Ghana is stepping up efforts to close the gender gap and accelerate progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality).

The government of Ghana, under President John Dramani Mahama, recently announced an approved increase in the daily feeding allowance for prisoners, raising it from the long-stagnant GH¢1.80 to GH¢5.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has identified deep-seated accountability gaps and systemic deficiencies in Ghana’s justice and detention systems.It described them as major ...