Aminu Ibrahim

The Upper West Regional Youth Parliament, a pioneer youth parliamentary model in Ghana established in 2010, has held a capacity building training on civic participation and social accountability for young people and women in the Upper West Region. The training, held on September 25, 2026, formed part of the implementation of the second phase of the Heard Everywhere and Represented Daily (HEARD) project, being implemented in partnership with SAVE-Ghana and Norsaac. The HEARD project seeks...

Activista, a youth network of ActionAid Ghana, has held a stakeholder sensitisation programme in Wa to engage young people on the Constitution Review Committee’s recommendations and government’s position on local government and decentralisation. The programme, held on September 30, 2026, brought together young people from Activista district networks and youth institutions including the Upper West Regional Youth Parliament, Young Urban Women Movement and the National Youth Authority. It...

Mubarak Alhassan Yassanah a.k.a. Ras Mubarak Mubarak Alhassan Yassanah, popularly known as Ras Mubarak, has declared his intention to contest the position of Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Wa East Constituency. Mr Yassanah says he has filed his nomination to contest the position, following what he describes as calls from party members across the constituency to make himself available for the role. His move comes as the NDC begins its 2026...