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The Institue of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has called for a renegotiation of agreements involving Ghana’s oil and extractive sectors. According to the institute, the country is losing out in its revenue generation due to the poor negotiations. The IFS compared Ghana’s

Over the past 20 years over 30,000 children have been maimed or killed in Afghanistan, amounting to an average of one child every five hours, Save the Children said on Tuesday as the last of international military forces left the war-torn

At least 1,941 people are known to have died in Haiti in Saturday’s powerful earthquake – a rise of more than 500 on the previous figure, officials say. Nearly 10,000 people have been injured, and many are still missing after the

At least five people are reported killed at Kabul airport as Afghans flee following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The Pentagon says all flights have now been halted after several incidents. The US is also sending another 1,000 troops to

The UK defence secretary has admitted “some people won’t get back” from Afghanistan as a desperate struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country continued. Ben Wallace had previously said he was “confident” all British nationals would

Ghana’s Year-on-year inflation rate for July stood at 9.0 per cent compared to 7.8 per cent in June, the Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra, Prof Annim said food, housing and

Over 112 people were killed, 160 abducted and thousands displaced in communities in Kaduna and Plateau states from July to August 5, 2021. “Our findings show that despite clear signs that there will be retaliatory attacks, enough is not being done

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launched a report, signed off by 195 governments, that tells us the climate crisis is unfolding more rapidly and more violently than previously projected. It is a stark warning that continuing to support the fossil