Senegal’s renowned Pink lake may be in danger. At the height of the rainy season in August, water cascaded into the lake, nearly tripling its usual depth. The influx washed away some 7,000 tonnes of salt that had been harvested. The president of the Lac Rose’s salt workers’ cooperative estimates the losses at nearly a quarter of a million dollars. ...

Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in eastern DRC, Kenyan President William Ruto announced. “As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,” President Ruto said in Nairobi at a ceremony, noting that the regional contingent also ...

Abuakwa South Member of Parliament, Samuel Atta Akyea has said that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation can be a major source of revenue for Ghana’s economy if it should have proper alignment. Mr Atta Akeya said this in Parliament while agreeing with a comment by his colleague lawmaker for Pru East Dr Kwabena Donkor who made same comment in Parliament ...

Oprah Winfrey is warning fans against falling victim to companies selling weight loss products using her name and image. On Sunday, the 68-year-old former talk show host and media mogul took to Instagram to distance herself from gummies being sold online, saying she does not endorse edible weight loss products. In the short video, Winfrey said she felt compelled to ...

Gyankroma Akufo-Addo, daughter of President Akufo-Addo has strongly denied reports that she was given $25 million to beautify parts of Accra. Some allegations on Social Media indicated that Gyankroma Akufo-Addo denies receiving $25m to paint Accrag had been given $25 million to paint parts of the capital city. But in a statement responding to the allegation, the daughter of the ...

Pru East Member of Parliament, Dr Kwabena Donkor has said the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) risks going bankrupt. He attributed this to the decision by the management of the GNPC to engage in activities outside of its mandate. Dr Donkor said this while supporting a motion to adopt he report of the Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State ...

The government has suspended the subsidy on Residual Fuel Oil (RFO) until further notice, effective November 1, 2022. According to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the move is in line with the directive from the Ministry of Energy as an interim measure to ease the financial burden on the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Account (PSRA). “The Policy directive takes into ...

The Minority in Parliament is asking the government to use part of the over GH¢8 billion revenue accrued from petroleum products to cushion petroleum consumers against the current price hikes. The Minority says the government has received over GH¢8 billion from petroleum resources in less than 3 months, as against its GH¢6 billion projection for the year. Speaking to journalists ...

The President of IMANI Africa, Franklyn Cudjoe has called on the Special Prosecutor to investigate the alleged incident involving a wealthy businessman who attempted to influence the legislators who called for the Finance Minister’s dismissal. According to him, the action of the said businessman flies in the face of the laws of the country. Thus, the issue must be investigated ...

Mohammed Kudus was named man of the match for his outstanding performance for Ajax, who beat Scottish side Rangers 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday night.  Kudus scored and assisted, as he did when the two teams met in the first round of group games in September. He was also named man of the match. The Ghana international set ...