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World Clubfoot Day: GIS students paint foot braces for clubfoot children in Ghana
Students of the Art Club of the Ghana International School (GIS) in Accra have participated in a “Paint a Brace” initiative as part of activities to commemorate this year’s World Clubfoot Day on June 3, 2023.
This initiative led by the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) and Hope Walks, a non-governmental organisation, was to put a smile on the faces of children receiving treatment for clubfoot at various facilities in the country.
Some of the braces designed by the pupils
Clubfoot is a range of foot abnormalities usually present at birth in which a baby’s foot is twisted out of shape or position.
With the guidance of teachers and the team from CHAG and Hopes for Life, the art students actively participated in the project and came up with colorful footbraces last Wednesday in Accra.
Mrs. Nana Afua Adutwumwaa Adjetey, Programme Manager, CHAG/Hope Walks Clubfoot Project, said the collaboration was to create clubfoot awareness and treatment.
“About one in 1,000 babies born in Ghana have the deformity. Because the cause is largely unknown, the disease is considered a curse with the belief that the babies are “river babies” or “dwarf babies.”
“These beliefs and the high stigma associated with the deformity force some families to abandon their children,” she said, adding that the disease was treatable and about 8,000 children had received treatment since 2008.
Treatment for clubfoot comes in two stages.
The Corrective Phase involves a series of manipulation, casting, and tenotomy (minor surgical procedure).
The Maintenance Phase involves wearing of foot abduction brace. At this stage, a clubfoot child wears the brace to maintain the correction achieved till age five.
In the first three months, the child wears the brace for 23 hours a day. The brace is taken off during bath time and exercise (stretches) is done for the baby’s foot. After three months, the child wears the braces during the night and nap time till age five to avoid clubfoot relapse or re-occurrence.
CHAG and Hope Walks urged individuals and institutions to replicate the project and support children with clubfoot.
By Ernest Nutsugah
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Man jailed 25 years over Kasoa-Winneba Highway robbery
The Central East Regional Police Command yesterday, Tuesday July 8, 2025 secured conviction of accused person Mohammed Bello aged 20.
The convict Mohammed Bello on July 6,2025 at about 12:30am, at Dabanyin near Gomoa Buduatta junction along the Kasoa-Winneba road together with four other accomplices currently on the run, robbed drivers and passengers of their belongings.
Some items stolen included mobile phones and an unspecified amount of money.
Through a swift and intelligence-led police response, Mohammed Bello was arrested within the
vicinity while trying to escape. 
A search conducted on him led to the recovery of cash the sum of GH$3,740.00, two Samsung smartphones, one Tecno Spark 20, an ltel keypad phone, an Itel power
bank, a lady’s purse, five sticks of cigarettes, a wristwatch, a headset, and a mobile phone charger
head as well as a pair of sandals which was identified by one of the victims during investigations.
After thorough and painstaking investigations, he was arraigned before the Ofaakor Circuit Court yesterday,
July 8, 2025 where he pleaded guilty to the charges of robbery and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
The Central East Regional Police command remains resolute in its commitment to ensuring the
safety and security of the public by bringing all accomplices of this crime to face the full rigors of the law.
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Confrontation with Police over unauthorised parking: Mayor of Accra apologises
The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has apologised to the Police following an incident involving an officer from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), stressing that his actions were not targeted at the police but were intended to ensure compliance with city regulations.
Speaking to journalists on his usual monitoring exercise of the ongoing decongestion exercise, the Mayor said he returned to the same location where the confrontation occurred to demonstrate that enforcement was impartial and continuous to ensure a city where vehicles and pedestrians could move freely. 
“You can see, today I’m back here again to the same place where the incident happened,” he stated explaining that the disagreement arose because the officer in question was allegedly allowing drivers to park and load passengers at unauthorised locations within the Central Business District.
According to him, such practices undermined the Assembly’s efforts to maintain order and reduce congestion.
“The police officer was not doing the right thing, and the people are still here today because of that,” he remarked, gesturing to clamped vehicles lined along the roadside.
