The United Nations says it has registered more than 350,000 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers protections in North Africa so far this year, with 97,000 migrants entering Libya since last April. “It is important to highlight that the challenges do not start in North Africa. A holistic cross-regional response is required that starts at the root of the journeys.,” said ...
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We have cleaned up voters’ register; it’s more accurate now – EC chairperson
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa has said the Commission has sanitized the voters’ register for the 2024 general elections. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa has said the Commission has sanitized the voters’ register for the 2024 general elections. During her opening remarks at Tuesday’s IPAC meetingon October 1, Jean Mensa noted that ...
Read More »34 CSOs raise concerns about Ghana’s deteriorating civic space, violations of human rights of protesters
Thirty Four major Civil Society Organizations( (CSOs) in Ghana have added their voices in condemning the recent incidents of police manhandling, arbitrary arrests, detention without indication of location, and ill-treatment of peaceful protesters over the past weekend in Ghana. The CSOs, including STAR-Ghana Foundation, Imani Africa, Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas, Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA-Ghana) say the actions as confirmed, ...
Read More »Gov’t plans to sign $800m contract without parliamentary approval-John Jinapor alleges
The Minority in Parliament has alleged that government and the Ghana Gas Company are attempting to sign a $800 million contract for gas processing without parliamentary approval. Ranking member on the Energy Committee of Parliament, John Jinapor said the contract has the tendency to cause judgement debt and cautioned the Chief Executive of the Ghana Gas Company to desist from ...
Read More »Election 2024: Conduct a forensic audit of voter register – Alan to EC
Alan Kyerematen, leader of the Movement for Change (M4C) and Alliance for Revolutionary Change, has backed calls for the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a forensic audit of the voter register. He emphasised the need for a high-level Technical Working Group (TWG) chaired by the EC to oversee this process from September 30 to October 11. Nana Ohene-Ntow, Director of ...
Read More »ECG Boss Dubik Mahama resigns
Samuel Dubik Mahama, Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has officially resigned, as Citi News can confirm. In his resignation letter addressed to the Board Chairman of ECG, Mahama cited personal reasons for his decision to step down. “I am writing to formally resign from my position as Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana, effective ...
Read More »Nationwide lockdown looms as Ghana battles illegal mining crisis
Ghana is set to undergo a nationwide lockdown on Monday, September 30, as civil servants and labor unions escalate their campaign against illegal mining, widely known as Galamsey. The environmental devastation caused by these unregulated operations has triggered growing demands for urgent government intervention, including a state of emergency in mining areas and the cancellation of mining licenses. Recent reports from ...
Read More »China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
Plans by African governments to raise money on China’s domestic debt markets via so-called panda bonds could be undone by their heavy debt loads and a wider lack of market infrastructure, investors and analysts said. African governments seeking to tap fresh pools of money have sold bonds in currencies other than their own, mostly U.S. dollar and sometimes euros, for ...
Read More »Bawumia, Mahama must declare stance on galamsey – Ken Ashigbey
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey has made a bold move ahead of Ghana’s upcoming elections, urging the country’s two leading presidential candidates to take a clear stance on the issue of illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey. Despite a petition submitted by the coalition, both to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have ...
Read More »Why West Africa is now the world’s terrorism hotspot
Having slipped undetected into Mali’s capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako’s airport and set the presidential jet on fire. The Sept. 17 attack was the most brazen since 2016 in a capital city in the Sahel, a vast arid region stretching across sub-Saharan Africa south of the ...
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