Multi-award-winning photojournalist and team lead at Foto4change Foundation, Geoffrey Buta, has presented camera equipment to the Savelugu School for the Deaf in the Northern region. The items donated include a camera, speedlite, tripod, and other accessories for the students at the school. Mr. Buta said the gesture formed part of efforts to support and educate […] The post Photojournalist
At least 23 soldiers have been killed and dozens injured in Pakistan after militants attacked a police compound. The attack took place in the early hours when a vehicle containing explosives rammed into the building in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border. A militant group affiliated to the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for … The post Twenty-three killed
Israel is on holiday. Schools are out, and away from the frontline areas the shopping centres are full. Cake shops are bursting with the doughnuts that Jews like to eat during Hanukkah, the current religious festival. It is different the closer you get to the fighting. Along the Gaza border, the area known by Israelis … The post Israel determined to finish job despite Gaza suffering
German prosecutors have charged 27 suspected far-right extremists with planning a violent coup. The suspects are accused of membership of the fringe Reichsbürger – or Citizens of the Reich – movement. “The members of the group strongly rejected state institutions and the free democratic constitutional order,” according to the indictment. They are mostly associates of … The post German
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) leaders met for a summit in Nigeria’s capital Abuja with the region in crisis after coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger since 2020 and two attempted coups elsewhere in recent weeks. At Sunday’s summit, Ecowas decided to set up a committee of leaders from Togo, Sierra […] The post ECOWAS set conditions for lifting Niger
Donald Tusk is set to become Poland’s 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 government. His […] The post Donald Tusk
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 heads
Lawyers for Alexey Navalny said Monday they have lost contact with the jailed Russian opposition leader, who was believed to be imprisoned in a penal colony about 150 miles east of Moscow, and his whereabouts are unknown. Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in prison in August, after he was found guilty of creating an extremist community, financing extremist […] The post Russian opposition
A US anti-missile base in Poland will become operational on Friday, the Polish government has said. The Redzikowo Air Base in the north of the country will be the second US base of its kind in Europe, the first being in southern Romania. The American-built Aegis system deployed on both sites is intended to protect […] The post US anti-missile base in Poland to start operations -Polish
A decision to start talks on Ukraine’s EU accession is on a knife-edge after Hungary said it would not bow to mounting pressure to give the green light. Viktor Orbán’s threat to veto the launch of negotiations is being taken seriously, with Ukraine’s foreign minister warning of “devastating consequences” for his country if the talks are blocked. […] The post Hungary
The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Advocate Joseph Whittal, is urging the government to expedite the passage of the anti-witchcraft bill. He explains that this urgency is due to the hardships faced by women labelled as witches, who cannot endure the associated assault and stigma. He spoke at the commemoration […] The post CHAJ
The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Advocate Joseph Whittal, is urging the government to expedite the passage of the anti-witchcraft bill. He explains that this urgency is due to the hardships faced by women labelled as witches, who cannot endure the associated assault and stigma. He spoke at the commemoration […] The post CHRAJ
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
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
Papa Bills The organisers of the Ghana Music Awards USA (GMA-USA) have appointed four new board members to help strengthen the organisation’s commitment to excellence. The appointees include Mr. Bills Read More... The post GMA-USA Appoints 4 New Board Members appeared first
Eunice Lasi, the New Patriotic Party’s former parliamentary candidate for the Sege Constituency, has left the party and officially declared her intention to contest the Sege seat as an independent candidate in the 2024 elections. She has also instructed her supporters to deface all her posters that have NPP backgrounds. Madam Eunice Lasi disclosed her […] The post NPP’s
Introduction In accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Minister for Finance presented the budget statement on behalf of the President on Wednesday, 15th November 2023. The 2024 budget is critical for the country as it tries to navigate the desire […] The post The 2024 budget and
Ecobank, the leading pan-African Banking Group, is proud to announce that Ecobank Zimbabwe has won the ‘Global Award for Financial Inclusion’ in The Bankers’ Awards 2023. In addition, Ecobank Benin, Ecobank Guinea, Ecobank Liberia, Ecobank Mali and Ecobank Togo were all named ‘Bank of the Year 2023’ in their respective countries. Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive […] The post
Despite recent progress on restructuring the country’s debt, short-term interest rates exceeding 30 percent are undermining the savings achieved according to Leslie Dwight Mensah, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). With domestic markets as the sole financing source, he said, government remains vulnerable. “If stronger fiscal consolidation isn’t achieved, including on the […] The post
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