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… Reports indicate that negotiations have been disrupted in countries such as Zimbabwe, while Kenya’s agreement has also faced scrutiny and legal challenges from civil society groups. …
Why Ghana turned down a $109 million health aid from the Trump administrationJoy Online
… The same issue sank talks with Zimbabwe this year and also prompted a court to suspend implementation of Kenya’s deal pending the hearing of a case filed by a consumer protection group. …
Ghana rejects proposed US health aid deal, citing data concernsJoy Online
The controversial anti-colonial pan-African activist Kemi Seba is currently in detention in South Africa, days after his arrest while allegedly attempting to flee to Europe via Zimbabwe. …
The detained anti-colonial activist grabbing attention in West Africa: Who is Kemi Seba?Harare's streets were quieter than usual as residents responded to a call for a nationwide shutdown by opposition groups and civil society activists against constitutional amendments. Police deployed across the city blocked access to gathering spaces as critics said the changes could extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term until 2030.
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Harare's streets were quieter than usual as residents responded to a call for a nationwide shutdown by opposition groups and civil society activists against constitutional amendments. Police deployed across the city blocked access to gathering spaces as critics said the changes could extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term until 2030.
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A 4.5-metre-long dinosaur species named Musango matusadonaensis, discovered on the shore of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe and dating to 210 million years ago, is the fifth dinosaur species ever named from the African country. The fossil, a sauropodomorph that lived during the Late Triassic period, sheds new light on dinosaur diversity in southern Africa.
31 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dai Mingsheng arrived in Ghana in 2001 with mining machinery and has spent a quarter-century introducing mechanised mining technology to the country's small-scale mining sector, growing from two containers into a full-service operation supplying machinery, technical support, and training through China Xinzheng-Ghana Friendly Development Company Ltd.
30 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Internet Society Ghana Chapter has urged stronger policy and regulatory reforms to support community networks as a way to expand internet access in underserved and rural areas. The call was made at a Ghana Community Networks Policy Dialogue in Accra, where Dr Maud Ashong Elliot, president of ISOC Ghana, identified challenges including inadequate infrastructure, high costs, unreliable electricity, and limited digital skills.
29 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana will host the 28th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa from August 24 to 27, 2026, bringing together more than 300 health regulators, policymakers and medical professionals from across Africa to discuss responsive regulation for safer communities and better health outcomes.
28 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
At least 85 Ghanaians have been confirmed dead after being recruited into the Russian Armed Forces, according to StopRussianRecruiters.org, a platform launched by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to document deceptive recruitment practices. Ghana has recorded the second-highest number of confirmed casualties among African countries, and several Ghanaian nationals are currently being held as prisoners of war in Ukraine.
23 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received U.S.-supported HIV treatment in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that attributed the decline to Trump administration cuts and changes to foreign aid. The analysis found U.S.-supported pediatric HIV treatment fell by around 14% year-on-year, though the U.S. State Department disputed the methodology and said the decline reflects the program's success in preventing new infections.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Zimbabwe's government has refused calls to expel an estimated 25,000 South Africans living in the country, saying it will not resort to retaliatory measures despite recurring xenophobic violence against Zimbabweans in South Africa. Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told Parliament that Zimbabwe welcomes foreign nationals lawfully in the country and will maintain an approach rooted in the principle of Ubuntu.
19 July 2026 · Joy Online →
African scientists and policymakers have launched research partnerships in West and Southern Africa to understand how climate change affects health across the continent, including impacts from extreme heat, floods, disease, and food insecurity. The Wellcome Trust is investing £40 million in the consortiums to generate evidence guiding government responses to climate-related health risks.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Zimbabwe's ambassador to Ghana announced a benchmarking mission to learn from Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission drug control strategies, as Zimbabwe prepares to establish its own Drug and Substance Abuse Control and Enforcement Agency.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
South Africa says more than 53,000 foreign nationals have been deported or repatriated since launching a "migration management" campaign five weeks ago, with most from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The crackdown follows anti-immigration protests demanding tighter border controls and mass deportations, though the UN has warned against using migrants as scapegoats for socioeconomic challenges.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
South Africa has experienced waves of xenophobic violence against foreign nationals from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somalia and Ghana, with frustrations rooted in high unemployment and economic inequality. The article argues that the real long-term employment threat may come not from migrants but from artificial intelligence, which represents a fundamentally different technological force than previous inventions.
11 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Diamond Rockets women's tennis team traveled to Botswana to participate in the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Africa Group III tournament, competing against 10 other African nations with the top two teams earning promotion to Europe/Africa Group II.
