Beyond “Citizen Indiscipline”: Ghana’s Floods Are a Crisis Of Governance, Capitalism, And Collective Survival LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - July 1, 2026July 1, 20260 By Abdulhaq Ibrahim Every rainy season, Ghana returns to a familiar tragedy. The clouds gather, the rains fall, the drains overflow, homes are submerged, roads become rivers, and lives are lost. Then, almost immediately, the national conversation returns to one repeated explanation: citizen indiscipline. We are told that the floods happen because people dump refuse into gutters, build in waterways, ignore sanitation laws, and violate planning regulations. There is truth in this. A drain choked with plastic cannot carry stormwater. A building constructed in a waterway will obstruct the natural flow of water. A society that treats gutters as waste bins will suffer the consequences. But this explanation is not enough. Ghana’s recurring floods are not simply the result of bad behaviour by citizens.
Congo Sues Rwanda At The World Court. The Mine Funding The War Has Killed 600 This Year. AFRICAN NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 1, 2026July 1, 20260 By Victoria Wilson | Photo: Sylvain Liechti / MONUSCO Photos / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) On 26 June 2026, the Democratic Republic of Congo filed a case at the International Court of Justice against Rwanda, alleging a campaign of genocide and serious, widespread human rights violations conducted from 1996 to the present day. It is the third time the DRC has attempted to hold Rwanda legally accountable at The Hague. The first case was withdrawn in 2001. The second was dismissed in 2006 for lack of jurisdiction. The day before the ICJ filing, the United States Treasury sanctioned a Rwandan gold refinery and five associated entities for smuggling conflict minerals from eastern DRC. The minerals are extracted, in large part, from
Anti-Migrant Marches Proceed Across South Africa As June 30 Deadline Passes And 13,000 Have Fled AFRICAN NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 1, 2026July 1, 20260 By Victoria Wilson | Photo: Matt-80 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Anti-immigrant protesters marched in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, and Cape Town on 30 June 2026, the date that the movements March and March and Operation Dudula had designated as a deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. Some marches were peaceful. In Thembisa, a northern suburb of Johannesburg, rioters threw stones at police and at suspected migrants. In Benoni, east of Johannesburg, police deployed tactical vehicles and opened fire on approximately 500 demonstrators after being threatened. South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) says more than 13,000 foreign nationals were repatriated or formally deported in the two weeks before the deadline, approximately 9,000 Malawians, 3,000 Zimbabweans, 900 Ghanaians, and 300
Floods, Life, Death & the Political Hypocrisy. AFRICAN NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - July 1, 2026July 1, 20260 Story by Bless Koku Alormasor President John Dramani Mahama embarked on an aerial assessment of Accra’s flooding situation after yesterday’s torrential rains. Videos of the First Gentleman sitting in a chopper, spotting a dejected figure with a morose look, have since gone viral with varied opinions and commentaries on this action. A tad earlier today, opposition leader Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who was Ghana’s Vice President between January 2017 and January 2025, also marshalled some of his party members and visited SCC on the N1 Highway to witness, at first hand, the flooding situation at Ataala, an area that has been at the mercy of floods for several years whenever there is a downpour. Sadly, none of these inspire confidence , and I
Zimbawe’s Senate Has Voted To Remove The PEOPLE’S Vote. Mnangagwa Stsys To 2030. AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - June 30, 2026June 30, 20260 By Victoria Wilson | Photo: Agororo1 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Zimbabwe’s Senate voted 75 to 4 on 24 June, 2026 to pass Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill No. 3. The bill extends President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s current term by two years, from 2028 to 2030, and removes the direct popular election of the president. Going forward, a joint sitting of parliament will choose Zimbabwe’s head of state. Citizens will not. The National Assembly had already passed the bill 216 votes to 42. ZANU-PF holds a two-thirds majority in both chambers, the threshold required to amend the constitution. What the Bill Does CAB3 also abolishes the Zimbabwe Gender Commission and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, two bodies established by the 2013 Constitution to address
