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A new axis of influence is forming in Africa’s media landscape. In late February, senior editors and media leaders from across the continent converged in Nairobi for the inaugural Africa Editors Congress, a high-level gathering convened by The African Editors Forum (TAEF). The meeting’s primary output the launch of a permanent Africa Editors Congress signals a decisive shift from fragmented national struggles to a coordinated continental strategy aimed at rebalancing power with global technology platforms and securing the future of public-interest journalism.The Structural CrisisThe communique issued on 29 February painted a stark picture of the pressures bearing down on African…

By Gifty Boateng Victoria Bright has spent decades building a reputation. As a legal advisor to former President John Kufuor and a deputy minister in his administration, she understood the weight of public perception. But nothing prepared her for the morning she saw herself transformed, without her knowledge or consent, into a cog in someone else’s political machine.The image appeared in a Facebook video posted by an account called “Dr Bawumia Campaign.” There she was, spliced into a montage of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The implication was clear: Victoria Bright was on the…

The interplay of geopolitics and global energy security has been thrown into sharp relief this week as a significant escalation in the Gulf region sent Brent crude soaring past $82 a barrel and triggered a nearly 50% spike in natural gas prices. The flashpoints are Qatar and Saudi Arabia, with the Strait of Hormuz once again the theatre for a high-stakes military encounter that threatens the lifeline of the global economy.The immediate trigger for the market jitters was a coordinated escalation by Iran. In a significant departure from previous tit-for-tat exchanges, Tehran launched strikes on Qatari energy infrastructure. QatarEnergy, the…

The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) is widening its supervisory net, venturing beyond the headline-grabbing gold sector to enforce royalty compliance among quarry operators. Chief Executive Justina Nelson led a tour of major sites in the Greater Accra Region last week, sending a clear signal that the state’s revenue-collecting arm is now scrutinizing every tonne of aggregate leaving the country’s pits.Nelson’s itinerary read like a who’s who of the construction materials sector, with stops at Regimanuel Grey at Ablekuma, and Massey Stone and Eastern Quarries at Shai Hills. The message was two-pronged: boost production, but do so responsibly. The visit…

By Philip Antoh A recent high-level delegation to Ukraine has unearthed the true, sobering scale of Ghanaian involvement in the war against Russia. Official figures provided by Ukrainian intelligence to Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa confirm that at least 272 Ghanaian nationals have participated in the conflict since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Of these, 55 have been killed and two are being held as prisoners of war in Russia.The statistics, shared during Ablakwa’s working visit to Kyiv, lay bare a humanitarian crisis that has been quietly unfolding far from the shores of the Volta River. The primary objective of…

A revealing tale of how an embattled Spy Agency Chief’s Lamborghini ended up with Shatta Wale By Prince Ahenkorah The yellow Lamborghini Urus that dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has fought to keep is not merely a celebrity status symbol caught in an international fraud net. Court documents and investigative sources now link the vehicle to Kwabena Adu Boahene, the embattled former Director General of the National Signal Bureau, who is already facing trial in Ghana on multiple corruption charges.The connection transforms the case from a simple asset forfeiture into a web of alleged fraud, political connections, and what accusers describe…

By Gifty Boateng The forensic audit report that was supposed to expose how $195 million was spent on the 2023 African Games has missed its deadline and no one in authority seems to know why.President John Dramani Mahama ordered a “comprehensive forensic audit” of the Games in November 2025, following a damning National Intelligence Bureau report on the event’s organisation under the previous administration. The Auditor-General was given until the second week of December 2025 to submit his findings.More than two months later, the report remains outstanding.What the Audit Was Meant to UncoverWhen Ghana hosted the African Games for the…

-GH¢26.5 BILLION VANISHED -BOAHEN AIDOO WALKS FREE -RANDY ABEY HELPLESS The contrast could not be starker. On one side, the Dr. Randy Abbey led management team at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) lays bare the financial wreckage of eight years billions in debt, phantom rehabilitation projects, and contracts signed with no apparent regard for payment timelines. On the other, the man who presided over it all, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, walks free, uncharged, uninvestigated, and publicly silent.President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the Attorney General to investigate. Current CEO Randy Abbey has provided the dossier detailed, specific, and damning. Yet as the…

By Prince Ahenkorah A new poll from Global InfoAnalytics has dropped a grenade into Ghana’s cocoa politics, revealing that a majority of farmers actually accept the government’s steep producer price cut even as opposition figures denounce it as a betrayal of the rural heartland.The numbers are stark. When the government slashed the price of a 64kg bag of cocoa from GH¢3,625 to GH¢2,587 a reduction of GH¢1,038 per bag the public outcry was predictable. Opposition parties framed it as an attack on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Civil society groups warned of political repercussions in cocoa-growing regions.But the poll, shared…

…revives NACOB, FBI marriageBy Prince Ahenkorah Socialite Frederick Kumi, better known as Abu Trica, finds himself back in familiar surroundings. The Gbese District Court yesterday declined to grant him bail, remanding the flamboyant businessman in police custody until 18 March 2026 a development that raises fresh questions about the coordination between Ghanaian law enforcement and their American counterparts. The remand follows Abu Trica’s re-arrest by the National Anti-Corruption Coalition (NACOC), months after the same court had discharged him alongside his co-accused. That earlier discharge, sources close to the case suggest, caught US authorities by surprise and may have strained relations…