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Ghana secures $30 million grant from China to construct modern market in Aflao
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 9, 2025
By: Hannah Dadzie Ghana has secured a $30 million grant from the Government of China to support the construction of a modern market in Aflao, in line with President John Mahama’s campaign promise during the 2024 electioneering campaign. The...
Petrol imports crashed to record low in June – Report
Punch
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July 9, 2025
Nigeria’s import of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, by oil marketers fell to a record low in June, majorly driven by a ramp-up in output from the 650,000 barrels-per-day Dangote Petroleum Refinery, new data has shown. An Argus...
China grants Ghana $30m for Aflao market redevelopment
CNR Citi Newsroom
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July 9, 2025
Ghana has received a $30 million grant from the Chinese government to construct a modern market in Aflao, a major trading town in the Volta Region. Foreign Affairs Minister and North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced in a post on X...
A Plan B for PRC Cable-Cutting: Taiwan’s Satellite Communications
Ketagalan Media - California
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July 10, 2025
This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 10, Issue 13. Used with permission. To get the Global Taiwan Brief in your inbox every week, subscribe at...
Test: In Rhythm With The Sun: Power, Presence & Pulse
I News Cayman
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July 8, 2025
Kwayera Archer Key Highlights From June A Sacred Exchange in Abidjan I presented “Sacred Succession & Living Leadership Lineages” at the Yale Directors Forum in Abidjan—an 18-month global fellowship for cultural leaders. I stood with 16...
Full text: Engineers & Planners responds to $100m Azumah Resources gold mine deal
Joy FM
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July 8, 2025
The government of Ghana gave a lease to Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd in respect of a gold concession in the Upper West Region in 1992. The company is owned by an Australian company. From 1992 till 2022, the company was unable to commence any...
EU’s top port braces for possible Russia war by 2030
Azzet
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July 9, 2025
Europe could be a lot closer to directly engaging in war with Russia, with the trading bloc’s largest port, Rotterdam, having already begun preparing for such an eventuality. The port’s CEO Boudewijn Siemons is understood to have told the...
This Day In History – July 7
Jamaica Observer
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July 7, 2025
Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwaska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win her fifth Wimbledon singles crown this day in 2012. Today is the 188th day of 2025. There are 177 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 1993: Hurricane Calvin hits the...
Ecobank to End Safe Deposit Box Services Amid Low Demand and Compliance Risks
Togo First
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Service to be discontinued in Togo from August 1, reflecting global banking trends. Rising costs, low profitability and regulatory pressures drive exit. Customers urged to clear contents by July 31 or items will be transferred to a mandated firm....
#FreeTogo Protests: Young People Want to End a Dictatorship
OkayAfrica
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July 1, 2025
Young people in Togo have taken to the streets over the last few days, calling for the resignation of PresidentFaure Essozimna Gnassingbé, whose family has been in power for 58 years. On Thursday, June 26, hundreds of protesters blocked off...
US Cancels 54 Contracts, Saves $804 Million in 2 Days: DOGE
The Epoch Times
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July 7, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Federal government agencies terminated 54 contracts over two days that netted $804 million in savings,...
1st Congress of Ambassadors at MSU Held
Business Ghana
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On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
50 Years Of Gowon’s Overthrow
Leadership
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July 5, 2025
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Kwamigah-Atokple intervenes with GH¢60,000 water project For Ho residents
New Crusading Guide
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July 6, 2025
The Volta Regional Council of State Member, Gabriel Tanko Kwamigah-Atokple, has funded the expenses for an ongoing water project at Sokode Ando, a community in the Ho Central Municipality of the Volta Region. The project, a mechanised borehole, is...
West Africa Terror: Why Attacks On Military Bases Are Rising – And Four Way
The Nigerian Voice
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More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
ECOWAS Bank okays €174m for investment, $125m for trade boost
National Accord Newspaper
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July 3, 2025
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has approved €174 million for investments and $125 million for social development to boost trade, strengthen infrastructure, and support social development in the West African region. According to a...
How E&P Acquired Comatose Black Volta Gold Project
New Crusading Guide
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July 9, 2025
By Ernest Addo It is an inspiring story of how a wholly-own Ghanaian company-Engineers and Planners(E&P)-a resourceful mining services company, procured an ailing Black Volta Gold Project, in the Upper West Region, belonging to Azumah Resources...
Hartford Bonanza makes triumphant return to Bushnell Park, showcasing community spirit and diversity
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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July 6, 2025
The free festival drew more than 50 local vendors, 20 food trucks and multiple community organizations, helping make the holiday weekend memorable for residents. HARTFORD, Conn. — The Hartford Bonanza triumphantly returned to Bushnell Park...
ECOWAS Bank approves $100m for Lagos-Calabar highway
Punch
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July 3, 2025
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has announced approval of $100m in funding for the construction of a 47.7km stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. This is a major boost to the Federal Government’s quest to deliver the 700km...
Ghana’s Engineers & Planners exposes greedy Australians
The Herald Ghana
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July 9, 2025
….Wanted US$300 million instead of agreed US$100 million for struggling Azumah Resources after gold price surge Ghana’s Energy and Projects Limited (E&P) has issued a detailed statement outlining the circumstances surrounding its acquisition of...