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

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 The first case was withdrawn in 2001.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

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

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