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Kyrgyzstan is exploring Ghana’s GoldBod model as it seeks to formalise its gold trade, strengthen regulation and attract investment into the country’s gold and critical-minerals sector. The Foreign Affairs Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubayev, expressed the interest during a courtesy meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, where the two sides discussed opportunities for technical cooperation, investment and knowledge-sharing. Mr Gyamfi outlined GoldBod’s reforms since its establishment in 2025, including measures to formalise Ghana’s domestic gold trade, strengthen controls against smuggling and increase the value retained from the country’s mineral resources. He said…

In one extraordinary week, two of the world’s most important nations have validated a vision that started in Accra. On Monday, September 29, 2026, in Washington D.C., President Donald Trump stood at the Mellon Auditorium to launch America.Gov – a single, AI-powered portal where every American can access government information and services. And today, Thursday, October 1, 2026, on its Independence Day, Nigeria will switch on its National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System – giving every building and home in Nigeria a unique digital address for the first time. Both initiatives have been celebrated as groundbreaking in Washington and Abuja.And both…

The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News. Diesel prices in the UK reached a new high on Monday due to supply pressures springing from the US-Israel conflict with Iran and Russia’s war with Ukraine. Fuel prices are rising globally and US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports, stating at the weekend: “We’re thinking about it very seriously.” Healey, who admitted that UK diesel prices are “extreme”, said the government was in discussions with the US,…

Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Yusif Sulemana (PhD), has urged the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) to design its financing model around predictable funding, community benefits and strong national systems. Addressing the TFFF Roundtable in New York, Dr Sulemana said countries need clear eligibility criteria and payment rules that allow them to plan forest protection programmes beyond short-term project cycles. The Bole-Bamboi MP said Ghana’s experience under REDD+ provides useful lessons for building a financing framework that can work over the long term. He stressed the importance of ensuring that communities receive transparent and meaningful benefits from…

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has paid a deeply moving tribute to the late Dagomba Chief of Accra Alhaji Abdul Kadir Tahir, describing him as his father, his chief and his Imam. At the adua (funeral) of the late traditional leader and Islamic scholar in Accra, Dr. Bawumia, who was visibly emotional, said the late chief was a rare man whose entire life was centred on God and the preparation for the hereafter. “He was my father, my chief and my Imam,” Dr. Bawumia said in his tribute. “He lived his life in preparation of the hereafter,” he added,…

A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally said her allegation was untrue. The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit in 2024 claiming she had been drugged and raped by Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. The stars denied the allegation and she dropped the lawsuit last year. Carter then sued her and her lawyers. In a statement filed in that case on Thursday, she wrote: “Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me. I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter.…

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has dissolved the transitional government, three months before the country’s first election since its independence in 2011. The country has previously postponed elections twice and extended the transitional period several times. Under the amended law, signed on Monday, Kiir removed the country’s five vice-presidents and dissolved parliament, as well as national and state governments. Kiir is the presidential candidate of his Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). No prominent figures have announced plans to challenge him in the December poll. The main opposition leader Riek Machar was sacked as vice-president last year and charged with treason.…

As world leaders gather for the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, few African statesmen loom as large over the institution’s history as Ghana’s founding president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Decades after his overthrow in 1966, the questions he raised about African unity, economic independence, global inequality and self-determination remain central to the challenges confronting today’s leaders. The renewed debate in Ghana about Dr Nkrumah’s legacy has gained added relevance following recent remarks by former New Patriotic Party running mate Matthew Opoku Prempeh. At Dr Nkrumah’s 117th birthday celebration event, Dr Prempeh called on Ghanaians…

An investigation is under way after an Ipswich Town footballer was racially abused online. The club said on social media it was “aware of online racist abuse” directed at attacker Abdul Fatawu, calling it “completely unacceptable”. It came after the Ghanaian winger, 22, was sent off during Town’s 1-0 defeat to Everton on Saturday. The club said: “We are investigating this incident alongside the Premier League and the relevant authorities. We will continue to offer Abdul our full support.” On X, many people condemned the abuse directed towards the player, who has made five appearances for Ipswich Town this season.…

Two women have been charged in South Africa in connection with the murder of a woman in an area east of Johannesburg – the last of nine recent cases in that region that have reignited the debate about the levels of gender-based violence in the country. Under pressure to solve the spate of murders which has involved victims’ bodies being dumped on a roadside, police have described the arrests of the two as a “breakthrough”. Referring to all nine cases, acting police chief Lt Gen Puleng Dimpane said her officers were “working tirelessly to bring those responsible to justice”. The…