Ghana’s Diplomatic Response to South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence Tests African Free Movement Commitments Ghana’s decision to evacuate hundreds of its nationals from South Africa, following a wave of anti-immigrant protests, has exposed a structural fault line in continental integration: the…
Ghana’s Diplomatic Machinery Under Strain as 800 Citizens Await Evacuation from South Africa Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has deferred a planned repatriation of over 800 registered nationals from South Africa, citing procedural and logistical gaps that exposed the limits…
Averi-Mantengu Reverse Merger Bid Tests JSE as Gateway for Pan-African Infrastructure Capital A proposed reverse merger between Averi Finance and JSE-listed Mantengu would create a combined R3 billion pan-African investment platform spanning energy, mining, and cross-border infrastructure, raising substantive questions…
AfCFTA-ITC Partnership Renewal Targets Implementation Gap as Intra-African Trade Potential Remains Largely Unrealised The AfCFTA Secretariat and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have renewed their memorandum of understanding, pivoting the five-year-old continental trade agreement from framework negotiation toward on-the-ground business…
Sovereign Ceilings and Short-Term Loans Are Costing African Energy Projects Billions A structurally flawed global financing architecture is systematically denying West African renewable energy projects access to capital, even as international pledges for clean energy investment multiply. The core problem…
Ghana’s Ministry of Education faces mounting criticism for failing to address ultra-processed foods (UPF) in its revised School Food Standards, despite growing evidence linking these products to chronic diseases affecting West African populations. Dr. Rhiannon Day-Thompson, a British medical practitioner…
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned South Africa’s High Commissioner following documented attacks on Ghanaian nationals by vigilante groups, exposing deepening fractures in continental integration efforts and raising questions about South Africa’s commitment to African unity frameworks. The diplomatic…
Rescue personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Headquarters responded to a fatal road traffic crash on the N1 highway near the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra on Monday, February 23. The Service said it received the distress call…
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Aaron Kanor as Acting Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), with immediate effect. The GRA announced the decision in a press release dated February 23, 2026. The appointment marks…
Two young women are in police custody in Elmina. They are suspected of trying to deliver cannabis to inmates at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison. The arrest occurred on Monday, January 26, 2026, at about 18:40 local time. Officers seized…
