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    Ghana’s BRICS bid: Jinapor questions funding gains, warns of risks

    The ranking member of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee wants closer examination of financing conditions and diplomatic implications. The government says joining the bloc would widen Ghana’s development options.

    Kofi Boateng
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    FBI says Ghana scam operation linked to nearly $10m in losses dismantled

    FBI Director Kash Patel says more than 130 people have been arrested or detained in connection with the operation. He described the crackdown as part of Operation Blackout, targeting transnational fraud networks.

    Ghana road deaths fall 7.82% ahead of automated speeding enforcement

    Police attribute September’s decline to stronger speeding enforcement and public education. Drivers and vehicle owners are receiving electronic notices with video evidence ahead of a planned nationwide rollout on November 1.

    General News

    Adwoa Safo backs brother Israel as Kantanka family and church leader

    The former Dome Kwabenya MP says she is ready to work with her brother to preserve their late father’s legacy, urging the family to move beyond differences following his death.

    General NewsFBI says Ghana scam operation linked to nearly $10m in losses dismantled

    FBI says Ghana scam operation linked to nearly $10m in losses dismantled

    FBI Director Kash Patel says more than 130 people have been arrested or detained in connection with the operation. He described the crackdown as part of Operation Blackout, targeting transnational fraud networks.

    Kwame Mensah·
    Ghana road deaths fall 7.82% ahead of automated speeding enforcement

    Ghana road deaths fall 7.82% ahead of automated speeding enforcement

    Police attribute September’s decline to stronger speeding enforcement and public education. Drivers and vehicle owners are receiving electronic notices with video evidence ahead of a planned nationwide rollout on November 1.

    ·
    General NewsAdwoa Safo backs brother Israel as Kantanka family and church leader

    Adwoa Safo backs brother Israel as Kantanka family and church leader

    The former Dome Kwabenya MP says she is ready to work with her brother to preserve their late father’s legacy, urging the family to move beyond differences following his death.

    Kofi Boateng·

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    Opinion & Analysis

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    Can EOCO arrest an MP? What the Baffour Awuah standoff leaves unanswered

    EOCO says it tried to arrest Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah after he failed to attend an investigation. His lawyers dispute that account, and the agency has yet to publicly identify the specific grounds for arrest.

    Ama Owusu

    Inside Ghana’s CSSPS: How students are placed and what the review must uncover

    Ghana’s school placement system considers grades, programme choices, accommodation and available vacancies but its protocol and manual-placement routes demand closer scrutiny.

    Kofi Boateng

    Ghana has kept Sahel extremists out—but for how long?

    Ghana has expanded military deployments, intelligence operations and community-based prevention programmes as extremist violence spreads south from the Sahel. But porous borders, youth unemployment, local conflicts and weakened regional cooperation mean the country cannot yet regard itself as fully prepared.

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