A delegation from the United States Department of Treasury, accompanied by officials from the Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy in Accra, paid a working visit to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) on Friday, September 18, 2026. The team was received by GoldBod Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Richard Nunekpeku, Esq., together with the Director of...
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German‑Ghanaian Consortium Explores Partnership with GoldBod on Sustainable ASM
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has held discussions with representatives of the YEMAYA Science Project consortium to explore collaboration aimed at strengthening responsible and sustainable artisanal and small‑scale mining (ASM) in Ghana. The consortium, comprising TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany), the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), and the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD),...
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Israeli ‘Double-Tap’ Air Strike Responsible for killing Schoolboy In Gaza
An Israeli “double-tap” air strike killed two people, including a 15-year-old boy, in Gaza City on Tuesday, despite the US-brokered “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas in October last year. An Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City. Israeli forces claimed they were targeting Hamas operatives. A...
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Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Sentenced To 25 Years For War Crimes
The Kosovo war crimes tribunal has convicted former Kosovar President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia. Thaci, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for crimes, including murder, torture and illegal detention, committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo...
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Saudi Arabia faces high-stakes choices as war with Houthis escalates
Yemen’s Houthi rebel fighters have broken free from the front lines that have remained broadly frozen in the country since 2022, surging forward to take key positions close to the vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait and opening a new front line in the war that has roiled the region since the US and Israel’s attack on...
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Ghana Announces New Visa Waiver Agreements
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced the ratification of visa waiver arrangements between Ghana and three partner countries — the Republic of Maldives, the Republic of Zambia, and Antigua and Barbuda. Under the agreements, holders of Ordinary, Service, and Diplomatic Passports may now travel visa-free to these destinations for specified durations....
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Namibian Delegation Benchmarks GoldBod’s Regulatory Framework
A delegation from Namibia’s Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy has paid a working visit to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) as part of a benchmarking and consultation mission aimed at strengthening Namibia’s mining sector. The team was received by GoldBod’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Richard Nunekpeku, Esq., who led discussions on the institution’s mandate...
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Israeli Academia Accused Of Systemic Apartheid Against Palestinians
A new legal report details how universities established a two-track disciplinary system to suppress Palestinian expression.One Palestinian student found herself facing permanent expulsion and the revocation of all her academic credits at Zefat Academic College in Israel, after posting a video of a religious preacher praying for the people of Gaza. Another Palestinian student, at...
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Kenya Offers Amnesty For Migrants After Burundians Rush To Leave
Kenya has offered a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African migrants after hundreds of Burundians rushed to their country’s embassy in Nairobi seeking travel documents to return home. Kenyan President William Ruto’s government last week ordered authorities to close small businesses run by foreigners, starting on Monday. The order, which Kenya’s Ministry of Trade said applied to...
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Recognition Becomes Obligation” – Ghana Welcomes UN Committee’s Reparations Report
Ghana has hailed as groundbreaking the latest report of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which concludes unequivocally that perpetrators of the transatlantic enslavement must provide reparatory justice. Binding Legal Duty The Committee’s authoritative guidance affirms that States are bound under the 1965 Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to...