Human Rights

Lured by opportunity, enslaved by debt: Ghana’s human trafficking crisis

Police accused of abusing a 38-year-old man over a Tik Tok video about Special Ice Water

Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill

When reporting becomes a risk: The growing digital war on journalists in Ghana

Ghanaian journalists alarmed by growing legal threats

Former government appointees under investigation, prosecution did not comply with asset declaration law

CHRAJ sleeps on Songor Salt human rights abuses petition as victims cry for justice

“It’s deadly”: Violence and intimidation deter reporting on illegal mining

Death in Detention 2: Torture and Unexplained Deaths in Ghana Police Cells

Death in Detention: Suspected Killings in Ghana’s Police Custody [Part One]

Shot on duty: A Ghanaian journalist’s five-year struggle for recovery

Freedom without security: Why journalism remains a dangerous occupation in Ghana

Medical Kalabule: Inside Ridge Hospital’s System That Exploits Patients [Part One]

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Mathematical Mix-up or Deliberate Duplication? Why the Presidency’s Big Push report doesn’t add up

The Fourth Estate’s investigations into the Mahama administration’s flagship construction project, The Big Push, generated a lot of public debate about the use and abuse of sole source procurement in the award of public contracts. In May 2026, in response to The Fourth Estate’s investigation, the presidency released a 72-page report which concluded that the Ministry of Roads and Highways did not abuse the sole source process in its award of contracts under the Big Push initiative. Interestingly, the number of Big Push contracts used to arrive at that conclusion differed from those obtained by The Fourth Estate through a Right to Information (RTI) request from the Roads Ministry. While the presidency’s response sought to dispute the number of sole-sourced contracts awarded under the initiative, it however, did not dispute the cost per project contained in The Fourth Estate’s report. So what did the presidency miss in its own review of contracts awarded under its flagship project? Kwaku Krobea Asante joins us to break down the figures and point out where they fall short.