Ghana launches West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme to strengthen regional marine governance

Ghana has officially launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP), a pioneering regional initiative aimed at enhancing ocean governance, promoting a sustainable blue economy, and protecting marine ecosystems across 13 coastal West...

How smelly shoes inspired India's prize-winning study

A survey found more than half the respondents had felt embarrassed by their own shoes or someone else's stink./SCREENGRAB Almost every household has at least one pair of shoes whose odour is impossible to ignore.Multiply that by a family's worth...

A quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

By Gideon SARPONG Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a...

Ghana’s quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unravelled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a 40-foot shipping...

Have these scientists found the answer to stop shoes stinking?

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent ShareSave A survey found more than half the respondents had felt embarrassed by their own shoes or someone else's stink Almost every household has at least one pair of shoes whose odour is impossible to ignore....

 Nigerian Child Rights Act: FG Pledges to Work with Stakeholders Once Review Concluded

•As Tinubu, Hanatu, Sanwo-Olu, others hail Kanyeyachukwu artistic capabilities •Foundation seeks training of more professionals, funds to support families with autistic children Oluchi Chibuzor The federal government has said it will work with...

“We Will Need to Digitize Border Services”

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire — Liberia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Magdalene Dagoseh, has called for the digitization of Africa’s border systems to curb corruption and improve the efficiency of cross-border movement, as African leaders and...

2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The prize honors unusual or seemingly bizarre research that “makes people laugh … and then think.” This year’s awards honored, for example, research on how people react to being told they are intelligent, how alcohol may aid foreign language...

Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a 40-foot shipping...

An educational journey at Indiana Bat fest

VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Indiana State transformed their science building into a bat exhibit on Saturday, with booths from Hoosier National Forest, bat experts, an immersive cave, and live creatures. With all things bat-themed, the goal is...

Dr. Elikplim Apetorgbor: Volta – Ghana’s new agribusiness frontier

The Volta Region stands at a defining moment in its development journey. Blessed with fertile lands, diverse agro-ecological zones, abundant water resources, and proximity to both domestic and regional markets, Volta has every ingredient to become...

Ghana Should Tax Sex Workers Including Foreigners in the Tra...

Introduction: Facing the Reality Ghana’s sex industry, while officially criminalized, is vibrant, growing, and increasingly global. Every day, women and in some cases men sell sex in cities like Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, and border towns. Behind...

We’re committed to limit food importation – Veep

The Vice President, Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says the government is committed to addressing the numerous challenges confronting agriculture in the country in order to limit food importation and ensure farmers produce adequate food locally....

African Cinema and the legacy of Guido Convents

Guido Convents, a Belgian national who recently passed away, was a dedicated and pioneering scholar, film critic, historian, and anthropologist. Charles Ayetan, a Togolese media practitioner, film critic, and expert on African cinema, was a friend...

Africa Food Prize: IITA celebrates Nigerian scientist’s breakthrough in cassava, yam innovation

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), a member of the CGIAR global research partnership, has honoured one of its scientists, Mercy Diebiru-Ojo, after she was named a 2025 Africa Food Prize laureate for her work on cassava and...

Madagascar Protests -Youth Anger: A Downplayed African Crisis

Introduction Africa is in the grip of a crisis, downplayed at most or conviniently ignored at times - the crisis of Youth Anger. African youth are angry at authority, at their governments and their leadership, whom they blame for their...

Nigeria’s Oil Rigs Rise By 762% To 69 In Four Years — NUPRC

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that oil rig count in the country rose from eight in 2021 to 69 as of October 2, 2025, representing a 762.5% increase in barely four years. A statement by the Commission on...

Development Leaders Push Border Modernization to Unlock African Trade Potential

The trucks still line up for hours at African border crossings, drivers sometimes waiting days to clear customs checkpoints that haven’t fundamentally changed in decades. It’s a familiar scene that development leaders gathering in Abidjan say...

Why the Volta Region needs development finance partners for economic transformation

Dr. Elikplim Apetorgbor The Volta Region boasts vast untapped potential, spanning agriculture, energy, tourism, and logistics. But unlocking this promise requires catalytic, patient, and structured investment. Development Finance Institutions...

Volta: Ghana’s New Agribusiness Frontier

A Region Poised for Transformation The Volta Region stands at a defining moment in its development journey. Blessed with fertile lands, diverse agro-ecological zones, abundant water resources, and proximity to both domestic and regional markets,...