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… The cannabis syndicate in the region, he said, was making a fortune from the illicit business, with producers allegedly selling the substance to clients in Togo, Benin, Nigeria and other parts of West Africa. …
NACOC warns of rising cannabis addiction among children in Volta through toffees, soft drinksDaily Guide
… Northern Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin have all seen attacks. The groups behind this expansion have strategy, financing, recruitment systems, and a southward territorial logic that has not reversed once in over a decade. …
The Difference Between Knowing And Seeing • Why Intelligence Services In Africa Are Still Fighting The Last WarJoy Online
… It said the resolution was sponsored by Togo on behalf of the African Union and co-sponsored by the Bahamas, while the United States cast the sole vote against it. …
GIGS welcomes UN adoption of Equal Earth map as correction to ‘450 years of cartographic injustice’ against AfricaJoy Online
Ghana’s Gwendolyn Duvor Klu and Togo’s Winner Gakpo have been crowned champions of the Girls’ Doubles at the J30 Accra – Tennis Foundation Ghana Open. …
Duvor Klu, Gakpo win J30 Accra girls’ doubles titleJoy Online
… Togo led the initiative to further the African Union campaign to limit use of the Mercator map, which distorts the relative size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles. …
UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true sizeJoy Online
Ghana’s Black Maidens have been drawn into Group B alongside regional rivals Nigeria, Togo and Niger for the 2027 WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup. …
Black Maidens drawn against Nigeria, Togo and Niger in WAFU B U-17 CupJoy Online
… Mr Dumelo said countries across the region had already begun working together to strengthen rice production, but argued that these efforts needed to be deepened and better coordinated to achieve meaningful self-sufficiency. “In the last few years, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Sie …
West Africa can be self-sufficient in rice production – John DumeloJoy Online
… Amine succeeds Salem Kalmoni, who has been appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Japan Motors Network, with responsibility for operations in Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal and Mali. …
Japan Motors Ghana appoints Amine Kabbara as new Managing DirectorJoy Online
Patients in Benin, The Gambia and Togo are set to have new spaces where they can raise complaints and concerns about the healthcare they receive. …
Health service support centres to give patients in 3 West African countries a stronger voice in healthcareJoy Online
… The cotton-producing areas include Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin, Niger, Togo and northern Ghana. …
Northshore Apparel plans fabric mill, cotton outgrower scheme as part of expansion – CEOOver 20 Ghanaian youth are participating in the 2026 International Festival of Youth in Ekaterinburg, Russia, where the CEO of the Ghana Russia Centre for Commerce and Relations says the event could unlock business partnerships, scholarships and joint ventures in entrepreneurship, technology, media, education and culture.
4 hours ago · Joy Online →
Over 20 Ghanaian youth are participating in the 2026 International Festival of Youth in Ekaterinburg, Russia, where the CEO of the Ghana Russia Centre for Commerce and Relations says the event could unlock business partnerships, scholarships and joint ventures in entrepreneurship, technology, media, education and culture.
4 hours ago · Joy Online →
About 10,000 young people from 191 countries, including representatives from 19 African nations, gathered in Ekaterinburg, Russia for the week-long 2026 International Festival of Youth (September 11–17), which provides a platform for young leaders to participate in activities covering media, entrepreneurship, science, education, technology, public administration, culture, sport and civic engagement.
6 hours ago · Joy Online →
Ghana's delegation at the 33rd Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa in Vienna called for stronger regional and international cooperation to combat drug trafficking and transnational organised crime. During the period under review, NACOC and partner security agencies made 217 arrests and 165 prosecutions, intercepting more than 8.5 tonnes of assorted narcotic drugs and 45.4 million tramadol tablets.
21 hours ago · Joy Online →
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghanaian citizens can travel to at least 41 countries across Africa, the Caribbean and other regions without obtaining a visa in advance under visa waiver arrangements, though permitted stay durations vary—most offer up to 90 days, while Grenada, Maldives and Zambia allow 30 days.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's U-17 team will begin their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign against Togo on October 10, 2026, in the WAFU Zone B U-17 Championship in Burkina Faso, followed by matches against Benin and the hosts. Only the two finalists of the championship will qualify for the 2027 U-17 AFCON in Morocco.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Businessman Dr Kofi Amoah has called for Ghana to rethink how it investigates and punishes corruption, arguing that current approaches risk making corruption an attractive route to wealth and social status, particularly as the country seeks to build competitive indigenous businesses and transform its economy.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Togo's government has established an autonomous national agency to regulate and monitor medicines and health products, aiming to strengthen pharmaceutical safety amid concerns about substandard and falsified medicines and challenges in quality control, inspections, and market surveillance.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
An Africa Clean Air Network report found that parts of West Africa, particularly Senegal and Cape Verde, experienced more than 120 days in 2025 when air quality exceeded the World Health Organization's daily safety guideline for PM2.5 particles, primarily due to seasonal Saharan dust.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Accra Circuit Court Four has sentenced Gift Chinyere Aminu, 36, to seven years' imprisonment in hard labour for human trafficking and prostitution. The court heard that Aminu brought victims from Togo to Ghana and forced them into prostitution, subjecting them to severe beatings when they failed to comply.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Photonics and Optics Laboratory, being established at KNUST, aims to develop local capacity to build, maintain and improve advanced scientific instruments rather than rely on imports. The laboratory, to be commissioned September 22, will train African scientists in photonics applications including medicine authentication, disease screening and environmental monitoring.
