Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a call by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin for the court to set aside its earlier ruling that suspended the speaker’s decision on October 17 to declare four Parliament seats vacant. The court’s ruling, as delivered by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, stated it is a basic principle of law in [...]

A visually impaired Ph.D. applicant in Ghana, Isaac Anin Baah, has filed a lawsuit against the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), one of the nation’s premier higher educational institutions based in Kumasi, after his admission was unexpectedly revoked. Mr. Baah is represented by Carruthers Tetteh, a lawyer who is also visually impaired. [...]