To be or not to be; the situation Ghana finds itself in as regards the legalization of homosexuality. Comments by President Akufo-Addo in a recent interview with Aljazeera appears to have rekindled the debate on whether or not to legalize the practice in Ghana.
A decision by the Supreme Court of Ghana to reject a ruling of the African Court in the case of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome and the retrieval of some GHC 51.2 million paid to him by the state has raised more issues than anticipated as scores ponder the basis on which the Supreme Court ignored the African Courts ruling.
Also, centuries after slavery was abolished in the World, the act appears to have ‘resurrected’, this time in a new form as some Ghanaian migrants tell harrowing stories of their experiences in Libya. The migrants were repatriated to the country following an expose of the harsh reality by the CNN.
And as government continues to battle with the challenges of free SHS, civil society calls for a stakeholder consultation to gather thoughts and ideas on how to deal effectively with the rollout of the social intervention policy by government.
