21.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Police gear up to prevent election violence"

According to the police, it has identified 1,399 violence-prone areas which could see unrest in connection with presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December; most of the areas are located in the North of the country; to prevent violence, the government implemented a security strategy [ID 109588]

10.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Westafrika Monatsbericht Oktober 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (October 2008) [ID 109319]

10.2008 - Source:Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity 

"Citizens and Subjects: Democratisation and Ethnic Identity in Rural Ghana"

Fanteakwa: Report on the connections between ethnicity and political choice during elections (theories of ethnicity, abuse of political power in Fanteakwa, political traditions, history of political parties, democracy, ethnicity and citizenship rights) [ID 108454]

19.09.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"International Religious Freedom Report 2008"

International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [ID 106258]

18.09.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Victims of military abuses to prosecute officers"

Victims of violations committed by military officers are taking their case to the country's highest court after a military investigation confirmed its officers were forcing parking offenders to violate corpses in July 2008 [ID 106333]

09.09.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Pre-election violence escalates"

Northern Ghana: Following an upsurge of pre-election violence that has killed 3 people and injured many others, experts fear hostilities will continue in the months leading to December elections [ID 105724]

03.09.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Restraint call after Ghana deaths"

Ruling and main opposition parties call for restraint after elections clashes kill 3 people [ID 105345]

09.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Ghana Monatsbericht September 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (September 2008) [ID 107686]

27.08.2008 - Source:UK Home Office 

"Country of Origin Information Key Documents; Ghana"

Background information and index to key source documents on Ghana [ID 105804]

07.08.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Pre-election violence and irregularities worries watchdogs"

According to independent observers and civil society groups, voter registration for general elections in December marred by violence and irregularities [ID 103347]

08.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Ghana Monatsbericht August 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (August 2008) [ID 107684]

09.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Ritual killing' rescue in Ghana"

Ghanaian police try to reunite a boy with his family after rescuing him from a ritual killing; the police suspect the boy would have been killed and his body parts used for witchcraft; traditional healers are widely consulted in Africa and some people believe the use of body parts for a ritual can bring good luck and protect against disease or misfortune [ID 100043]

07.07.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-6192 (ACC-GHA-6192)"

Religious communities/cults/sects (cruel practices, infiltration of the legal system, impunity) [ID 100019]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99627]

07.2008 - Source:World Health Organization 

"Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections"

Epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (data on HIV/AIDS and STIs prevalence, health service and care indicators, prevention indicators) [ID 102516]

07.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Ghana Monatsbericht Juli 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (July 2008) [ID 104595]

27.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Conflict in north could threaten elections"

President Kufuor has demanded an immediate end to a conflict between two ethnic groups in the north of the country that has claimed at least 17 lives in the last week [ID 99328]

23.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Vigilante groups fill security vacuum"

Article on militia group known as the “Arakan Barracks Boys” [ID 98947]

20.06.2008 - Source:UK Home Office 

"Country of Origin Information Report; Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)"

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM) (practice, legal framework, protection) in 53 African countries [ID 101174]

14.06.2008 - Source:US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 

"World Refugee Survey 2008"

Annual report on conditions affecting refugees and asylum seekers in 2007 [ID 99940]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]

06.2008 - Source:Danish Immigration Service 

"Protection of victims of trafficking in Ghana; Report from Danish Immigration Service’s fact-finding mission to Accra, Ghana; February 25 to March 6 2008"

Report of a fact-finding mission on protection of victims of trafficking (agencies and organisations engaged in support and protection of victims of trafficking; traffickers’ network and recruitment procedures; reprisals against victims of trafficking; protection, support mechanisms and shelters; internal relocation; return of victims of trafficking) [ID 98667]

28.05.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 97387]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 98105]

06.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Deadly ethnic clashes in the north"

Northern Ghana: At least 5 people died in clash between ethnic groups; police arrested 72 people and imposed a curfew [ID 96398]