Africa contributes relatively little to global greenhouse-gas emissions but faces disproportionate climate risks. As Ethiopia prepares to host COP32, African negotiators are pushing for greater climate finance, stronger bargaining power and a development-centred green transition. But the central question remains: can Africa turn climate diplomacy into investment, industrialisation and measurable benefits for its people?
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Africa must shift from reacting to global climate decisions to shaping them, as leaders demand stronger climate finance, industrialisation, accountability and a united African agenda ahead of COP32 in Ethiopia.
Ghana plans a 2,000-acre pharmaceutical industrial park in Shai-Osudoku under the 24-Hour Economy initiative. Investigative report examines local drug production, import dependence, investment, health security and Ghana’s ambitions to become a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub.
Residents along the Santasi–Ahenema Kokoben road in Kumasi are demanding urgent action as recurring floods continue to destroy homes, businesses, and infrastructure. An investigation examines the causes, government response, engineering failures, and accountability questions surrounding a flood crisis that residents say has remained unresolved since a deadly 2022 disaster.
A breakthrough has been reached in the KATH strike crisis as Ashanti Regional Minister Dr. Frank Amoakohene announces an agreement between hospital management and health unions. This in-depth investigative report examines the suspension of KATH’s CEO, the doctors’ and nurses’ strike, hospital congestion, healthcare infrastructure challenges, and the government’s plans to ease pressure on Ghana’s second-largest teaching hospital.
Ghana launches its Free Primary Healthcare Policy targeting 150 underserved districts as Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh vows to remove financial and geographical barriers to healthcare access across rural communities.
Ghana requires $22.6 billion to combat climate change, according to Climate Change Minister Seidu Issifu. This investigative report examines Ghana’s climate finance gap, global partnerships, flooding, renewable energy challenges, and the economic risks threatening vulnerable communities.
President Mahama pledges to resume Ghana’s $150M WACA coastal protection project amid rising tidal threats in the Volta Region. This investigative report examines delays, funding concerns, and the human impact of coastal erosion.
Residents of Meduma, led by MP Akwasi Gyamfi Onyina-Acheampong, embark on a massive clean-up exercise and road repairs as authorities crack down on illegal waste disposal and poor sanitation practices in the Afigya Kwabre East Constituency.
This investigative report exposes how Chinese-owned trawlers using illegal light fishing and undersized nets are decimating Ghana’s fish stocks, costing the nation over $50 million annually while pushing 100,000 artisanal fishers toward poverty, despite government promises of a new Marine Protected Area.