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Democracy must serve citizens, not just electoral cycles — Prof. Manuh
Graphic
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July 1, 2025
An Academic and a Senior Fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Emerita Takyiwaa Manuh has called for a shift in focus from electoral cycles to ensure that democracy serves the needs of the people. “We must ensure...
Kremlin explains why Russia is ‘returning’ to Africa
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s renewed efforts to strengthen ties with Africa come amid growing dissatisfaction across the continent with neocolonial influences, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia in an interview published Monday. He explained...
Climate Change Is Making Life Harder For All Farmers; For Farmers With Disabilities It Can Mean Devastation
The Chronicle News Online
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July 1, 2025
Summary: Climate change is pushing farmers with disabilities to the brink: In Ghana’s Upper East, erratic rains and rising heat are devastating farms. For farmers like Asoke Douglas Aganawini, who has partial vision, the impact means empty fields...
Mali government takes over abandoned Yatela and Morila gold mines
Yahoo Finance
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Mali's government has completed the nationalisation of the Yatela and Morila gold mines, previously abandoned by their owners, in an effort to regain control of its natural resources, as reported by Reuters. Despite being Africa's second-largest...
Do leaders take undue credit for successful team achievements?
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
Is the role of leaders in the attainment of successful outcomes by teams often overstated? Not if you go by Prof Stephen Adei’s well-publicised dictum. Leadership is cause, after all. Everything else is effect, he says. Ideally, the leader casts...
What are the key priorities for the newly elected ECOWAS Chairman
Africa Feeds
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio was elected as chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS last Sunday. He took over from Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu who served two terms as chairman of the regional bloc. The Economic...
EU commits €110m to peace, security projects in ECOWAS
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 18, 2025
• Commission commits to free movement of persons in Burkina-Faso, others In a combined effort to promote peace, security and trade across the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the European Union, in partnership with the...
Mali army reports coordinated strikes on its positions across seven towns
Business Insider Africa
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July 1, 2025
Mali's armed forces reported a series of coordinated attacks on multiple military positions across seven towns in the central and western regions of the country early Tuesday. While the military statement did not disclose specific details about...
ANALYSIS: Why jihadist takeover of a Sahelian capital is unlikely
Premium Times
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June 17, 2025
Insecurity has risen sharply in the Sahel in recent months. Between late May and early June, major attacks claimed by Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) targeted various locations in...
Flying Eagles Of Nigeria Resume Camping For CAF WAFU B U-20 Boys’ Cup
Naija News
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July 1, 2025
CAF WAFU B U-20 Boys’ Cup, which is organised to foster regional collaboration and promote emerging football talent across West Africa, will kick off on July 10 and end on July 23, 2025, in Accra, Ghana. The competition will feature 13 countries...
Kofi Jumah Released From CID Captivity … After Being Accused Of Stealing GIHOC Distilleries Cars
The Chronicle News Online
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July 1, 2025
The Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), DCOP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has confirmed the arrest of former GIHOC Distilleries Chief Executive Officer, Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah. According to the CID boss, the arrest followed a...
Advancing Leukemia Diagnosis and Treatment: WHO-Supported Laboratory Innovations in Africa- A Narrative Review
Dove Medical Press
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June 24, 2025
Introduction Leukemia, a hematologic cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, represents a major health challenge worldwide, including in Africa. It is a disease that, if diagnosed early, can be treated more effectively, leading to improved...
Benue’s killing field…
New National Star
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June 24, 2025
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “Any insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it” – the vile dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. “Finally, Mr. President has moved out of his comfort zone in the Presidential villa…” “That is not...
Fela Kuti: Nigeria’s soft power and cultural diplomat on the world stage
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
As Nigeria celebrates her democratic journey and continues to position herself as a credible and guiding voice on the global stage, I cannot help but reminisce on the dominant and ever-present legacy of Fela Anikulapoti Kuti – a one-man movement...
Climate Change Is Making Life Harder For All Farmers – For Ghana’s Farmers With Disabilities It Can Mean Devastation
New Narratives
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June 30, 2025
Without eyesight farming is difficult for Asoke Douglas Aganawini in Ghana’s Upper East region By Jennifer Ambolley Summary: Climate change is pushing farmers with disabilities to the brink: In Ghana’s Upper East, erratic rains and rising heat are...
EDITORIAL: With Liberty and Justice for All, Part Three
Pagosa Daily Post - Colorado
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June 23, 2025
Read Part One Sitting in a park in Paris France Reading the news and it sure looks bad They won’t give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had… — from ‘California’ by Joni Mitchell, 1971 Chances for peace seem distant, as wars continue...
Bola Tinubu bows out, hands over to Julius Maada Bio as new ECOWAS Chair
Alexa.ng
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June 23, 2025
…Ends two-year tenure amid regional security crises …Bio pledges to harness W’Africa’s potential through integration President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally handed over the chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to...
ANALYSIS: Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
The Sahel is one of Africa’s most climate-vulnerable areas. The region increasingly experiences extreme weather such as floods and droughts, and ongoing land degradation, depleting the natural resources vital to local economies. Between 1979 and...
NATO has a Mediterranean blind spot—and it puts the Alliance’s security at risk
Atlantic Council
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June 30, 2025
New Atlanticist June 30, 2025 • 1:54 pm ET Print this page By Gabriele Natalizia and Alissa Pavia When NATO leaders and partners of the Alliance met in The Hague last week, countries from two important regions were notably absent: Neither North...
Russia’s Wagner Group Surrenders to Radical Islam
theTrumpet
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“Mission accomplished. pmc Wagner is going home.” A Telegram account associated with Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group recently posted this message regarding its operations in Mali. For the past several years, Wagner has been operating in the West...