Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Ebimboere Seiyafa, Awa Niang Fall, Ellis Adjei Adams, Kadidia Kane, Isa Elegbebe Olalekan, Kodjo...

LASTMA nabs foreign driver for fleeing after accident

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has apprehended a Togolese driver who struck a pedestrian and fled from the accident scene. The General Manager of LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the development in a...

Stop glorifying corrupt wealth - Togbe Afede leads moral revival

The Agbogbomefia of Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV, has called on Ghanaians to stop glorifying wealth of dubious origins and rather maintain a firm stance to fiercely resist all forms of corruption, insisting that wealth must be preceded by hard work. He...

Ghana Should Tax Sex Workers Including Foreigners in the Tra...

Introduction: Facing the Reality Ghana’s sex industry, while officially criminalized, is vibrant, growing, and increasingly global. Every day, women and in some cases men sell sex in cities like Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, and border towns. Behind...

Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Richard Asante, Joseph Asunka, Joshua Eisenman, Fancies Egu Lansana, Sanusha...

A quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

By Gideon SARPONG Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a...

Ghana’s quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unravelled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a 40-foot shipping...

 Nigerian Child Rights Act: FG Pledges to Work with Stakeholders Once Review Concluded

•As Tinubu, Hanatu, Sanwo-Olu, others hail Kanyeyachukwu artistic capabilities •Foundation seeks training of more professionals, funds to support families with autistic children Oluchi Chibuzor The federal government has said it will work with...

Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a 40-foot shipping...

Chinese acupuncture gains popularity, trust in Africa

Hu Zijing applies pestle needle therapy on a patient experiencing headaches in Leribe, Lesotho, on July 25, 2025. Photos: Courtesy of Hu Zijing, a TCM doctor based in Johannesburg, South AfricaA new revised version of the traditional Chinese...

FCWC, partners launch WASOP-Pillar.

The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), in collaboration with its national and international partners, has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP)-Pillar. The launch held at the Tema Canoe Beach...

Ghana launches West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme to strengthen regional marine governance

Ghana has officially launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP), a pioneering regional initiative aimed at enhancing ocean governance, promoting a sustainable blue economy, and protecting marine ecosystems across 13 coastal West...

Trying out the foods available at Poland Heritage Day

Trying out the foods available at Poland Heritage Day This year is themed after Togo, the sled dog that famously pulled a sled across Alaska 100 years ago. WE REALLY NEED THEM. YES, VICTORIA. THANKS. WELL, EVERY YEAR POLAND HERITAGE DAY CELEBRATES...

Electricity is bedrock of jobs, manufacturing and economic growth in power-deficit Africa

Around 600mn people in Africa—roughly 43% of the continent’s population — still lack access to electricity. While electrification rates have improved over the past decade (from about 40% in 2010 to around 57% in 2024), sub-Saharan Africa remains...

Ghana spent nearly $11 Million on imported water in 2023 – NPA CEO raises alarm over Galamsey impact

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe, has revealed that Ghana spent almost $11 million on importing potable water in 2023 a situation he described as deeply alarming and symptomatic...

‘We all need someone’: the hairdressers tackling stigma of mental heath issues in west Africa

Yopougon, the largest of Abidjan’s 13 communes, with a population of 1.5 million, is known for its entrepreneurial grit, its bubbly nightlife and, in pop culture, as being the birthplace of Francophone Africa’s most popular comic character, Aya de...

Yemi Alade in disbelief as mother joins them to create content, shares adorable video

Nigerian singer Yemi Alade has been left speechless after her mother joined her and her siblings in a trending challenge. In a video posted to her Instagram page, the award-winning actress, her brothers and mother were captured taking part in the...

Nigeria’s Oil Rigs Rise By 762% To 69 In Four Years — NUPRC

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that oil rig count in the country rose from eight in 2021 to 69 as of October 2, 2025, representing a 762.5% increase in barely four years. A statement by the Commission on...

Nigeria’s Rig Count Jumps 762% To 69 As NUPRC Marks Four Years Of Growth

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Sunday, published a list of 16 high impact achievements four years after its establishment, listing as one of its highpoints, the geometric rise in Nigeria’s rig count from a low of...

Madagascar Protests -Youth Anger: A Downplayed African Crisis

Introduction Africa is in the grip of a crisis, downplayed at most or conviniently ignored at times - the crisis of Youth Anger. African youth are angry at authority, at their governments and their leadership, whom they blame for their...