Hunter mistook man as monkey and killed him

Awutu Beraku (C/R), Jan. 30, GNA - The Awutu Magistrate court has remanded in prison custody, a 35 year -old hunter who mistook a human being for a monkey, shot and killed him instantly at Awutu Ahentia,. Harrison Kwamevi Dzalogo pleaded guilt and will re-appear before the court on February 9, 2009.

Narrating the fact of the case to the court presided over by Mr Kofi Ahiabor, prosecuting Police Chief Inspector Elena Aidoo said on December 18, 2008, Dzalogo who was on a hunting expedition mistook Mensah Deku for a game and killed him. Mensah Deku was then harvesting Griffonia seeds for medicine, with one Kweku Ankamah a friend.

According to the prosecutor the friend and the accused person rushed to town and informed the assembly man of the area. She said the Assembly man led the hunter to make a formal report at the Awutu Beraku Police Station where he was placed in custody. The prosecution said the body has since been deposited at the Winneba Government Hospital for autopsy, while the accused was arraigned before the court.

200 children engaged in child labour withdrawn in Effutu

Winneba(CR), Jan. 30, GNA - The Effutu Municipal Office of Department of Social Welfare (DSW) in collaboration with International Labour Organisation (ILO) has withdrawn 200 children engaged in child labour in the fishing industry within the municipality between 2006 and 2008.

Some of the children between the ages of five and 17 were already in school.

Mr Godwill Francis Acquah, Effutu Municipal Director of DSW disclosed this to Ghana News Agency in an interview in Winneba. He said child labour committees were formed with financial assistance from ILO to withdraw the children, 141 of them being enrolled in schools, 59 of them engaged in skill training such as hair dressing, shoe-making, carpentry and electronics. Mr Acquah said the DSW would venture into other areas where the rights of children were being violated in the municipality. He reminded parents that the Children's Act of 1998 did not permit children to engage in menial jobs.