OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THE AFRICAN FEDERATION OF MINERS AND MINERAL WEALTH AFRICA NEWS NEWS by panafricantv - June 1, 2026June 1, 20260 OFFICAL STATEMENTDownload
Ban On Drumming And Noise Making In Greater Accra AFRICA NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - May 5, 2026May 5, 20260 Story by George Yawson Vineh The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, in collaboration with the Regional Security Council, has officially notified the public of the annual ban on drumming and noise making across the region. The directive, which forms part of preparations towards the celebration of the Homowo Festival, is aimed at maintaining peace, solemnity, and respect for traditional customs during the sacred period. According to a press release from the Council, the ban takes effect from today Monday, 6 May 2026 to Thursday, June 4, 2026 and will be observed across the Ga State within which all forms of drumming, use of loudspeakers, roadside evangelism, and other noise-making activities are strictly prohibited. However, the traditional areas of Osu, La, Teshie, Nungua Tema, Prampram,
Signals Before Ratings: Why Africa Needs a New Risk Language AFRICA NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - April 28, 2026April 28, 20260 Story By Daniel Addo, PhD CandidateIn global finance, the most expensive mistakes are rarely caused by a lack of data. They are caused by a failure to interpret signals early enough. Nowhere is this truer than in Africa, where sovereign risk is still largely read through frameworks designed for economies that behave very differently.Lord Fiifi Quayle’s Africa Risk Index is an attempt to correct that mismatch. It does not reject traditional metrics debt ratios, fiscal balances, inflation but it reorders them. It asks a more practical question: how does risk actually show up on the ground before it appears in official data?This shift is subtle but important. The deeper issue is not risk itself, but the persistent mispricing of uncertainty.
Africa’s Mobility Giant YANGO Visits Hangzhou, Partners FUTURE CAR to Set Benchmark for NEV Mobility in Africa AFRICA NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS NEWS by panafricantv - April 27, 2026April 27, 20260 From April 16 to 22, YANGO, one of Africa's largest ride-hailing platforms, together with fleet partners from Ghana, visited Hangzhou alongside its core partner FUTURE CAR. The delegation conducted in-depth inspections of key ecosystem partners including Zhejiang Jixin Resource Recycling Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou Carlinx Multi Tech Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group Co., Ltd., two-wheeled EV manufacturers, and Alibaba Group, aiming to accelerate the large-scale deployment of new energy mobility solutions across Africa. During the visit, the delegation toured enterprises spanning the entire value chain—covering vehicle manufacturing, intelligent connectivity, EV powertrain components, and cross-border services—to comprehensively assess China's technological strength, supply chain systems, and digitalized operational capabilities in the new energy mobility sector. Wang Qian (fourth from left),
YAWC NETWORK GLOBAL GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER PAYS COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIA’S PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR GENDER AFRICA NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS by panafricantv - April 27, 2026April 27, 20260 High-Level Meeting at Government Complex in Lusaka Advances Bilateral Cooperation on Women's Empowerment Ahead of YAWC's 10th Anniversary LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – A Member of the Global Governing Council and Director for Legal, International Negotiations and Strategic Communications of the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network, Nana Freduah Agyeman Osborn, ESQ, has paid a courtesy call on the Permanent Secretary for Gender in Zambia, Honourable Mainga D. Kabika, at the Government Complex in Lusaka. The high-level meeting forms part of a nine-day diplomatic mission undertaken by the YAWC Network to deepen Pan-African partnerships with key government officials, civil society organisations, and development stakeholders in Zambia and Zimbabwe, ahead of the organisation's landmark 10th Anniversary. During the meeting, Nana Freduah Agyeman Osborn presented the YAWC
Ghana Signs Security and Defence Partnership with EU, Dismisses Sovereignty Concerns AFRICA NEWS by panafricantv - April 14, 2026April 15, 20260 By Makiza Micheline Latifa Ghana has formalised a Security and Defence Partnership with the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced, positioning the agreement as a strategic response to growing instability across West Africa, particularly the advancing threat of violent extremism from the Sahel and persistent maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea. According to the Ministry, the partnership establishes a structured framework for bilateral cooperation across five key areas: counter-terrorism, maritime security, cybersecurity, border management, and support for peacekeeping and crisis response operations. It also provides for technical assistance, training, and the provision of equipment to Ghana’s security agencies. In a statement issued on April 14, the Ministry was emphatic that the agreement does not open the door to any
UN Adopts Ghana’s Motion Declaring Transatlantic Slave Trade Gravest Crime Against Humanity AFRICA NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - March 25, 2026March 25, 20260 By Makiza Micheline Latifa The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a landmark resolution formally declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity, a historic moment that advocates say marks a turning point in the global pursuit of reparatory justice. The resolution was adopted by an overwhelming majority, with 123 member states voting in favour, only 3 against, and 52 abstentions, a result that signals massive global endorsement for Ghana’s push to hold history accountable. The resolution, championed by President John Dramani Mahama on behalf of the African Group, was titled the “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity.” Its adoption on Wednesday, the 25th of March, came on
Nine Persons Arrested as Customs Intercepts Undeclared Tramadol at Tema Port AFRICA NEWS by panafricantv - March 4, 2026March 4, 20260 Story by George Yawson VINEH Nine public officers, including five Customs officers, one officer from the Narcotics Control Commission, one Port Security officer, one Energy Commission officer and one Standards Authority officer, have been arrested and placed under Police inquiry bail in connection with the interception of a container carrying a massive consignment of undeclared Tramadol at the Tema Port. The arrests follow the seizure by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) of a container loaded with 299 cartons containing 146,932,000 tablets (250mg and 225mg) of undeclared Tramadol Hydrochloride, equivalent to 34,847.2 kilogrammes. The seizure according to a press statement signed and issued on Tuesday 3 March,2026 was triggered by intelligence received by the Preventive wing of the
Today marks six decades since a dark veil was drawn over our nation’s sovereignty. (Hon Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah) AFRICA NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - February 24, 2026February 24, 20260 February 24, 1966, remains a solemn reminder of the moment the visionary trajectory of our founding father, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, was violently and tragically truncated. Though the coup plotters succeeded on that day, they failed in their ultimate mission.The torch Nkrumah lit still burns.It burns in every Pan-African ideal we hold, and in the resilience of a people who refuse to forget their true founding father. From the industrial heartbeat of Tema to the hydroelectric power of Akosombo, his blueprints remain the very pillars upon which our republic rests.He did not build for the next election but rather for the next century. As we remember this solemn anniversary, let us recommit to building the Ghana he envisioned, which is independent in thought,
Fraud Network Targets Miners: rCOMSDEP Exposes Imposters Exploiting Ghana’s Cooperative Mining Sector AFRICA NEWS LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - February 21, 2026February 21, 20260 A growing web of fraud targeting Ghana’s mining communities has been uncovered following a strong public warning issued by the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP). In a press statement released Thursday, rCOMSDEP disclosed that individuals and groups are falsely posing as agents and regional coordinators of the Secretariat, deceiving miners and extorting money under the guise of facilitating access to mineralized lands. The scheme, according to the Programme, involves imposters presenting themselves as official intermediaries with the power to secure mining opportunities for cooperatives. Victims are reportedly charged unauthorized fees and levies payments that rCOMSDEP insists it has never sanctioned. “This is criminal conduct under the laws of the Republic of Ghana,” the statement emphasized.No Agents, No Coordinators, No MiddlemenIn