Ethiopia Launches $12.5B Bishoftu Airport (Set to Be Africa’s Biggest by 2030)

Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday, January 10, officially launched a $12.5 billion construction project for what officials describe as Africa’s biggest airport, the Bishoftu International Airport, which is scheduled for completion in 2030 in the town of Bishoftu, about 45 km southeast of Addis Ababa, with the state-owned airline awarded the contract to design the four-runway…

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World Bank: Global Growth Holds Steady, But 2020s Set to Be Slowest Decade Since 1960s

The World Bank says the global economy is showing greater resilience than expected despite trade tensions and policy uncertainty, with its latest Global Economic Prospects report projecting global growth to remain broadly stable, easing to 2.6 per cent in 2026 before rising to 2.7 per cent in 2027—both upward revisions driven largely by stronger-than-expected performance…

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NDC SABOTAGES GHANA’S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE (1D1F INCENTIVES REMOVED, FACTORIES STAND STILL, JOBS LOST)

Ghana’s much-needed industrial transformation is collapsing before our eyes, not because the idea was weak, but because the current NDC administration has quietly dismantled one of the country’s most promising economic engines, which is the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative. Instead of strengthening a productive national policy that created jobs and spread industrial growth,…

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NDC HAS TURNED GHANA’S LITHIUM WEALTH INTO A CLOSED-DOOR DEAL FOR THE WELL-CONNECTED: TRANSPARENCY SACRIFICED, COMMUNITIES IGNORED!

Ghana’s mineral sovereignty is under threat. What should be a transparent process for leveraging Ghana’s lithium, a critical mineral at the heart of the global green economy, has instead become a secretive negotiation table, restricted to elites with political connections, while ordinary Ghanaians and affected communities are kept in the dark. This is not governance;…

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NO THIRD TERM, NO EXCUSES: GHANA MUST REJECT ANY TENURE-EXTENSION SCHEMES

Ghana’s hard-won democracy is under a quiet but dangerous strain. Behind recent clashes over representation and institutions lies a greater threat, growing whispers and political manoeuvres that edge toward reinterpreting or amending the constitutional presidential term limits, potentially undermining the heart of Ghana’s democratic safeguard. This cannot, must not, and will not happen. Sovereignty belongs…

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Trump Sends More Federal Agents to Minneapolis After ICE Shooting (Protests, FBI Probe Intensify)

The Trump administration has said it will send “hundreds more” federal officers to Minneapolis after protests broke out when a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the officers would arrive “today and tomorrow” to make sure ICE and Border Patrol agents…

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PRESIDENT MAHAMA’S GROSS GOVERNANCE FAILURE EXPOSED (GHANA’S FUTURE JEOPARDISED AS OVER 6,000 TEACHERS GO UNPAID FOR UP TO 12-15 MONTHS!)

Ghana in 2025–2026 has witnessed a disgraceful collapse in basic public service delivery under President John Dramani Mahama’s administration, most glaringly exposed in the systemic failure to pay and regularize thousands of newly recruited teachers, the very professionals entrusted with shaping the nation’s future. This isn’t mere administrative drift; it’s a crisis of governance that…

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