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The Fourth Estate Podcast takes you beyond the headlines of Ghana’s most impactful investigative journalism. Produced by The Fourth Estate, a non-profit public interest project of the Media Foundation for West Africa, the podcast opens up the reporting that has triggered investigations, prosecutions and difficult national conversations about power, accountability and justice. With a strong focus on corruption, governance, the environment, health and human rights, each episode deepens public understanding of issues that directly affect people’s lives. This is where listeners hear the full story. We go behind the scenes with the journalists who broke major investigations, speak to sources who entrusted us with their experiences, and revisit stories that continue to shape public policy and democratic accountability in Ghana. The Fourth Estate Podcast offers a new way to engage with rigorous, independent journalism, thoughtfully reporte
The Fourth Estate hosts The Fourth Estate, a news show with 11 episodes published.
To equip young journalists with critical, in-depth reporting skills, The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) five years ago, launched the Next Generation Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) fellowship. In this episode,
When the local government ministry started the sanitation guards initiative in 2007, the goal was clear - to help make Ghana cleaner. But as laudable as the idea is, a lot of the guards who have been recruited over the y
Article 286 of the 1992 constitution of Ghana requires public office holders to declare their assets and liabilities before they assume office. They are also required to do same at the end of every four years and at the
Shortly after the Fourth Estate released its documentary 'Medical Kalabule', the Health Minister formed a committee to investigate allegations made in the documentary. The committee's report indicted only one of the medi
Right at the start of his second term in office, President John Mahama pledged to eliminate sole-sourcing, suggesting a push for new legislation to end the practice of awarding public contracts without competitive biddin
Typically, when someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the police launch an investigation to ascertain if it was a murder or accidental. But what happens when a person dies under questionable circumstances while in
Investigations by The Fourth Estate revealed that over a five-year period, at least 19 people died while being detained by the Ghana Police Service. Four of those deaths, according to the police, were suicides. But famil
When the documentary, Medical Kalabule, was released earlier this month, it exposed the desperation and lengths some critically ill patients and their families were willing to go for care. While a committee set up by the
Some doctors in Ghana entrusted with saving lives have instead been preying on patients in desperate need of urgent, life-saving surgeries. In a health system already stretched by staff shortages, limited infrastructure
In just about five short years, The Fourth Estate has produced investigations that have dominated national conversations and triggered real-world consequences, from prosecutions to policy reviews. But how did this projec
The Fourth Estate Podcast takes Ghana’s most impactful investigations beyond the written page. In just a few years, The Fourth Estate has broken stories that sparked official investigations, triggered prosecutions and fo
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