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Suspend $1.3bn Sentuo Airport Garden City Project – Awingobit Petitions Mahama

Private citizen Samson Asaki Awingobit has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to suspend further construction of the US$1.3 billion Sentuo Airport Garden City Project in Accra pending a comprehensive national-security assessment. The petition, dated September 23, 2026, raises concerns about the location, scale and proposed design of the mixed-use development […]

Bloody Clash At Jamestown…Prince Asharku Supporters Slash Asafoatse Bediako With Cutlass As Police Look On

By Akushey OTOO Tensions in James Town escalated dramatically yesterday evening, culminating in a violent attack on Asafoatse Bediako, who was viciously slashed with a cutlass. The bloody clash is believed to stem from the protracted chieftaincy dispute in the area. Eyewitnesses report that supporters of Prince Asharku launched the […]

Mauritius Backs Moroccan Sovereignty As the Most Credible solution to Regional Dispute over Moroccan Sahara

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of the Republic of Mauritius, Dhananjay Ramful, stated on Wednesday in New York that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is “the most credible solution” to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. This change in stance was expressed by Ramful during […]

AfCFTA Secretary-General Champions Africa’s Digital Trade Ambition At Unstoppable Africa 2026

The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene, participated in Unstoppable Africa 2026, the flagship convening of the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI), held in New York on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). H.E. Mene featured in a fireside chat […]

Nigeria Digitalises AfCFTA Certificate of Origin, Cuts Processing Time to 24 Hours

Nigeria has reduced the processing time for the AfCFTA Certificate of Origin from more than five days to 24 hours, following the digitalisation of its registration, verification and certification processes. Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, announced the development at the third-quarter meeting of the AfCFTA […]

PAG Calls for Ghana to ‘Follow the Drugs and Follow the Money’ Amid Narcotics Seizures

The Progressive Alliance for Ghana (PAG) has called for a comprehensive investigation into recent narcotics seizures linked to Ghana, urging authorities to go beyond the arrest of couriers and suspected shippers and uncover the wider networks allegedly behind the movement of large consignments of illicit drugs. In a statement issued […]

Tindouf Camps: Fraud scandals, alleged diversion of humanitarian aid and growing questions over Polisario finances

While thousands of Sahrawi families continue to live in difficult and precarious conditions in the Tindouf camps, a series of financial controversies is raising serious questions over the management of humanitarian assistance and funds intended for the refugee population. The allegations range from the diversion of international aid and personal […]