Decriminalise Suicide — Chief Psychiatrist
The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei, has advocated decriminalising suicide in the country. He said rather than punishing victims who ...
Tag: Social Issues
Pull Down ‘racist’ Ghandi’s Statue From Legon – Professor Demands
A former Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, has started a campaign asking for the ...
APC Promises Mental Hospital In Every Region
The All People’s Congress (APC) has promised to establish a psychiatric hospital in all ten regions of the country as ...
Baby Born On Mediterranean Rescue Ship
A Nigerian woman has given birth to a boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean after being plucked ...
Belgian Paralympian ‘not Ready’ For Euthanasia
The Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who suffers from an incurable degenerative muscle disease, says she will choose euthanasia, but not ...
Belgian Paralympian ‘not Ready’ To Die
The Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who suffers from an incurable degenerative muscle disease, says she will choose euthanasia, but not ...
Suicide Rates Continue To Rise In Britain’s England, Wales
The number of people in Britain's England and Wales killing themselves continues to rise each year, but is almost 30 ...
Thoughts On the #KenyavsNigeria Twitter War
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook meeting with innovators By Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA On 30 August 2016, ...
More Youth Committing Suicide In Ghana, Media Blamed For It
It has emerged that more youth in Ghana are committing suicide in recent times, with persons as young as 11 ...
Mexicans March Against President’s Proposal To Allow Gay Marriage
Tens of thousands of people across Mexico marched on Saturday to protest against gay marriage, challenging President Enrique Pena Nieto's ...
US To Restrict Dollar Imports Into Zimbabwe
The United States has set in motion a plan to “collapse the Zimbabwean economy overnight” by restricting US dollar imports ...
Health Ministry Orders Heads of Pharmacy Units To Get Back To Work
The Ministry of Health has instructed the Heads of Pharmacy Units in all public health facilities to be at post ...
Nigerians Return To Homes Devastated By Boko Haram
Hundreds of internally displaced people in northern Nigeria are returning home to the villages and towns they fled to escape ...
South Africa Considers Banning U.S. Anti-Gay Preacher
South Africa is considering banning an openly homophobic American preacher from traveling to the country, as a war of words ...
The Nexus Between Eye Health Care And National Development
The primacy of the eye as an indispensable organ in the body cannot be over-emphasized. If you are in doubt, ...
Colonial Ghosts Haunt Accra’s Jamestown
I would suggest Kendrick Lamar´s Alright as a soundtrack to this piece. Imagine how conflicting it can be for young ...
Illegal Child Marriages Flourish In Nepal, Stealing Youths’ Futures
Kopila Wosti was just 14 when her father married her off to a stranger who was five years older. A ...
Hungarian Camerawoman Who Kicked Refugees Charged
A camerawoman who was filmed kicking and tripping up refugees near the Hungary-Serbia border has been charged with breaching the ...
Ghana Prisons Deny Married Inmates Conjugal Visit
The Ghana Prison Service says it cannot guarantee conjugal visit for married inmates citing the lack of facilities and resources. ...
Acid Attacker Slapped With Death Sentence In India
A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has given the death penalty to a man for throwing acid at ...