7 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
Children as young as 10 are becoming severely addicted to cannabis in parts of the Volta Region, with producers processing raw cannabis into toffees and soft drinks marketed to unsuspecting children, according to the Volta Regional Commander of the Narcotics Control Commission. The trend is most evident in Hohoe and Kpando municipalities, as well as North Dayi, South Dayi, and Afadzato South districts, with cannabis syndicates selling the substance to clients in Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and other parts of West Africa.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A former intelligence bureau chief argues that Sub-Saharan African intelligence services are structured to record and report historical events rather than predict future threats, a practice inherited from the colonial period that undermines their core national security function.
7 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of a resolution endorsing the Equal Earth map projection as a fairer alternative to the Mercator projection, describing it as a landmark step correcting over 450 years of cartographic distortion of Africa. The resolution was adopted by 164 votes in favour to one against (the United States), with six countries abstaining.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Gwendolyn Duvor Klu and Togo's Winner Gakpo defeated Nigeria's Goodnews Eyinjuoluwa Aina and India's Sharanya Sawant 6-2, 6-1 to claim the Girls' Doubles championship at the J30 Accra Tennis Foundation Ghana Open, an ITF World Tennis Junior Tour event.
5 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's 16-year-old Gwendolyn Duvor Klu won the ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in Accra, defeating Togolese player Winner Gakpo 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets, improving on her second-place finish the previous year. Duvor Klu attributed her victory to improved tactical focus and a clearer match plan.
5 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The UN voted 164–1 to support adoption of more accurate map projections, with Togo leading an African initiative to counter the Mercator map's distortion of continental sizes. The resolution is not legally binding and does not restrict use of the Mercator projection for maritime and aerial navigation.
4 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Black Maidens have been drawn into Group B alongside Nigeria, Togo and Niger for the 2027 WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup, hosted by Côte d'Ivoire and scheduled to begin September 15, 2026. The tournament will prepare Ghana for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
4 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture John Dumelo called for stronger regional collaboration among West African governments, the private sector, and farmers to build a self-sufficient rice industry. Despite the region's production potential, West Africa spends more than US$3.5 billion annually importing rice, though countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, and Sierra Leone have begun working together on the rice value chain.
4 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Japan Motors Trading Company Limited has appointed Amine Kabbara as Managing Director, succeeding Salem Kalmoni who has been promoted to Group Chief Executive Officer of Japan Motors Network. Kabbara, who brings over 16 years of professional experience in the automotive sector, previously served as General Manager for Sales and Marketing.
1 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The West African Health Organisation has launched projects to establish Health Service User Support Centres in Benin, The Gambia and Togo, providing patients with structured places to report healthcare problems, seek guidance and support. The centres will also facilitate dialogue and mediation, using patient feedback to identify recurring issues and improve healthcare quality and safety.
29 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Northshore Apparel Ghana Limited has announced a three-phase expansion plan for its industrial park in Savelugu that will establish a fabric mill and cotton outgrower scheme across northern Ghana and neighbouring countries, aiming to create an integrated textile value chain enabling Ghana to export finished clothing instead of raw cotton.
28 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Black Meteors have been drawn to face the winner of Togo versus Libya in the second qualifying round of the 2027 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, with matches scheduled for November 2026. A successful campaign would end Ghana's 24-year wait for an Olympic football appearance, having last competed in 2004.
26 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Ghana Maritime Authority has opened a five-day regional training programme at the Regional Maritime University in Nungua to strengthen the capacity of seafarer examiners, assessors and instructors from Ghana and six other African countries—Cabo Verde, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia—in maritime training and certification standards.
25 August 2026 · Joy Online →
At the launch of the 2026 GITFiC AfCFTA Tertiary Students' Week, University of Ghana students were called upon to develop practical skills to drive the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. The programme, held under the theme "Empowering the Next Generation to Learn, Connect, Trade, Innovate and Lead," aims to expose students to the opportunities and demands of Africa's single market, with the argument that Africa's challenge is not the absence of a trade agreement but the lack of skilled professionals to implement it.
24 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's successive administrations have treated the Sahel jihadist threat as an issue for Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin, but West African instability is widening: jihadist groups now control over fifty percent of Mali's territory and have advanced further south despite military juntas' coups and security collaboration with Russia's Africa Corps.
21 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 49-year-old unemployed man into custody over an alleged attempted robbery at a GCB Bank branch at Labone. He has pleaded not guilty to eight counts including conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery, and police investigations have linked him and five other suspects to alleged robberies between May and August 13, 2026, in Tema, Spintex, Labone, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire.
21 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Two French journalists detained in Togo since 27 July have been charged with "false declarations" despite possessing work visas and authorisation to film there, according to Reporters Without Borders. One of the journalists is reported to be suffering from serious health problems requiring medical attention.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Fidelity Bank has called for stronger stakeholder collaboration, harmonised trade systems, and targeted institutional support to remove structural barriers limiting the growth of Ghanaian traders and entrepreneurs, particularly women. The bank's director of banking operations identified poor data quality and fragmented customs systems as major obstacles to trade growth in Ghana and the region, and advocated for greater harmonisation of customs regimes across neighbouring countries.
20 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
Two French journalists—Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani, from audiovisual production company Tony Comiti Productions—and their Togolese fixer Fred Venum have been detained in Togo since July 27, 2026, while filming for France 5 documentary programme Les Routes de l'impossible. They were arrested near Kara in northern Togo and charged with "false statements" on August 17; Reporters Without Borders has called for their immediate release.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Chiefs and communities of Agortime in the Volta Region marked the 31st Agortime Kente Festival with calls to preserve traditional Kente weaving and increase investment in the craft to create sustainable jobs for youth, with government representatives noting Kente's importance to Ghana's national identity while citing rising production costs and competition from cheaper imitations as challenges to local weavers.
19 August 2026 · Daily Guide →