Day: October 21, 2025

Accra: The Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment (MLJE), in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has commenced a four-day National Social Dialogue on Green Jobs and Policies. The initiative aims to train stakeholders on climate change, just transition, and the evolving dynamics of the workforce. According to Ghana News Agency, the dialogue has gathered representatives from the tripartite committee, including government officials, employers, trade unions, and ILO experts. Mr. Hamidu Adakur Ugu, the Chief Director of the Ministry, emphasized the importance of this workshop in Ghana’s development. He noted that globally, the green and circular economy is transforming

Accra: Mr Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio, the National Cadet Coordinator General of the Ghana National Cadet Corps, has urged the government and educational authorities to consider making basic cadet training mandatory in all schools to promote discipline among students. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Amarteifio emphasized that the cadet programme is one of the most effective methods for instilling discipline, patriotism, and leadership skills in young individuals. He encouraged stakeholders to reintroduce it as a structured part of the educational system. Mr Amarteifio made these remarks at Sogakope in the South Tongu Municipality during the start of the Leadership Training

Accra: Dr Dominic A. Ayine, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, on Tuesday urged lawyers to take an active stand against political corruption and its negative impact on foreign investments. He emphasized the crucial role lawyers play in advising clients against offering bribes to secure investment deals and ensuring political leaders are held accountable for such acts. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr Ayine made these remarks at the opening of the 2025 Annual African Bar Association Conference in Accra. The conference, themed ‘Foreign Interest in Africa: Exploitation or Investment?’, aimed to address critical questions about Africa’s political economy and

Tokyo: Japan’s staunchly conservative former interior minister, Sanae Takaichi, was elected by parliament on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister. The 64-year-old succeeds the comparatively liberal Shigeru Ishiba, who recently announced his resignation following election defeats for their Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). According to Ghana News Agency, Takaichi owes her election to the LDP’s new coalition partner, the conservative neoliberal Japan Innovation Party (Ishin). The opposition camp could not agree on a joint candidate. Despite being the largest party, the LDP, even with the Innovation Party, is just short of a majority in parliament, meaning that it will

Aden: Four soldiers were killed in an attack by al-Qaeda elements targeting government-affiliated forces in southern Yemen, a government source told dpa. The attack occurred in the al-Mahfad district of the southern Abyan province, an area largely controlled by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). According to Ghana News Agency, the STC forces managed to detonate two car bombs before the al-Qaeda members reached their brigade site. Six al-Qaeda suicide bombers were also killed in the ensuing clashes, the source reported. In a statement, STC military commander Nasr al-Yafei confirmed the death toll and stated that the brigade’s forces have eliminated

Warsaw: Poland’s intelligence service has detained eight individuals on suspicion of planning sabotage. The suspects were apprehended in various parts of the country in recent days, Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted on X on Tuesday. According to Ghana News Agency, Romania’s security agencies were also involved in the operation. The suspects are said to have scouted military facilities and parts of critical infrastructure, intelligence coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak stated. Additionally, they are alleged to have prepared means for carrying out acts of sabotage and attacks. Siemoniak’s spokesman revealed that among the suspects is a 21-year-old Ukrainian, who was arrested on October

Kyiv: Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday approved a 90-day extension of martial law and general mobilization, prolonging both measures until early February, the parliamentary press service reported. The extensions, proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, passed with a two-thirds majority. Both were set to expire on November 5. According to Ghana News Agency, martial law and mobilization were first introduced for 30 days following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 and have been regularly renewed since. Men eligible for military service aged between 22 and 60 are, with few exceptions, barred from leaving the country. The ban on men aged between 18