10 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Anti-immigration groups in South Africa seized foreigners from homes in Johannesburg and handed them to police, including a woman and child from Malawi, while another apprehended man claimed to hold a legal Zimbabwean Exemption Permit. The protests, which included door-to-door searches and marches in multiple cities, reflect a surge in anti-immigrant sentiment amid high unemployment.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Zimbabwe international defender Divine Lunga escaped unharmed when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in Johannesburg on Sunday while he was driving to church with his younger brother. South African police have opened an attempted murder investigation; local media reports suggest the attacker may have mistakenly identified Lunga as an undercover police officer.
9 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
Following violent anti-immigrant demonstrations in South Africa that killed one Ghanaian national, Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa has assured that 900 Ghanaians registered with the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria will be prioritized for evacuation, though the government has yet to announce an evacuation date.
9 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
Uganda's judiciary has rejected a directive from the Uganda Law Society instructing lawyers to stop addressing judges as "My Lord" or "My Lady" and abandon bowing in court, with judiciary spokesperson James Ereemye stating the lawyers' association has no authority to dictate such changes and that judges will continue to demand "the known decorum" from lawyers. The Law Society argued that such "feudal and colonial honorifics" and courtroom practices force Ugandans into "postures of humiliation" and form part of what it characterizes as an "archaic" colonial structure that has contributed to the failure of Uganda's judicial system.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Ministry of Education to review and take appropriate action on a petition from the African Chamber of Content Producers calling for mandatory constitutional literacy in basic education. The ACCP submitted the petition on June 25, 2026, arguing that citizens should be taught Ghana's supreme law, noting that most Ghanaians complete basic education without reading the Constitution.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed legislation extending his term by two years to 2030. The law also allows the president to be elected by parliament rather than by direct popular vote.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Zimbabwean footballer Divine Lunga, 31, who plays for Mamelodi Sundowns and Zimbabwe's national team, survived a shooting incident in Johannesburg's Hillbrow suburb on Sunday when his car was fired upon by an unknown gunman. Police are investigating the attempted murder, and the suspect reportedly mistook him for an undercover police officer.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration is offering hundreds of millions of dollars to African countries for healthcare and disease control, but the deals include conditions requiring recipient governments to increase their own health spending toward self-reliant systems. Kenya's landmark $2.5bn agreement, signed last December, faced court challenges from activists but received cabinet approval last month.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The article marks March 21, 1960, when apartheid South African police shot 69 black Africans protesting pass laws, sparking regional resistance. Independent African states, particularly Frontline States, provided military support to anti-apartheid fighters, ultimately forcing negotiations that led to Nelson Mandela's release and South Africa's 1994 democratic election.
6 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
ActionAid Federation has raised concerns that the International Monetary Fund's debt sustainability assessments prioritize governments' loan repayment capacity over investments in essential public services like health and education, undermining efforts to reduce inequality and achieve sustainable development in borrowing countries including Ghana. The Federation's report reviewed 29 IMF documents issued between February 2022 and February 2025 across 11 countries, finding a significant gap between the IMF's stated commitment to protecting vulnerable populations and its actual country-level policy advice, which emphasizes fiscal consolidation and debt repayment over social investment.
6 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Australia has appointed career diplomat Keara Shaw as its next High Commissioner to Ghana, with additional accreditation to eight other West African nations (Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). Shaw replaces Berenice Owen-Jones, who served in the role since 2022.
5 July 2026 · Joy Online →
An international relations expert has cautioned against calls for Ghana and other African countries to boycott South African goods in response to xenophobic protests, saying diplomatic channels have not been exhausted and economic retaliation could undermine resolution efforts.
2 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A 40-year-old Ghanaian national was shot dead in Cape Town on Monday amid South Africa's escalating xenophobic demonstrations, prompting Ghana's Foreign Affairs Ministry to lodge a formal diplomatic protest and demand investigation and prosecution.
2 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
A three-person delegation from Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD) joined the first annual consortium meeting of NAFASI in Harare from 23 to 26 June 2026, a Sida-funded 36-month initiative launched in February 2026 to secure Africa's digital civic space against state repression and corporate technology misuse.
1 July 2026 · Joy Online →
American fitness influencer and content creator Ashton Hall has arrived in Ghana to begin a two-week tour of Africa focusing on physical fitness, community engagement, and cultural immersion, with planned stops in Kenya, Rwanda, Liberia, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
30 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Police have been deployed across South Africa amid fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent, with the demonstrations marking an unofficial deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave. The Ministry of Police reported that protests were largely peaceful nationwide, though isolated incidents of looting and window-breaking occurred in Johannesburg and arrests were made in Soweto and KwaZulu-Natal.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned protesters against migrants to act without "intimidation, threats or ultimatums" ahead of an unofficial deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa. Several thousand African nationals have already left in recent weeks amid fears of violence, while the president reminded citizens that lawful foreign nationals contribute to the economy and are entitled to constitutional protection.
29 June 2026 · Joy Online →