Ghana

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• Bono East
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• Western North Region
• Western Region

Documents

Title	Publication date
Sorin Dhondt (31) was adopted from Romania as a child: “They told my mother that I was dead”	15 December 2023
Paper Orphans: Preventing Illegal Intercountry Adoptions - BORGEN	28 June 2023
Lawyer, proprietress jailed 6 years over child adoption	28 October 2022
The end of orphanages starts with family strengthening programs | TheHill	7 January 2022
Clinic belonging to doctor involved in baby harvesting syndicate shut down	30 January 2021
Baby Harvesting/trafficking: Time For National Dialogue And Collective Action-Rise-Ghana	29 January 2021
Baby harvesting scandal: Child adoption process not complex – Social Welfare clarifies	21 January 2021
Baby selling: EOCO arrests at least 10 suspected persons - MyJoyOnline.com	20 January 2021
Social Welfare discloses new reforms for adoption	28 September 2019
Parents operating ‘baby factories’ in Ghana — Gender Minister	13 February 2018
Kaduna State Temporarily bans Child Adoption	18 January 2018
US/Ghana: Two sign agreement to improve child adoption	10 August 2016
Nana Oye Lithur gives assurance of government’s commitment to child protection	12 June 2016
US Notice: Update on Intercountry Adoptions from Ghana and Important Cautionary Notes (moratorium)	23 May 2016
Gov’t secures $5m to restructure Social Welfare Dept	3 January 2016
Strike by drivers, US adoption, mayors conference dominate Ghanaian media	2 June 2015
Ghana: Social News Cabinet approves ratification of Convention on Protection of Children By	21 May 2015
Gender Ministry to centralise child adoption (SUSPENSION)	24 June 2014
Police Arrest Suspected Child Traffickers in Kumasi	3 June 2014
Ghana: Gender Ministry to Regulate Child Adoption	22 August 2013
Alert: Guidance on Processing of Emergency Adoption Cases during Ghana’s Suspension	30 April 2013
International Adoptions: UNICEF urges Ghana to the ratification of the Hague Convention by June 2013	11 March 2013
DUTCH 'PAEDO' IS HOT! (Ghana)	9 July 2012
Two NGOs raise funds to support child trafficking victims	4 July 2012
GHANA PEDO'S CASE GETS INT. TOUCH	29 June 2012
GroenLinks wil daadkracht kabinet in strijd tegen kindersekstoerisme (incl Parliamentary Question)	28 June 2012
Paradijs voor Pedo's (Ghana)	28 June 2012
US couple detained in Ghana while trying to	26 June 2012
Ghana To Streamline Inter-Country Adoption	4 June 2012
Mariëtte regelt adoptie	2 April 2012
Courtcase Ghana adoption Netherlands - Guardianship Youthcare	21 March 2012
Blog adoptie Vera	12 March 2012
Editor Dares Dutch Crook and wife!	8 December 2011
Editor Dares Dutch Crook and wife!	8 December 2011
Blog - problems Nigeria, Congo, Ghana - Netherlands	1 October 2011
German courtcase - adoption Ghana	10 May 2011
Directors charged with defrauding adoption agency of $420,000	8 April 2011
Courtcase Ghana adoption Netherlands - Guardianship Youthcare	30 March 2011
Woman Jailed 7 Years For Child Trafficking	29 March 2011
Abolish orphanages – NGO urges government	28 January 2011
EOCO probes sale of kids at orphanage	27 January 2011
Dutch couple involved in Adoption scandal	10 January 2011
Mijn Geheim - Mariete	2011
Two held by Northern Police for child trafficking	26 November 2010
OrphanAid Africa urges government to phase out orphanages	9 September 2010
Nine to probe abuse at Osu Children's Home	7 September 2010
Kids For Sale...By Orphanages	21 August 2010
Courtcase Ghana adoption Netherlands - Guardianship Youthcare	29 June 2010
Fighting to bring the family home	27 June 2010
Social Welfare closes down orphanage in Kosoa	8 May 2010
Bigger love: Declo family enriched by adopted children	5 May 2010
Blog: Ghana is Calling.	18 April 2010
Change in Processing Timeline for Adoption Cases in Ghana	7 April 2010
CIC not prioritizing adoption	4 April 2010
Blog: Waiting - Ghana	11 March 2010
Couple wait for adoption paperwork to be approved by Canadian High Commission	10 March 2010
Invalid death certificate puts BC couple in African adoption limbo	9 March 2010
The Real Grace Omaboe and Peace and Love Orphanage	7 February 2010
Comments to article:	27 January 2010
Ghana Programme	1 January 2010
Wikileaks - SUBJECT: FROM LUSAKA TO HAGUE: ZAMBIAN ADOPTIONS	28 December 2009
AAI Annual Holiday Letter	8 December 2009
Maame Dokono Trial Begins	24 November 2009
B.C. parents stranded in Nepal with adopted daughter coming home	20 November 2009
Adoptions from Ghana dropped by rescued agency	4 November 2009
Grace Omaboe charged	29 October 2009
No way for mushroom orphanage homes? ? Social Worker	17 September 2009
Blog: Awaiting our gifts from Ghana	26 August 2009
Ghana official takes tour of local adoptive homes	12 August 2009
Founder of orphanage in Ghana denies wrongdoing	20 July 2009
Orphanage ordeal	19 July 2009
Bankrupt adoption agency owed money to 400 families	17 July 2009
Parents unaware kids up for adoption	17 July 2009
'Some of the children were actually not orphans'	17 July 2009
Anxious adoptive parents wait for agency's bankruptcy to be sorted	15 July 2009
US State Department - Ghana	2009
Facebook discussion	2009
Bankrupt Cambridge adpotion agency had ties to suspect African orphanage	17 July 2007
Hands of Mercy Christian Outreach to build Orphanage	28 May 2005
Bolingbrook Woman Sentenced For Adoption Scam	4 May 2004