Whale carcasses washing up in droves
On this idyllic beach in the Western Region of Ghana, the carcasses of five decomposing whales have washed ashore since Aug. 31st. A growing number of decomposing whale carcasses are washing up along...
View ArticleTracking Ghana’s media
Kabral Blay Amihere is the chairman of Ghana’s National Media Commission. This year marks the Commission’s 20th anniversary. By: John Van Dusen ACCRA — Ghana’s media landscape is a shell of its former...
View ArticleCharting government accountability
By: John Van Dusen NKROFUL – A chalkboard with numbers charted like a scoreboard sits outside the district office, the months of the year running across the top and the names of communities running...
View ArticleFord Nation making waves an ocean away
Graffiti depicting Ford on a wall seen in downtown Toronto earlier this year. ACCRA - On a crammed minibus in downtown Accra, a radio announcer is reading a newscast in Twi, one of the local languages...
View ArticleNowhere to go but the gutter
By: John Van Dusen ACCRA, GHANA - The sound of a flushing toilet is as rare as a quiet morning in some parts of Accra. On a weekend trip through James Town, one of first areas to be colonized in the...
View ArticleVictims without voice: measuring gender-based violence in schools
By: John Van Dusen Last month Media Rights Trainer John Van Dusen and Radio Gold journalist Adams Issaka covered a release by the NGO Human Rights Advocacy Centre about the prevalence of gender-based...
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