4 d. ago Hong Kong orders removal of scaffolding mesh after deadly blaze

Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered the removal of scaffolding mesh from buildings undergoing renovations by Saturday, as investigations continue into the Chinese territory's deadliest blaze in decades.

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5 d. ago Let students worship freely – Nana Yaa Jantuah calls for religious tolerance at Wesley Girls

Senior presidential staffer, Nana Yaa Jantuah, has urged stakeholders to focus on tolerance and respect for worship amid the ongoing controversy over religious rights at Wesley Girls Senior High School. In an exclusive interview on the AM Show, she said students attending faith-based schools must adhere to school rules, but provisions should exist to allow them to practice their religion freely.

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6 d. ago Wesley Girls Brouhaha: Ghanaians should pause for reflections on religio

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wesley-girls-brouhaha-ghanaians-should-pause-for-reflections-on-religio-political-illusions-jacob-osei-yeboah-writes/First and foremost, as a Christian, I was born and raised at yalewa Zongo, a typical Muslim dominant community in Kumasi within Zongo police station’s enclave. Multiparty/partisan democracy as I keep on asserting, is oxymoronic. It makes us lose our humanity, and we begin to believe in illusions under the matrix of control of neocolonialists […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wesley-girls-brouhaha-ghanaians-should-pause-for-reflections-on-religio-political-illusions-jacob-osei-yeboah-writes/

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7 d. ago ‘Wesley Girls asks students to spy on Muslim girls so they don’t pray’ – Interior Minister alleges

Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has raised concerns over what he describes as growing intolerance within both Christian and Muslim faith-based schools across the country. He cautioned that such practices risk deepening division and undermining Ghana’s longstanding culture of religious coexistence.

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7 d. ago Wesley Girls’ brouhaha can degenerate our society into something else – Interior Minister warns

Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has issued a stark warning over the ongoing controversy surrounding alleged restrictions on Muslim students at Wesley Girls’ High School.

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7 d. ago The Wesley Girls Controversy: Hijab, Fasting, and the Missionary Heritage

When news broke that some Muslim students at Wesley Girls (and by extension other Christian mission-founded schools) are claiming they have been barred from observing their religious obligations - wearing the hijab, fasting during Ramadan, or attending to Islamic rites, the uproar has forced Ghanaians to ask: how do we reconcile the religious identity of our historic mission schools with constitutional religious freedom?

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7 d. ago Wesley Girls Religious Rights Debate Intensifies Across Ghana

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wesley-girls-religious-rights-debate-intensifies-across-ghana/The Wesley Girls Senior High School religious rights controversy has sparked a national conversation involving political leaders, religious figures, legal experts and educators as Ghana grapples with questions about religious freedom, mission school identity and constitutional obligations. The debate gained momentum after the Supreme Court on November 25 directed the school to respond within 14 […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wesley-girls-religious-rights-debate-intensifies-across-ghana/

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8 d. ago Why is President Mahama silent on Wesley Girls’ brouhaha?” – Egyapa Mercer asks

Former Sekondi MP, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has questioned President John Mahama’s silence on the escalating controversy surrounding religious rights at Wesley Girls’ High School.

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8 d. ago Mission schools must not be weakened for their decades of investment – Prof. Bokpin

Economist and Finance Professor at the University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has urged the government and the public to approach current debates on religious rights in mission schools with caution, warning that any reforms must not erode the identity or long-standing investments made by these institutions.

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8 d. ago Wesley Girls’ saga: Mission schools must not be weakened for their decades of investment – Prof. Bokpin

Economist and Finance Professor at the University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has urged the government and the public to approach current debates on religious rights in mission schools with caution, warning that any reforms must not erode the identity or long-standing investments made by these institutions.

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8 d. ago Wesley Girls’ case: Inusah Fuseini links current education tensions to colonial legacy

Former Tamale Central MP, Inusah Fuseini, has argued that longstanding educational disparities between religious groups in Ghana are rooted not in choice but in the country’s colonial history.

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9 d. ago This Saturday on Newsfile: Wesley Girls brouhaha, Kpandai election rerun and MIIF GH¢11m spending on foreign travel

This weekend on Newsfile, we confront the stories defining Ghana’s rule of law, governance, and accountability ecosystem. It’s a charged national conversation, from the classrooms of Cape Coast to the corridors of Parliament, and straight into the vaults of Ghana’s mineral wealth.

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9 d. ago Livestream: Newsfile discusses Wesley Girls brouhaha, Kpandai election rerun and MIIF GH¢11m spending on foreign travel

This weekend on Newsfile, we confront the stories defining Ghana’s rule of law, governance, and accountability ecosystem. It’s a charged national conversation, from the classrooms of Cape Coast to the corridors of Parliament, and straight into the vaults of Ghana’s mineral wealth.

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9 d. ago Playback: Newsfile discussed Wesley Girls brouhaha, Kpandai election rerun and MIIF GH¢11m spending on foreign travel

This weekend on Newsfile, we confront the stories defining Ghana’s rule of law, governance, and accountability ecosystem. It’s a charged national conversation, from the classrooms of Cape Coast to the corridors of Parliament, and straight into the vaults of Ghana’s mineral wealth.

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9 d. ago Ghana Needs National Framework for School Religious Practice

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-needs-national-framework-for-school-religious-practice/Former National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) Chief Executive Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has called for Ghana to establish a unified national framework governing religious activities in senior high schools following ongoing legal battles over religious freedom at Wesley Girls’ High School. Speaking on Metro TV, Nkansah argued that many schools already have models ensuring peaceful […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-needs-national-framework-for-school-religious-practice/

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9 d. ago Methodist Church Ghana vows to take necessary action to protect church’s interest in Wesley Girls’ Supreme Court case

The Methodist Church of Ghana says it is preparing to take all necessary legal steps to protect its interests in the ongoing Supreme Court case involving Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS), insisting the institution has never engaged in religious discrimination. In a press statement, the Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Prof. Johnson K. Asamoah-Gyadu, said the […]

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9 d. ago Not the same fight: Why the Achimota and Wesley Girls cases tell two different stories

Public debate in Ghana has a habit of folding everything into the same envelope. Once two disputes involve a school rule and a religious practice, they are instantly treated as twins.

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9 d. ago Methodist Church rejects discrimination claims, says Wesley Girls’ has accepted all faiths for over 189

The Methodist Church of Ghana has pushed back firmly against allegations of religious discrimination at Wesley Girls’ High School, stating that the renowned institution has a 189-year tradition of welcoming students of all faiths and backgrounds. In a press release responding to a pending Supreme Court suit filed by a Muslim, the Presiding Bishop of […]

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9 d. ago Methodist Church Ghana responds to Supreme Court suit over Wesley Girls’ High School

The Methodist Church Ghana has responded to reports of a case filed at the Supreme Court against Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS), saying it is taking steps to secure the official court documents and will defend its interests fully.

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1 week ago GPCC defends Christian mission schools amid national debate on religious practices

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has issued a statement addressing the ongoing national debate surrounding the role of Christian mission schools and the practice of other religious faiths, with particular focus on Wesley Girls Senior High School.

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