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Revealing our speakers for our Public Forum and launch of the Model Safety of Journalists Policy! The policy will be launched by Prof. Amin Alhassan, Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie Esq., former President of the Ghana Journalists Association, will be our Guest Speaker. For more details, check the flyer. #EndImpunity #JournalistSafety #PressFreedom #Ghana

Monday, 2 November 2026, is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. We will be marking the day with the launch of our Model Safety of Journalists’ Policy for adoption by newsrooms in Ghana. Editors, media owners and all media stakeholders, join us! See the flyer for details. #EndImpunity #JournalistSafety #PressFreedom #Ghana

Dear Journalists in Ghana, Does your newsroom have a safety policy for journalists?

All journalists and media stakeholders, this is for you! On Monday, 2 November 2026, we will be observing the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists with a public forum on the theme “Ending Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Ghana: Strengthening Safety, Accountability and Press Freedom.” We will also launch our Model Safety of Journalists Policy for Adoption by Newsrooms in Ghana. See flyer for details! Don't be left out! #EndImpunity #JournalistSafety #PressFreedom #Ghana

Your data has value. Every mobile money transfer. Every app sign-up. Every digital ID registration. The question is, who gets to decide how it is used? Join us ti unpack the issues of privacy during the upcoming 8th Privacy Symposium Africa on 25 and 26 November 2026, under the theme “Money. Data. Control.” We are co-organising with @UnwantedWitness and @DPC_Ghana. #PSA2026 #DataProtection #DigitalRights

Missed our Africa-China Relations Reporting training? Watch the highlights below. Journalists from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia spent three days in Accra building skills to cover trade, investment, security and politics between Africa and China with depth and public-interest focus. The training was organised in partnership with the @Journ_SA #AfricaChinaRelations #AfricaChina #MediaDevelopment #Journalism #WestAfrica

Watch: highlights from yesterday’s Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum in Accra under the theme “Leveraging Media Evidence to Strengthen Public Policy and Accountability.” 🎥 Richard Ellimah, Chairperson of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), delivered the keynote address. The forum was organised with funding support from DANIDA through @oxfaminghana.

“Any institution named in an audit or procurement finding should face a legal duty to respond publicly within a fixed window, sixty or ninety days, for instance, with a named individual and a date attached. Silence beyond that window should itself be a reportable fact, not something that simply dissolves into the record.” Excerpt from keynote address by Richard Ellimah, Chairman, Public Interest and Accountability Committee (@PIACGhana), at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @oxfaminghana

“Ghana does not lack evidence of what is going wrong in how public money is procured, spent and accounted for. What we have not reliably built is the mechanism that turns that evidence into consequence as a matter of routine, rather than as exceptional political will in an exceptional year.” ---Excerpt from keynote address by Richard Ellimah, Chairman, Public Interest and Accountability Committee (@PIACGhana ), at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @oxfaminghana

“Policymakers should view evidence not as a threat, but as an opportunity to learn, improve, and rebuild public trust.” ---Remarks by Mohammed Mahamud, Programme Manager, Accountable Governance Programme and Policy, OXFAM in Ghana @oxfaminghana at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @PIACGhana

“At Oxfam, we believe that when credible media evidence meets informed citizens, responsive institutions, and sustained civic action, it can become a powerful force for lasting change.” ---Excerpt of remarks by Mohammed Mahamud, Programme Manager, Accountable Governance Programme and Policy, OXFAM in Ghana @oxfaminghana at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @PIACGhana

“How do we move from media exposure to institutional action; from public outrage to corrective measures; and from evidence of failure to improvements in public policy and accountability?” ---Excerpt from the welcome remarks by Sulemana Braimah @sulemana , Executive Director of the MFWA, at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @oxfaminghana @PIACGhana

“Journalists can expose wrongdoing, but the authority to investigate, recover public funds, sanction wrongdoing or reform policies largely rests with public institutions.” --- Excerpt from the welcome remarks by Sulemana Braimah @sulemana , Executive Director of the MFWA, at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @oxfaminghana @PIACGhana

“A government does not become weaker because journalists expose problems under its watch. Governments become weaker when those problems are ignored or allowed to continue.” ---Excerpt from the welcome remarks by Sulemana Braimah @sulemana , Executive Director of the MFWA, at the ongoing Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum @oxfaminghana @PIACGhana

Join us for the Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum under the theme “Leveraging Media Evidence to Strengthen Public Policy and Accountability.” 📅 Wednesday, October 21, 2026 🕘 9:00 a.m. 📍 Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, Accra The forum is organised with funding support from DANIDA through @oxfaminghana

Introducing our Guest Speaker, the Chairperson of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Richard Ellimah! This Wednesday, October 21, 2026, Mr Ellimah will deliver the keynote address at our Media and Stakeholder Accountability Forum under the theme “Leveraging Media Evidence to Strengthen Public Policy and Accountability.” The forum is organised with funding support from DANIDA through @oxfaminghana.