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[ad_1] Ghanaian-Dutch musician Fadu is set to join 10,000 young leaders from 191 countries at the International Festival of Youth 2026 in Russia. Fadu, known in real life as Faduad Hammond, will be among thousands of young people attending the festival in Yekaterinburg from 11 to 17 September 2026. The festival will bring together 10,000…
Donald Trump speaks in Ankara, Turkey at the NATO summit and applauds his government’s achievements since he assumed power in the United States, he said. Trump Jabs Address
[ad_1] The World Bank has blamed fiscal controls introduced by the Ministry of Finance for significantly delaying implementation of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project, one of the country’s flagship programmes aimed at tackling chronic flooding in the capital. In its latest implementation update released in May 2026, the Bank downgraded the…
[ad_1] The events surrounding South Africa’s self-imposed June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country may come to be remembered as one of the most extraordinary chapters of governance in post-apartheid Africa. Yet they should also jolt us towards greater solidarity and unity, and inject fresh urgency into Africa’s integration agenda. Africa…
[ad_1] Ford says it has hired back some human engineers after AI failed to match their skills and experience. In a bid to reap the benefits of the tech, which developers claim can cut costs and boost productivity, the US carmaker adopted it across some parts of its operations, including for quality checks. But, according to…
[ad_1] Uganda’s military chief, who is also the president’s son, said on Sunday he had ordered the closure of two leading media outlets, declaring that he did “not believe in a free press”. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the Daily Monitor – Uganda’s largest independent daily newspaper – and NTV Uganda, one of the country’s largest private…
[ad_1] World Bank on glass building. Mirrored sky and city modern facade. Global capital, business, finance, economy, banking and money concept 3D rendering animation. The World Bank has increased Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth by 0.2 percentage points to 4.8%, its June 2026 Global Economic Prospects has revealed. However, the slowdown from the 6.0%…
The president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, says on his Truth Social that the talks of reopening the Strait of Hormuz are largely negotiated, and the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened. The Islamic Republic of Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will only be opened and controlled by Iran after…
Xenophobic tensions in South Africa Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quarshie, has dismissed reports suggesting that Ghanaians have been killed in the recent wave of xenophobic tensions in South Africa. Speaking in an interview on Joy News, the High Commissioner assured that no Ghanaian life has been lost in the current unrest, despite…
Richard Boyd Barrett, a member of Ireland’s parliament (TD), delivers a sharply critical and highly charged condemnation of the United States, Israel, and the European Union, framing their actions within the context of ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Israel & USA He argues that the United States has “rained down death and destruction” in…
