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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says “boycott politics doesn’t work” as he hit back at US President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg later this month. Trump has said that no US official would attend the gathering over widely discredited claims that white people are …

A total of 69 schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be forced to close on Monday after coloured play sand was recalled due to asbestos risk, the government has said. A recall for the products, which were found to have traces of asbestos in some samples, was issued …

People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday. The major shake-up to asylum policy comes as the government seeks to reduce small boat crossings and asylum …

Government has quietly put money where talk often goes by creating a Creative Arts Fund and seeding it in the 2026 budget. The Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, told Parliament that the fund will receive GH¢20 million as startup capital to support music, fashion, visual art, culinary creative industries …

Ligue 1 side Toulouse FC has announced Abu Francis will likely miss the 2026 FIFA World Cup following his horrific injury on Friday morning. The midfielder suffered a serious leg injury in the Black Stars defeat to Japan in the 2025 Kirin Challenge Cup. In an attempt to block a …

Ghana’s Black Stars fell 2-0 to Japan in the 2025 Kirin Challenge Cup at the Toyota Stadium in Aichi. The international friendly, which is part of preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, saw coach Otto Addo make changes to the starting eleven with Joseph Anang making his debut in …

Renowned travel operator Kenpong Travel & Tours is gearing up to unveil what it says is an exciting, all-inclusive travel package for Ghanaian football fans eager to experience the thrill of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be hosted across the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to …

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred 12 entities, including two of Ghana’s foremost medical institutions, to the Attorney General for immediate prosecution. The referral stems from the entities’ deliberate disobedience of a firm committee order requiring them to fully recover specified amounts of money cited as losses …

Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr has been announced as one of the performers at the 2025 edition of the Tidal Rave Festival, set to take place in Accra, Ghana. This marks the first time a major non-Ghanaian artiste will perform at the festival, signalling what organisers, EchoHouse, describe as a …

The leadership of Ghana’s major farmer groups and agribusiness associations have declared a nationwide boycott of the 2025 Farmers’ Day celebrations, citing government inaction and worsening conditions in the country’s food production sector. The decision, announced in a joint press release on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, involves rice producers and …