Author: Savio

Ghana has taken over the chairmanship of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) from Switzerland, marking the first time the organization’s leadership has moved outside Europe. The handing-over ceremony, held in Accra, was attended by the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, who pledged Ghana’s full support to GAAMAC’s mission of preventing mass atrocity crimes. In his address, the Minister highlighted Ghana’s long-standing commitment to global peace, tracing its contributions from the early 1960s in peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lebanon, to interventions in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, and Sudan. He...

As part of efforts towards strengthening Ghana’s disaster preparedness and response, the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, under the National Disaster Management Organisation Act, 2016 (Act 927), has inaugurated the National Disaster Management Committee, which is tasked with coordinating disaster management activities across the country. The Committee, which was inaugurated at the Ministry’s Conference Room in Accra will provide strategic policy direction, harmonize institutional efforts, and enhance resilience against hazards such as floods, epidemics, fires, seismic risks, and conflicts. The Committee’s mandate includes ensuring adequate facilities for relief, rehabilitation, and recovery, securing financial and logistical support from...

The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, convened a meeting with the Greater Accra Regional and District Police Commanders and the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at the Ministry of the Interior to address ongoing chieftaincy disputes and issues related to the Homowo festival that have threatened peace in the region. Hon. Muntaka charged the Regional and District Police Commanders to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to crime, emphasizing that “crime must be treated as crime.” He urged the police to be firm and resolute in preventing the recurrence of chieftaincy disputes and Homowo-related disturbances, which have disrupted...