{
  "id": 14710237,
  "title": "Obuasi SHTS abuse: Sanction all officials who failed to act – Moving Masculinity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/obuasi-shts-abuse-sanction-all-officials-who-failed-to-act-moving",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T13:45:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/obuasi-shts-abuse-sanction-all-officials-who-failed-to-act-moving-masculinity/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Moving Masculinity founder Esther Amarh has called for sanctions against all officials who failed to act on allegations of sexual abuse at Obuasi Senior High Technical School. Following a JoyNews investigation by Manasseh Azure Awuni, it was revealed that municipal authorities, education officials, and other influential figures had received reports about the abuse months before the headmaster, Zakaria Abdulai, was suspended. Amarh argues that accountability must extend beyond the suspended headmaster to every institution and official who received complaints but failed to take appropriate action to protect the students. She warns that without sanctions, similar incidents will continue to occur in schools and suggests that officials found to have failed in their duties should face consequences that could affect their salaries and promotion prospects.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "KMA Mayor recalls what embattled Obuasi SHTS headmaster told him about alleged sexual abuse (Video)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/kma-mayor-recalls-what-embattled-obuasi-shts-headmaster-told-him",
        "published": "2026-10-15T11:42:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Obuasi SHTS: Number of students alleging sexual abuse rises to 16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/obuasi-shts-number-of-students-alleging-sexual-abuse-rises-to-16",
        "published": "2026-10-15T12:19:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}