Burkina Faso’s new military leader on Wednesday visited Mali for his first foreign trip since taking power, holding what his Malian counterpart hailed as “fruitful” exchanges on peace and security. Captain Ibrahim Traore, who seized power in Burkina Faso in a September 30 coup, flew to the Malian capital Bamako for what Mali’s foreign ministry said would be a roughly ...

outh African police are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies suspected of being illegal miners found near an active mine in the town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. According to police, 19 bodies were discovered on Wednesday afternoon and two more were discovered on Thursday morning. Police said they suspect that the bodies were moved to the location ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has admonished the government to revive the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to help curb increasing fuel prices. The IES in a statement described the government’s decision to import fuel to address cost-related issues as “reactionary, morally indefensible” and a misplaced priority that will not address the rampant fuel price increases in the long term. ...

Some frustrated drivers in the Greater Accra Region have pledged to review their prices anytime there is fuel increments in the country. According to them, they will not wait on the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to engage with government on the upward adjustment percentage. Speaking to Accra-based TV3, one driver argued that, Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) don’t give ...

The Ghana Football Association has chosen to remain tight-lipped regarding the Black Stars’ budget for the World Cup. This comes on the back of Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif’s comment that the budget will be revealed after the tournament in Qatar. The Member of Parliament insisted that the team is likely to receive the same appearance fee of $100,000 and a ...

The Government of Ghana has been told to tell Ghanaians how much has been accrued from higher-than-budgeted oil prices. The government has also been asked to explain why it is not using part of it to subsidise pump prices that threaten the economy and livelihoods. Tus comes at a time the Minority in Parliament has sked the government to cushion ...

On Thursday 3rd November 2022, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey will chair a UN Security Council Ministerial open debate. The debate is on the topic “Integrating Effective Resilience-Building in Peace Operations for Sustainable Peace”. The objective of the meeting is to highlight the imbalance between military action and non-military interventions and to make a ...

German footballer Jerome Boateng was ordered to pay a fine of €1.2 million ($1.17 million) on Wednesday after a German court upheld his conviction of assaulting his former girlfriend in 2018. Boateng was initially sentenced to a fine of €1.8 million in 2021. He had denied the accusation and appealed the sentence. The Munich court confirmed he was guilty of ...

Political strategist and a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic (NPP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has rubbished claims that Gyankroma Akufo-Addo, daughter of President Nana Addo Dankwa is taking undue advantage of her father to grab juicy government contract. It has been alleged in some quarters that the state paid her $25 million Gyankroma Akufo-Addo to paint parts of the ...

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy and Mines Committee, John Jinapor, has cautioned government to apply petroleum sector revenues for their intended purpose. According to him, 500 million of energy sector levies which could not be accounted for by the Ministry of Energy had been used to pay for pensions and other non-petroleum related activities. The money, he said could have ...