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Despite reforms, Ghana’s illegal bycatch problem persists, EJF report finds A new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has reignited scrutiny of Ghana’s industrial trawl sector.

Ghana marine life being wiped out by industrial trawlers

53% to 60% of industrial trawler landings in Ghana consist of bycatch, much of it prohibited under national law

Even juvenile fish are being obliterated destroying any chance of fish recovery
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again".
Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means.
Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down.
news.sky.com/story/greens...

China’s new box office hit is backed by its spy agency “Scare Out” follows counter-espionage agents tracking down a researcher who leaked information about a stealth fighter jet.

China’s new box office hit is backed by its spy agency

www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Atleti. Smh.

"We are in desperate need of an African foreign policy and diplomacy that articulates, organises, and advances the defence of African people."

In this week's issue of @thecontinent.org

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Under the old system catering to thr west, in the event hell froze over and a local company could afford the minimum 50 tonne requirement, they still needed an endorsement from either the Federation of Cocoa Commerce in London or the Cocoa Merchants Association of America.

Good luck on that.

It shouldn't be cheaper for me to buy an imported snickers bar in Ghana than chocolate produced by Ghanaians but it is what it is. I hope things change.

God forbid Ghanaians be able to export cheaply produced but high quality chocolate that competes with the what the west has to offer.

And I promise, our local chocolate artisans make incredible stuff. They would be doing so much more on a fair playing field.

Among the harsh requirements for local companies, they could only buy a minimum of 50 metric tonnes.

Even now that cocoa prices have dropped, that was impossible.

We upheld a colonial extractive model with legislation because it enriched the political class kept the international players comfy.

Now foreign firms dont want our cocoa and we remember there are hard working Ghanaian citizens breaking their back to make a dent in the cocoa processing industry against all the odds.

The existing system made it impossible for local processors to compete meaningfuly.

While I admire the Ghana government's shift towards local processors, it is long overdue and a shame it has taken a crisis.

For ages, complaints from local processors about an unfair system were ignored by the government because it basically only wanted/needed shiny forex from abroad.

The transnational effects of Ghana's illegal gold mining environmental crisis feature in this week's issue of @thecontinent.org Full story here: thecontinent.org

This was an unfortunate betrayal by our government.

Calling them brothers and sisters in public, treating them like filth in private.

Screened in Ghanaian cinemas for a week. Gutted that I missed out on seeing this on the big screen.

The kind of tree I thought only existed in sci-fi films

Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’

"The billionaire, who shifted his tax residency to Monaco in 2020, is no stranger to wading into politics, having vocally backed Brexit and lobbied against green taxes and in favour of fracking."

How do you describe somebody like this?

The surprising way doomscrolling rewires your brain | National Geographic Experts say graphic images, nonstop outrage, and the 24/7 negative news cycle don’t just upset us—they alter our stress response and harm mental health.

www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

Yeah. But this $33 is unfortunately a ton for the average Ghanaian.

Fear, Flights, and Forced Returns: How a U.S.–Ghana Deportation Pact Is Reshaping Lives Ghanaians at home and abroad are navigating hope and an uneasy partnership between Washington and Accra.

While much attention has focused on deportations of Latin American migrants, a new Capital B analysis found deportations of people from African nations are on pace to nearly triple compared to the Biden years.​ https://capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-deportations-trump-ice/

‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west An estimated 6,000 nurses left in 2024 for roles in countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stay

Jeg forstår jo godt, hvorfor nogen søger lykken andre steder, men det er jo ikke holdbart.

‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west

As Equal Times closes, the work continues This is it. Our final article. Equal Times, the global labour news platform, will cease to publish as of December 2025. The website – which was, for more than a decade, an invaluable resource on the r...

"In solidarity and with gratitude" from Equal Times as it closes
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Global gold prices have made Ghana richer. But at what cost Vital medicinal plants, which some 70% of Ghanaians rely on due to high costs of private healthcare, are being lost to illegal gold mines.

For openDemocracy, I looked into the threat of our poisonous gold rush on our medicinal plants which 70% of Ghanaians rely on.

We may be getting shiny forex now from galamsey but I promise we are losing so much more.

www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/glob...

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81. A message from his wife Latifa Chambers on Instagram reads: “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia. I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him. To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career … Jimmy, my darling, may you rest in peace. I will follow your wishes.” Her message was also signed by their children, Lilty and Aken. Continue reading...

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

The Ghana government has refused to be transparent about the deal it struck with the Trump administration. It's refused to present the agreement to the people of Ghana via Parliament.

This nurse from Maryland was on one of the recent flights to Ghana transferring third country nationals— under a still undisclosed agreement with the U.S.

Certainly, she is not “worst of the worst.” Certainly her treatment in Ghana does not reflect solidarity and concern with fellow West Africans.