Kenya’s government is moving to strip three agricultural parastatals of their lending powers and consolidate all State-backed farm financing under a single institution, the Kenya Agribusiness Development Corporation (KADCO) Limited, in a legislative reform that directly responds to a KSh…
Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has secured the hosting rights for the 70th session of the UN Tourism Commission for Africa (CAF) Meeting in 2027, a diplomatic outcome that places Accra at the center of continental tourism…
Floodwater does not merely destroy property. It transforms ordinary food products into vectors of disease, and Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority is now confronting exactly that regulatory challenge following the June 29 floods that swept through parts of the Greater…
What is this case actually about? A coalition of human rights lawyers filed a landmark complaint on 23 June 2025 before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, targeting a bilateral agreement between Ghana and the United States that…
What exactly does mining do to African forests beyond the pit itself? A landmark study published by conservation scientists tracking 16,627 mining areas across sub-Saharan Africa between 2001 and 2020 has produced a finding that should reframe how governments, investors,…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is hearing testimony that cuts to the heart of a question South African governance has struggled to answer for more than a decade: how deeply did organised crime penetrate the South African Police Service, and…
Fuel Price Disparities Across Africa Expose Governance Gaps in Energy Subsidy Policy and Regional Market Integration Petrol prices across Africa’s 54 nations vary by a factor of more than 160, a gap that reflects not market fundamentals alone, but divergent…
Fossil Fuels Set to Supply 61% of Africa’s Electricity by 2030, as New Database Exposes Planning Gaps Across 3,139 Power Plants A comprehensive continental audit of Africa’s electricity infrastructure reveals that fossil fuels will continue to dominate power generation through…
UN Transparency Push on AI’s Environmental Costs Carries Direct Governance Implications for West Africa’s Digital Ambitions UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday demanded that major artificial intelligence companies publicly disclose their full environmental footprint, launching a global transparency initiative that…
Niger Airport Attack Exposes Sahel Security Fault Lines as AES Alleges Foreign State Complicity A terrorist assault on Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey on 19 June 2025 has reignited a charged geopolitical dispute within West Africa, with the Alliance…
