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Gold Mafia 2: Africa is a country
The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit has released the second episode of its four-part investigation, Gold Mafia, and the scenes and characters in the undercover investigation give a troubling indication of what might possibly be happening…
Dark clouds over investigative journalism in Togo
Yesterday March 15, 2023 would go down in history as one of the darkest days for investigative journalism in Togo. A court verdict in the neighbouring country gives indications of judicial strangulation of independent journalism, in no…
The Africa we want: A roadmap out of poly-crises for policymakers
The confluence of shocks – the cascading impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and severe natural disasters – have eroded Africa’s development gains, resulting in a staggering 149 million previously non-poor Africans now…
Embracing equity for national development: The University of Ghana example
Elizabeth Frances Sey, the first female to obtain a degree from the University of Ghana, graduated in 1953 - just five years after the establishment of the university. But it took 70 years to get a woman to lead the same university which…
Women’s rights are vanishing before our eyes – Guteres
Around the world, progress on women’s rights is vanishing before our eyes. The latest forecasts estimate that on our current track, it will take another 300 years to reach full gender equality.
BRICS: The obvious opponent of Western global influence
Brazil, Russia, India and China originally formed the bloc in 2009 after a series of meetings and understandings. The first BRIC Summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 16 of the same year, where the Heads of State in question…
Will Fitzgibbon moves from ICIJ to The Examination – Reflections on a career and friendship
Anyone who is familiar with the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, West Africa Leaks and other global investigative journalism collaborations, would know the name Will Fitzgibbon.
Aborting Domestic Debt Exchange Programme could be positive turning point for Ghana
It is beyond doubt at this point that the Ghana government’s efforts through the Ministry of Finance to convince holders of government bonds to buy into the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has run into challenges and the earlier…
Commissioner’s suspension casts shadow over regulation of sports betting in Ghana
In November 2022 Ghana Business News published a two-month investigation into sports betting in Ghana and the potential of the country’s youth being addicted. During the investigation, we wrote to the Ghana Gaming Commission seeking…
Four years after killing of Hussein-Suale journalists in Ghana face mounting threats
On this fateful day on January 16, 2019, four years ago, an ominous, foreboding message rung through the airwaves, phone lines and messaging apps. Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela had been cold-bloodedly murdered not far from his home in Madina,…