Monthly Archives: December 2017

VPSHR – WANEP Holds Stakeholders’ Dialogue On VPS

The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)- Ghana, has held a second dialogue on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPS) in the extractive industry with stakeholders within the Newmont Ahafo Mine catchment area. Twenty participants comprising representatives … Continue reading

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VPSHR – UN warns Ghana of threat as private security personnel outnumbers police officers

Ms Patricia Arias …There are 450,000 private security personnel and 33,000 police officers The United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries has warned Ghana of the potential security threat that the very high number of private security personnel … Continue reading

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VPSHR – FG’s hostile measures escalate tension in N’Delta — A’Ibom stakeholders

By Chioma Onuegbu ABAK- STAKEHOLDERS at Akwa Ibom State have detected that unfriendly actions taken by the Federal Government to abate conflicts in the Niger Delta region, especially military attacks, not only triggered the formation of the Niger Delta Avengers, … Continue reading

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