A Belgian woman and spokesperson for ‘The New Force,’ a new political movement, Shalimar Abbiusi has pleaded not guilty to obtaining student permit by false declaration when she appeared before the Kaneshie District Court yesterday. Consequently, the court grant­ed her GH¢20,000 bail with two sureties whose residences should be known to the Ghana Immigra­tion Service … The post Court

 Ten illegal miners including three foreign nationals have been arrested by officers of the Forest Services Division(Bekwai District), Forest­ry Commission for operating in the Oda River Forest Reserve. The three-day exercise was undertaken by the district as part of the ongoing efforts by the Forestry Commission to clamp down on illegal mining in Forest Reserves … The post 10

Niger’s military leader has re­fused to release the country’s deposed president in exchange for sanctions being lifted. ECOWAS – an alliance of West African countries – made the offer after a summit on Sunday. It has demanded the release of Mohamed Bazoum several times since he was put under house arrest in late July. His … The post Niger junta rejects deal to free

 About 200 mem­bers of Afghan special forces, trained and fund­ed by the UK, face imminent deportation to their Taliban-con­trolled homeland, the BBC has learned. The figures – gathered by a net­work of Afghan veterans – reveal the scale of what one former UK general calls a “betrayal” and a “disgrace”. The soldiers fled to Pakistan, … The post Betrayed

 The Polish parliament has backed Donald Tusk to become prime minister after current leader Mateusz Morawiecki lost a key vote in the country’s parliament on Monday. Mr Morawiecki’s populist Law and Justice (PiS) party failed to win a majority in October’s elections. President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, nonetheless nominated Mr Morawiecki to lead the … The post Donald Tusk

 A power blackout that plunged Kenya into darkness on Sunday was a possible act of sabotage, a minister says. It hit at about 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) – Kenya’s third nationwide black­out in the past four months. The outage disrupted several services, including the main airport in the capital, Nairobi, where two terminals were … The post Kenya’s nationwide blackout

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington DC to try to rescue an imperilled US defence package to Kyiv worth billions of dollars. The aid has become embroiled in US domestic, partisan politics, with Republicans demanding concessions on border funding in exchange. It marks Mr Zelensky’s third visit to the US since Russia’s 2022 … The post Zelensky

The Newage Agric Solutions Limited has rolled out an initiative to create 145,000 jobs for youth, women and persons with disability over the next four years. To this end, the company has started a consultative meeting with rice farmers and stakeholders at Tono in the Upper East Region to introduce them to Harnessing Agricultural Productivity … The post Newage Agric Solutions set to

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is advocating the establishment of a risk communication fund in order to enhance response to public health emergencies in the country. The Director of Health Promotion, Dr Dacosta Aboagye, said following the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of risk communication could not be overemphasised to ensure accurate and timely information for … The post GHS advocates risk communication

Renowned Ghana­ian economist, Kwame Pianim, has bemoaned the leadership deficit on the African continent stating that it is becoming very expensive. Speaking at the annual Leadership Lecture at the Uni­versity of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) yesterday, Mr Pianim emphasised that the deficit was significantly hin­dering Ghana’s development, noting that Ghana and Korea had comparable per … The post Leadership

Mr Eric Adjei, the Deputy Bono Region­al Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Ministries of Information and the Local Government, Rural Develop­ment and Decentralisation to upscale public education for Ghanaians to understand the decentralisation concept. This would whip their interest and enthusiasm to appreciate and participate in the Tuesday, December 19 … The post NDC

The Executive Director of the Africa Center for Parliamentary Af­fairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has applauded the Speaker of Parliament’s proposal for strict­er measures to address the issue of late attendance to the House among MPs. Mr Alban Bagbin last Friday, stated that starting next year, entry points to the Chamber would be locked at … The post Speaker’s proposal to lock

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched a business and employment as­sistance programme, here in Sunyani, to empower young entrepreneurs, to generate employ­ment opportunities for the youth in the country. Initiated by the Youth Employ­ment Agency’s (YEA), as one of its flagship programmes, YEA aims to nurture young entrepre­neurs, empower them to generate employment … The post GH¢120m