COUNTER-TERRORISM: Islamic Terrorists Rampage Across Africa

November 1, 2025: Over 200,000 deaths are attributed to Islamic terrorist groups operating in sub-Saharan Africa in the past ten years. Separately, escalating violence in the Sahel and Somalia have caused fatalities linked to militant Islamist...

Key Takeaways from AICE 2025 SMM (14th) Aluminum Industry Annual Conference

On October 17, the AICE 2025 SMM (14th) Aluminum Industry Annual Conference, hosted by SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (SMM), successfully concluded in Zhengzhou, Henan! The conference brought together renowned experts, scholars, and...

Benedict Cumberbatch, John Grisham and Ursula K. Le Guin’s fantasy maps: what to watch, read and see this week

The more I see Benedict Cumberbatch on screen the more I marvel at his talent as an actor. Recently I have watched him in Eric on Netflix, as an unravelling Sesame Street-style puppeteer looking for his abducted son; in old re-runs of smartypants...

Souleymane’s Story: the quietly devastating tale of an immigrant worker’s struggles in Paris

Set in Paris, director Boris Lojkine’s latest film follows Souleymane (an astonishing turn from Abou Sangaré), seeking asylum in France as an immigrant from Guinea. Through Souleymane’s eyes, Paris becomes a gritty, unforgiving landscape of...

Why Lindian, Meteoric Resources, Nuix, and Ramelius shares are falling today

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Ghana — and All of Africa — can stand on its own

It will get me into trouble again!” laughs Ghana President John Mahama upon the conclusion of our interview. A few weeks earlier, Mahama’s Foreign Minister had visited the U.S. State Department, only to be immediately confronted with an op-ed that...

I want to prove Ghana and all of Africa can stand on its own – Mahama tells Time Magazine

“It will get me into trouble again!” laughs Ghana President John Mahama upon the conclusion of our interview. A few weeks earlier, Mahama’s Foreign Minister had visited the U.S. State Department, only to be immediately confronted with an op-ed...

Israel’s engagement with Africa 

In July 2021 Israel was granted observer status at the African Union ((AU), a major move that followed two past failed attempts in the 2010s.This diplomatic victory for the Jewish State remained the object of fierce dispute among member states....

Cardinal Robert Sarah Accuses Europe of Leading the Ideological Persecution of Christianity: “Enshrining Abortion in the Constitution Is a Direct Affront to God and a Betrayal of Our Christian Roots”

Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah issued a stark warning about Europe’s moral and spiritual decline. “Enshrining abortion in the Constitution is a direct affront to God,” he stated, emphasizing that the ideological persecution of faith in the West is...

World Time Ghana’s President Wants to Show Africa Can Stand on Its Own

Ghanaian President John Mahama in his office at Jubilee House in Accra, Ghana, on July 18, 2025. Credit - Photograph by Natalija Gormalova for TIME “It will get me into trouble again!” laughs Ghana President John Mahama upon the conclusion of our...

Food security: NBRDA develops locally processed food products

The National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), through its Bioresources Development Centre (BIODEC) in Odi, Bayelsa State, has developed three new food products to enhance food security and improve livelihoods through...

South Africa’s thin-incentive critical minerals strategy noted in G20Lens analysis

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief or other...

CJID moves to counter disinformation as Côte d’Ivoire votes today

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has deployed a specialised team of fact-checkers, researchers, and data analysts to Côte d’Ivoire as the country holds its presidential election today, October 25. The move, according to...

Pra River Basin experiencing extreme weather conditions 

By Stephen Asante Accra, Oct. 23, GNA – Water research scientists say a study of the Pra River Basin has shown marked increases in extreme rainfall indices in recent decades, particularly between 2011 and 2020. The Basin was also experiencing...

Here are some midcap stocks bought by FIIs in Q2. Should investors follow?

Midcap stocks typically deliver higher earnings growth than large caps, especially during expansionary cycles in the economy. According to reports, in recent quarters, this segment recorded earnings growth significantly higher than large caps,...

CJID deploys election information monitoring team to Côte d’Ivoire ahead of 2025 poll

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has deployed a team of researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers to Côte d’Ivoire ahead of the 2025 Presidential Election. Executive Director, Akintunde Babatunde, says the move aims to...

Mali annuls 90-plus mining exploration permits amid legal changes 

Mali has cancelled more than 90 mining exploration permits, including those belonging to subsidiaries of international mining companies, due to alleged non-compliance with new legal requirements. The companies impacted include local subsidiaries...

Awolaja: Lagos Should Have Office of Valuer-General

The Director, Lagos State Valuation Office (LASVO), Esv. Adekunle Awolaja tells Bennett Oghifo he believes the government should establish an office of the Valuer-General as it did for Accountants and Lawyers, among others. He also speaks about...

Safe To Speak Up: Philippa Lewis on leadership, investment, and the discipline of listening

Philippa Lewis joins Safe To Speak Up to share the insights she’s picked up from decades spent chairing global enterprises, raising capital, and guiding start-ups. For leadership coach and keynote speaker Anton Guinea, creating spaces where people...

Will building nuclear power plants empower Africa or entrench foreign reliance?

- Supporters argue nuclear power could provide stable, low-carbon electricity - Critics warn of use of old technology, safety concerns, growing dependence on foreign partners ANKARA Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month announced plans...