Day: October 19, 2025

Atimpoku: The Green Smart Cities Developers (GSCD), and the traditional and local authorities of the Akwamu Traditional Area, have taken a major step toward redefining Ghana’s urban future with the successful organization of a stakeholder engagement on the Atimpoku Smart City Project (ASCP). According to Ghana News Agency, the Atimpoku Smart City Project is a visionary initiative designed to transform Atimpoku into a modern, inclusive, and sustainable city, one that harmonizes technological innovation with cultural heritage. Positioned as a future model for smart urban living in Ghana, the project will integrate residential, industrial, and green spaces to promote economic growth,

Rabat: The Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Malawi have reiterated their commitment to strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries. During a telephone conversation, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Expatriates Nasser Bourita and the new Malawian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. George Thapatula Chaponda, both parties expressed satisfaction with the positive momentum in bilateral relations since 2017. According to Ghana News Agency, the relationship is marked by a commitment to strengthen cooperation in key areas identified by H.E. Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, such as agriculture, fishery, mining, trade, and

Tel aviv: Israel’s military has accused the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas of committing a ‘gross violation’ of the Gaza ceasefire by carrying out several direct attacks on Israeli troops, a senior Israeli military official said on Sunday. According to Ghana News Agency, the incidents are said to have occurred beyond the agreed line, known as the ‘yellow line,’ which marks the withdrawal point for Israeli troops within Gaza. The Israeli army had withdrawn to this line on October 10, when the current ceasefire agreement took effect. Israeli troops were attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade, the military official reported. Additionally, a

Kyiv: Two people have died in Russian drone attacks in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin reported on Telegram on Sunday. One person died and two were injured in the village of Staroraiske, south-west of Kramatorsk, and another died in Kostyantynivka, an industrial town to the south of Kramatorsk. One person was injured in Druzhkivka. According to Ghana News Agency, the casualties came after Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone attacks overnight, with Ukrainian forces downing 40 of the 62 drones of various types launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force reported via Telegram on Sunday. Nineteen

Tel aviv: Israel has identified one of the two bodies returned by Hamas over the weekend as Ronen Tommy Engel, a father of three who was killed by the Palestinian Islamist militia while defending his family. His body was subsequently taken to Gaza. According to Ghana News Agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on its Telegram channel that Engel was killed on October 7th, 2023, during an attack by Hamas terrorists. Engel, 54, was a photographer from the kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli border with Gaza. In the assault that devastated the kibbutz, Hamas abducted his wife and

Gaza strip: The Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, on Sunday rejected accusations from the United States that it is planning an attack on Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. These statements were made in response to claims from the US State Department. According to Ghana News Agency, the US State Department on Saturday warned that Hamas is planning an ‘imminent’ attack on Palestinian civilians. The department informed the guarantor powers of the Gaza peace plan about ‘credible reports’ indicating a violation of the existing ceasefire. The ceasefire, which came into effect on October 10, followed the withdrawal of Israeli troops from

Kyiv: Ukrainian forces downed 40 of the 62 drones of various types launched by Russia overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported via Telegram on Sunday. Nineteen drones struck seven different locations, it said. No further information on the strikes was provided. The Ukrainian civil protection authority reported several apartment blocks damaged in Shakhtarske in the Dnipropetrovsk region, around 100 kilometres east of the regional capital of Dnipro. Regional governor Vladyslav Hayvanenko reported on Telegram that 10 people were injured. According to Ghana News Agency, in Moscow, the Russian Defence Ministry reported downing 45 Ukrainian drones, with most of them being