable among them is the Spanish Succession (1701–14) which arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II.  Then there is an example that you may be quite familiar with in our own country, the issues to do with Andanis and Abudus or the Dagbon crises. Historically when chieftaincy or ruler-ship feuds mix up with religion, the death tolls are often very heavy. This is particularly true because often in religion, arbitration is done by humans on behalf of the divine and who knows that the divine wants? This brings me to the crust of my epistle this evening. Years ago, a rift was opened between Sunni and Shiad moslems over the suc...

The Deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister-designate Isaac Vanderpuije has stated that he would support any action to deal with the Okada menace in the capital. Even though commercial motorbike activity has been banned; the business seems to be flourishing in the capital. Taking his turn at the vetting committee Isaac Vanderpuije indicated that since there is a law that deals with people who infringe on the law, he is ready to work with the Minister to curb the situation. “Once Okada is outlawed in our statutory book I will support any action by my regional minister or any institution to deal with this menace” he said. He advised that the Okada riders should be approached in a humane way.

The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire,[1] The Empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire by the title of its emperor, the Ghana. The Empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar. A reduced kingdom continued to exist after Almoravid rule ended, and the Kingdom was later incorporated into subsequent Sahelian empires, such as the Mali Empire several centuries later. Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal river and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal, Mauritania and Mali. Historically, modern Ghanaian territory was the core of the Empire of Ashanti, which was one of the most advanced states in sub-Sahara Africa in the 18–19th centuries, before colonial rule. It is said that at its peak, the King of Ashanti could field 500,0...