Tag: Zongo Community
Stay informed on the Ghanaian Minaret and delve into the rich history and culture of the Zongo Community in our News Archive. We provide a comprehensive collection of articles, reports, and updates related to the community’s events, issues, and achievements over the years.
Ghanaian Politicians tasked to end citizenship discrimination against Zongo communities
Accra: Mallama Jamila Dawud, a Muslim scholar, has called on politicians of both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to put in place the needed
Read MoreZongo Development Coordinator faces backlash for receiving Israeli Eid gifts
Accra: Ben Abdallah Banda, Coordinator for the Zongo and Inner Cities Development Secretariat, has come under fire for receiving and facilitating the distribution of Eid gifts from the Israeli Embassy
Read MoreOnly the Zongo communities can change their circumstances – Dr. Amin Adam
Accra: Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, says the future of a prosperous zongo community lies in the will of the zongo people to
Read MoreZongo Youth loses life to election violence in Ablekuma Central
Accra – Ibrahim Abbas, an observer of the December 7 election died on Wednesday at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds. An ex-police officer and the younger
Read MoreZongo Communities Suffer Casualties of Election Violence
Accra – The dream of making the Zongo and Muslim communities a place unsafe for the recruitment of goons for election violence seems to be a mirage. On the back
Read MoreReport suspected violent groups to Police
Accra – The Imam of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent of Police (SUPOL), Husein AbdurRahim Husein has urged community leaders to readily call on the police to assist in dealing
Read MoreDon’t our Zongos have enough Mosques?
I think there is a big issue of misplaced priority amongst Muslims, especially in the Zongos or urban areas. You would see a small community with less than 300 to
Read MoreZongo Fund, Qatar Charity support 600 families
The Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF), an agency of the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development has collaborated with the Ghana Office of Qatar Charity, an international humanitarian organisation to provide sanitary items valued at GH¢194,640 to 600 families at Kasoa zongo in the Central region.
Read MoreFamily of seven murdered Zango youth to receive GH¢1.7 million.
Kumasi – President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a GH¢ 1.7 million compensation package for the families of the seven young men in Asawase in the Ashanti Region, who were wrongfully
Read MoreZango 7 decleared Innocent
Accra – Seven young men described by the police as ‘hardened criminals’ and killed at Manso-Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region have been declared innocent in a report released by the
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