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Another round of climate change talks is here again in Baku, Azerbaijan, to address the rampant climate crisis. “This crisis is affecting every single individual in the world in one way or another,” acknowledged Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change at the opening of COP29.   The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) in the climate change negotiations has been dubbed ...

As the sun sets over the bustling highways of Ghana, shadows lengthen across roads that should symbolise progress and connectivity.  Instead, these highways have morphed into silent killers, claiming lives every day, shattering families, and leaving scars that never fully heal. Ama Serwaa is a 32-year-old mother of two; her laughter used to light up the family room, but now ...

Plans by African governments to raise money on China’s domestic debt markets via so-called panda bonds could be undone by their heavy debt loads and a wider lack of market infrastructure, investors and analysts said. African governments seeking to tap fresh pools of money have sold bonds in currencies other than their own, mostly U.S. dollar and sometimes euros, for ...

Having slipped undetected into Mali’s capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako’s airport and set the presidential jet on fire. The Sept. 17 attack was the most brazen since 2016 in a capital city in the Sahel, a vast arid region stretching across sub-Saharan Africa south of the ...

Africa could boost its GDP by at least $24 billion a year and create 2.3 million jobs by introducing manufacturing and trade policies that enable it to extract more value from the booming trade in so-called ‘transition minerals’, according to new economic modelling from Publish What You Pay (PWYP).  Africa is home to more than 40% of minerals like copper, lithium and ...

The youth of Africa stand at the threshold of a transformative era, one that demands our collective effort to harness their potential as leaders and innovators. As the African Union Chairperson’s Youth Envoy, I have witnessed the dynamism and resilience of our young people, ranging from demonstrations to demands for better governance, tackling climate change and a global digital era. The ...

When attempting to regulate prices in a market, there is only so much you can do by relying on administrative directives to cauterize a spate of price rises. With the Ghana cedi currently in an almost free fall against other major trading currencies, and the incidental price hikes in goods and services that usually come with it, the price of ...

Around the World, Energy from Solar sources is being promoted for very good reasons. As far as environmental desirability and impacts are concerned, solar is about as good as it gets and is only getting better as sophistication of design and project development improves. As the solar revolution catches up, many models are being developed to ramp up adoption of ...

As required by Article 146 of the Constitution, the Chief Justice is determining whether there is a prima facie case to form a committee to impeach Mr. Agyabeng. Kissi Agyabeng is the nation’s second-ever special prosecutor. He is facing the possibility of impeachment, which is a charge of wrongdoing brought against the holder of a public office in which his ...

In the heart of Ghana’s economic landscape lies the cocoa industry, a cornerstone of the nation’s agricultural heritage and a vital source of livelihood for thousands of farmers. However, recent revelations and happenings in the cocoa subsector have cast a pale shadow over the sector, sparking market rigidities and increased smuggling to neighboring markets. Once celebrated as the land of ...