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Occupy 'Julorbi House' Protest

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Clients: United Nations in Ghana, UNESCO , UNFPA, Right To Play UNAIDS

School: Dikan Center , University of Media, Arts and Communication- Institute of Journalism Kwame Nkrumah University of Science of Technology

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Occupy 'Julorbi House' Protest

Copyright George Koranteng Danso 2024

Updated Jan 2024

Location Accra, Ghana

Topics Documentary, Journalism, Politics, Protests

Occupy Jorlobi House was a 3- day protest in Accra, Ghana. The protest started on X formerly twitter with the hashtag #OccupyJulorbiHouse. 'Julorbi' in the Ga dialect mean "the chief of a thief' which a world play on 'Occupy the Jubilee House'' which is Ghana's seat of government. Scores of Ghanaian youths embarked on this protest covened by Democracy Hub. The aim of the protest was to express their displeasure at the hardship, rising cost of living, bad roads, an end to corruption and other issues that they claim make life difficult.

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