A broad coalition of Ghanaian organisations, including teachers, doctors, nurses, trade unions, women's and human rights organisations, NGOs, students and others have stated their opposition to the World Bank-backed "private sector participation" proposal and delivered a memorandum to this effect to their government. We urge you to take immediate action to instruct U.S. Executive Directors to oppose the World Bank's water privatization proposal in Ghana and to oppose loan conditions promoting increased cost recovery for water. Access to water is a basic human right and should not be denied to people simply because they are poor.

Students from the Asesewa school in Ghana and the Kingsmead school in UK are using the internet and e-mail to know more about each other's countries. The project will create an on-line resource on teaching and learning about Ghana and development issues.

At least 336 people were displaced by last week's communal clashes between the Konkomba and Nawuri ethnic groups at Kitare in Nkwanta district in the eastern Volta region of Ghana, the district coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Bernard Mensah said.

Participants at a roundtable policy forum on the 'State Responsibility and the UN Declaration on Violence Against Women' organised by The Ark Foundation, a non-profit advocacy organisation in Accra, have asked the government to strengthen the existing structures to deal with such phenomena in accordance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

GHACEM Limited has stated its corporate willingness to assist develop the media to a point where it can truly and vigorously hold the nation's politicians and all other citizens accountable for their actions.This was made known by Mr. George Dawson-Ahmoah, marketing director of Ghacem, when he handed over a free allocation of 500 bags of cement to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in Accra last Friday.

They crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the gender gap and the digital divide on the way to success. Now a group of African women tech-entrepreneurs take on their next challenge: bringing it home.

The Ghanaian Chief Justice has sent out a strong warning to corrupt officials in the judiciary, describing the problem of corruption as "disturbing" and warning that those caught will be removed from the service.

Officials in Ghana announced on Monday that the country will start producing three "off-patent" antiretroviral medications in March 2003. Dr. Kwaku Yeboah, manager of the National AIDS Control Program, said that no price has been set, but he expects the drugs will be "affordable."

The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) in Ghana need your support. Intense research in areas including the operational area of Ghana Australian Goldfields, GAG, found massive human rights violations, e.g. forced evictions, contamination of water bodies for local consumption and the destruction of villages. The gold mining company GAG has recently been bought by Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, and is financially supported through credits of an international consortium which consists of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the German Development and Investment Company (DEG), the Dutch bank FMO and the Swedish bank SEB. The IFC is playing a leading role and has a 20% equity stake in GAG. Write to the IFC and tell them that you are aware of the situation and that you expect a thorough investigation and for the human rights violations to stop.

President John Agyekum Kufuor has appointed 11-member committees to run the affairs of six Dagbon districts in northern Ghana, where a state of emergency has been in force since the murder of the Dagbon king, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani, in March.

The US Committee for refugees has written to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers to discuss the refugee situation in Ghana and to inform the High Commissioner of the current condition of UNHCR programs and of the formidable challenges before the agency.

The ongoing public hearing about the perceived corruption in the Ghanaian judiciary by the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Judiciary made a stopover in Sekondi-Takoradi last week with shocking revelations by some members of the bar.

An email service designed to enable the rapid and efficient use of ICT's as a tool for Ghana's development has been launched. ICONNECT GHANA is a quarterly online, offline and email service knowledge vehicle.

The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Papa Owusu-Ankomah, has called for laws to guide the conduct of public and civil servants. He said because ethics are not enforceable legally, most public and civil servants do not feel obliged to serve the nation as expected.

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD)has called for the formulation of a framework for Corruption Impact Analysis (CIA) to evaluate and assess the acceptability of important policy measures, laws and regulations to mitigate corruption.

Research suggests that proper treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) could reduce HIV incidence by as much as 40 percent. What is the best way to tackle STIs in countries with limited resources? Pharmacists are the most common source of STI treatment in Ghana. Should the government's HIV prevention strategy include training for pharmacists in STI management?

The Ghanaian parliament on Monday approved a fourth extension - for four weeks - of a state of emergency and curfew in northern Ghana's Dagbon traditional area, whose king and 29 other people were killed in March, state radio reported on Monday.

The International Federation of Journalists has called on the Government of Ghana to take "urgent and immediate steps" to secure the safety of Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of Crusading Guide, following two death threats.

Ghanaians voted in local government elections on Tuesday, but the polls were postponed in some areas, including six districts in the Northern Region where a state of emergency was imposed following the murder of a traditional ruler on 27 March.

The Japanese government has given 3.2 billion cedis to the Electoral Commission (EC) for the District Level Elections.