AFRICA
The Reverse Brain Drain: How Ghana’s Vice-President Is Rallying Global Sons and Daughters in Iowa for an Economic Comeback” explores Vice-President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s mission to mobilize Ghana’s diaspora, turning global talent, skills, and investments into a driving force for national economic transformation.
Equatorial Guinea’s ex-financial investigation head, Baltasar Engonga, gets 8-year jail term and $220,000 fine for embezzlement in high-profile corruption case.
INTERNATIONAL
“Why isn’t Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student’s [sic] education, nor do they ever intend to.”
February 8, 2025 By Isaac Nsiah Foster Russia is preparing to expand its power to…
INVESTIGATIVE & DATA INSIGHT
LIFESTYLE
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is under fire after the Public Accounts Committee uncovered unapproved spending of GH¢189.2 million, nearly doubling its 2024 budget. Lawmakers accuse ECG of financial indiscipline and demand prosecution of officials responsible under Ghana’s Public Financial Management Act.
In Bolove-Nolope, Ghana, thousands of fall armyworms have wiped out over 50 acres of maize and vegetables, leaving farmers desperate and experts warning that Ghana’s food security is at risk unless urgent action is taken.
DOCUMENTARIES
In the long and winding journey of nations, there comes a moment when conscience must rise higher than comfort, and integrity must stand taller than politics. Today, Malik Basintale, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has sounded such a clarion call — a call that echoes from the lips of the ordinary youth in Suame, from the tired market women of Agbogbloshie, and from the weary street cleaners of Accra.