IN recent weeks, Ghana has seen renewed outcry over galamsey—a term used to describe illegal gold mining, which continues to ravage the country’s environment. While the issue has long been a point of contention, the scale of the devastation caused by…
THE illegal mining practice known as galamsey has become a devastating weapon of environmental destruction in Ghana, wreaking havoc on water bodies, forests, and communities. According to Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, the pan-African activist and founder of UK’s Black History Month, this environmental…
UGANDA’S Minister of DefenCe, Sarah Mateke, has tragically passed away following a short illness, according to a statement from the government. Mateke, who was also the Woman Member of Parliament for Kisoro district, was pronounced dead at a hospital…
THE Chief Executive Officer of Telegram, Pavel Durov, said that the platform is ready to exit any markets not compatible with its principles. Durov disclosed this in a recent statement detailing his ordeals in France following his arrest at Le…
THE High Commissioner of Pakistan, Retired Maj.-Gen. Sohail Khan, says the Pakistani Armed Forces are the largest contributors to the United Nations’ peacekeeping operations since 1960. He made this known on Friday during Pakistan’s Defence and Martyrs Day celebration, held…
GHANA is testing a cutting-edge system to trace cocoa beans from farm to port as it prepares for the implementation of a new European Union law that bans the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The law, set to…
THE streets of Conakry, Guinea’s capital, came to a standstill on Thursday as protests marked three years since the military seized power in a 2021 coup. The protest movement, called by opposition groups, aimed to denounce the military-led government’s crackdown…
SEVENTEEN young pupils tragically lost their lives after a dormitory at Hillside Endarasha Academy, a private boarding school in Nyeri County, Kenya, caught fire late Thursday night. The devastating blaze, which broke out around midnight, has also left 14…
THE mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often portrayed as a victim of exploitation by China, the US and Europe in their competition for its minerals, which are critical for the energy transition. But our research has…
IN a controversial move, a top German official on migration has suggested sending migrants to Rwanda if repatriating them to their home countries proves difficult. Joachim Stamp, Berlin’s special representative for migration agreements, made the proposal during an interview…
