{"id":25903,"date":"2014-06-19T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=25903"},"modified":"2014-06-19T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T10:00:34","slug":"us-government-condemns-human-right-abuses-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/us-government-condemns-human-right-abuses-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"US government condemns human right abuses in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United States government has tasked Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture to conduct research into human right abuses which culminate into the labeling of aged women as alleged witches and expelling them from their original communities.<\/p>\n
With one million cedis grant from the US government, the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture is expected to come out with recommendations which could lead to the disbandment of alleged witch camps located in various parts of the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
Records have proven that over a million aged women in rural communities particularly in various parts of the Northern Region have been ostracized and camped in isolated communities called alleged witch camps.<\/p>\n
There are six of these identified camps scattered all over the Northern Region including the popular one at Gambaga in the East Mamprusi district, that of Gnani in the Yendi district and the one at Kukuo in the Nanumba South district.<\/p>\n
The Gushiegu district has two camps with one at Nabuli as well as that Basingwa in the Central Gonja district.<\/p>\n
United States Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Excellency Gene Cretz brought the one million grant to the fore when he paid a day\u2019s working visit to the Gnani camp in the Yendi district.<\/p>\n
He reiterated the US government\u2019s commitment to promote the Ghanaian human rights system to improve the livelihood of the destitute in society.<\/p>\n