West Africa Floods Kill More Than 70 Across Five Countries. The Drainage Was Built for a Different City. AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS LOCAL by panafricantv - July 9, 2026July 9, 20260 By Victoria Wilson | Adabraka is among the communities in Accra’s Odaw River basin that flood with every major rainfall. The June 29 event displaced nearly 48,000 residents across greater Accra. Photo: ModernGhana Flooding has killed more than 70 people across five West African countries since the rainy season began, as cities from Accra to Abidjan and Lomé faced some of the heaviest rainfall recorded in recent years. Côte d’Ivoire has recorded at least 59 deaths, the majority in Abidjan. Ghana has confirmed at least 12 following catastrophic floods on June 29th, with seven people still missing. Togo has recorded at least five. Benin and Nigeria have also been affected. The flooding has struck coastal communities with what regional observers describe
Namibia’s President Visits China For Talks On Minerals, Green Hydrogen, And Manufacturing AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 8, 2026July 8, 20260 Victoria Wilson Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (CC BY 2.0) Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has arrived in China for a state visit focused on deepening cooperation in critical minerals processing, green hydrogen, and manufacturing investment, the two governments said. The visit, which began July 5, runs through July 11 and is Nandi-Ndaitwah’s first trip to China since she was inaugurated in March 2025. It follows a ministerial meeting in Beijing in April at which both sides agreed to advance cooperation across energy, minerals, agriculture, infrastructure, and technology. Nandi-Ndaitwah is scheduled to hold formal talks with President Xi Jinping, who will host a welcome ceremony and state banquet in her honour in Beijing later this week. She will also meet separately with Premier Li
Zoomlion Ghana Wins Two Major Awards at HESS Awards 2026 For Waste Management Excellence AFRICAN NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 8, 2026July 8, 20260 Zoomlion Ghana Ltd has been recognized with two prestigious awards at the 8th Edition of the Health, Environment, Safety & Security (HESS) Awards 2026. The company received the Waste Management & Recycling Facility Excellence Award 2026 and the Waste Management Innovation Award 2026, highlighting its leadership in delivering safe, responsible, and innovative waste management solutions across Ghana. The awards ceremony was held in Accra under the theme “Beyond Compliance: Building Resilient Organizations Through Integrated HESS Excellence.” Representing Zoomlion were Mr. Emil Amoah (Operations Manager), Mrs. Ruth Juwena Bentie (People and Culture Manager, Performance Management), Mrs. Kesha Owooh (Health & Safety Officer), and Ms. Mary Agyepomah-Kissi (Corporate Affairs Officer). The delegation joined other industry leaders, dignitaries, and award-winning organizations at the event. The
Ruto Signed Kenya’s Finance Bill. Then His Forces Disappeared Six Who Protested. AFRICAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 3, 2026July 3, 20260 By Victoria Wilson | Photo: Capital FM Kenya / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Ruto signed Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 into law on June 23. Two days later, six people were arrested on live television outside the Kenyan Parliament building. Two days after that, they were found dumped on the roadsides of Nairobi, on Lang’ata Road and on Ngong Road. Their names are Boniface Mulinge Muteti, Elisha Ochieng Alam, Collins Otieno, Fredrick Ojiro, Christine Alubengo, and Michael Ngige. For forty-eight hours, their relatives and lawyers could not find them. Police stations across Nairobi denied holding them. Human rights monitors searched. When the six resurfaced, they reported to investigators: after the police truck departed, more than ten armed men in civilian clothes had intercepted
Ghana Condemns Killing Of Citizen In South Africa, Demands Justice And Accountability AFRICAN NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - July 2, 2026July 3, 20260 By Makiza Micheline Latifa The Government of Ghana has strongly condemned the killing of a Ghanaian national in South Africa during anti-immigrant demonstrations, describing the incident as a senseless act of xenophobic violence and demanding swift justice. In a statement issued on Wednesday, July 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said 40-year-old Bashiru Isak was fatally shot in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Monday, June 30, during demonstrations linked to ongoing xenophobic attacks. Expressing profound shock and sadness, the Ministry condemned the killing and urged South African authorities to carry out a full, transparent and expedited investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. According to the Ministry, the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria has formally lodged Ghana’s protest with South Africa’s Department of International
Government To Mainstream Agroecological Practices Under Feed Ghana Programme AFRICAN NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 2, 2026July 2, 20260 The Government of Ghana will mainstream agroecological practices under its flagship Feed Ghana Programme to strengthen food security and promote sustainable food systems, Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has announced. The policy direction was outlined in a keynote address delivered on the Vice President’s behalf by the Chief of Staff at the Office of the Vice President, Alex Segbefia, at the opening of the CIRAWA International Conference on Agroecology and Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems in Africa in Accra. Mr. Segbefia also officially declared the conference open on behalf of the Vice President. The conference, organised under the CIRAWA (Agroecological Solutions for Resilient Farming in West Africa) initiative, has brought together policymakers, researchers, development partners, farmers, civil society organisations and
Sudan’s War Has Entered Its Fourth Year. Drone Strikes Have Killed 1,000 Civilians Since January. AFRICAN NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - July 2, 2026July 2, 20260 By Victoria Wilson | Photo: Uhna727ua / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Sudan’s civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on 15 April 2023. It is now in its fourth year. Four in five civilians killed in armed conflict in Sudan in 2026 have died not from ground fighting but from drone strikes, a method that offers no safe zone: markets, hospitals, fuel stations, displacement sites, and dialysis centres have all been hit. The United Nations estimates that drone strikes killed more than 1,000 Sudanese civilians in the first five months of this year alone. Across Sudan, 33.7 million people need humanitarian assistance. Famine has been confirmed in two cities. The $2.9 billion humanitarian
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