Former DRIP Coordinator Urges NDC To Reconnect With Grassroots LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - June 30, 2026June 30, 20260 Story by George Yawson Vineh Former National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, says the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) must return to its founding philosophy of putting the grassroots at the Centre of governance. On Saturday’s episode of Pan African Television Talk Time with Comrade Kwesi Pratt Junior Mr. Vanderpuye said the party has gradually drifted from its core values, leaving many loyal supporters feeling sidelined despite their contributions to the party’s electoral success. He further stressed that it is time for the NDC leadership to address what he described as the posture and conduct of some government appointees, warning that attitudes perceived as arrogant or detached could undermine the party’s relationship with its grassroots base. Urging government
Single Spine Salary Structure Under Strain; Independent Emoluments Commission to Drive Reforms – Vice President AFRICAN NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - June 26, 2026June 26, 20260 By Stanley Kwabla Arku | Presidential Correspondent Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang says the Single Spine Salary Structure is no longer meeting the evolving demands of Ghana’s labour market, underscoring the need for reforms to restore fairness, stability and industrial harmony. Speaking at the opening of the 2026 National Labour Conference in Ho, the Vice President said although the Single Spine Salary Structure, introduced about 15 years ago, represented a bold effort to achieve equal pay for equal work, the system is now under significant strain. According to her, persistent public sector wage disparities, labour agitations and the fragmented governance of public sector emoluments continue to exert considerable pressure on the national economy. “While many successes have been recorded, the system is now
China-Africa Trade Hit $348 Billion Last Year. Now Africa Has Duty-Free Access To 1.4 Billion Consumers. AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS NEWS by panafricantv - June 26, 2026June 26, 20260 By Victoria Wilson Photo: Andrew Thomas / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) China is Africa’s largest trading partner. The two sides exchanged $348 billion in goods in 2025. African exports to China grew 14.5 percent in the first four months of 2026. Since 1 May, every African country with diplomatic ties to Beijing ships its goods to a market of 1.4 billion consumers with zero tariffs at the gate. Africa’s trade deficit with China stood at $36.8 billion for the first four months of 2026 — up 48 percent year-on-year. The continent primarily exports raw materials; copper, cobalt, cocoa, oil, coffee, bauxite. China primarily exports manufactured goods in return; machinery, electronics, solar panels and vehicles. African governments across the continent have made the
Five Days To June 30: African Nations Airlift Thousands As South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Deadline Looms AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - June 25, 2026June 25, 20260 By Victoria Wilson Photo: Matt-80 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) South Africa’s June 30 anti-migrant deadline is five days away, with police deploying nationwide and protest groups saying they will not stand down. Ghana has evacuated approximately 1,000 citizens. Nigeria has flown home over 260, with more than 1,000 in total being processed. Mozambique repatriated 700 after five of its nationals were allegedly killed in Mossel Bay, a figure the South African Foreign Minister has disputed. Zimbabwe has evacuated 139. In Durban, roughly 10,000 Malawians gathered in an open field waiting for buses home. More than 8,000 have since left. At least 12 African immigrants have been reportedly killed since March 2026, though the South African government has disputed some of the
Kenya’s Courts Hault U.S. Ebola Quarantine Facility At Laikipia Air Base AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - June 24, 2026June 24, 20260 By | Victoria Wilson Photo: Christiaan Kooyman / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Health, Aden Duale, stood before a High Court judge on 23 June 2026 and announced the immediate halt of all construction at Laikipia Air Base. Justice Patricia Nyaundi had found him in contempt the day before, for defying suspension orders she had issued in late May. The injunction was extended to 23 July 2026. The facility was a 50-bed quarantine and biocontainment centre, proposed to receive American citizens who contracted Ebola abroad. It was to be built at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump, with the authorisation of President William Ruto. Photo: Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana / Wikimedia Commons (Attribution) Ruto