5,599,882 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
|
Hundreds of women marched in Accra to the Nigerian embassy to present a petition protesting the kidnapping of girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram |
5,599,885 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
|
Members of the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union (GNPTDU) refused to allow any vehicle to load petrol from the Accra BOST depot in protest of BOST's alleged destruction of their office, and to demand it be rebuilt |
5,599,889 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
|
Ghanaians, Cameroonians and Burkinabe came together to presented a petition to ask the Nigerian president to treat the abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram as an international incident and do more to solve it |
5,599,893 |
6.69622 |
-1.62195 |
Ghana |
|
New Patriotic Party (NPP) members and supporters marched in Kumasi in protest over economic hardships, power cuts, and the long period of piloting the National Health Insurance Scheme in the region |
5,599,899 |
8.85925 |
0.05932 |
Ghana |
|
The traditional chief of Bimbilla and three others were killed during an exchange of gunfire in a suburb of the town; four others, including a child of 4 years, were seriously injured in the clash involving two opposing factions; the dispute was believed to be related to an earlier clash over the chieftancy |
5,599,903 |
5.5698 |
-0.20505 |
Ghana |
|
Security guards at the NPP HQ clashed with new security guards appointed by the Paul-Afoko administration when they tried to assume their duties; the original guards had not been told about the situation; the new guards attempted to use violence, but the situation was defused by forty police officers and the arrival of NPP party leadership |
5,599,906 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
|
Hundreds of mostly middle class Ghanaians have protested in front of the presidential palace against worsening economic conditions in Ghana; there was a heavy police presence, many of whom were in full riot gear; the protesters presented a petition to the government |
5,599,909 |
5.61667 |
-0.01667 |
Ghana |
|
500 members of the Tema regional office of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) have staged a protest over the rising cost of living. |
5,599,912 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
|
Human rights activists across West Africa held protests on the 20th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's seizure of power in Gambia to raise awareness of Gambia's human rights situation. |
5,599,915 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
|
Thousands of workers have protested against worsening economic conditions in the country around Nkrumah Circle in Accra; the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union organized the protests. |