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CHRAJ joins global effort to commemorate 2025 World Day against child labour

News CencordJune 12, 2025

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has marked the 2025 World Day Against Child Labour with a call for urgent and united action to end child labour in Ghana. The global theme for this year’s commemoration is “Progress is clear, but there’s more to do: Let’s speed up efforts.” In a statement […]

U.S. Military Chief urges African-led security response to expanding terror threat

News CencordJune 2, 2025

The Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Michael E. Langley, has called for a unified, African-led security approach to counter the growing threat of terrorism across the continent. He warned that extremist networks are advancing steadily toward West Africa’s coastal nations, including Ghana, emphasising the urgent need for coordinated regional action. “African militaries are […]

No dividend for ETI shareholders as Board focuses on servicing debts, strengthening balance sheet

News CencordMay 29, 2025

Shareholders of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) will not receive dividend payments for the Bank’s 2024 financial performance, despite a record-breaking year and balanced growth across all business segments. The decision was announced at ETI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in Lomé, Togo, on May 28, 2025. Speaking at the AGM, […]

Ghana’s embassy in Washington reopens following IT overhaul and staff restructuring

News CencordMay 29, 2025

The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C., will officially be reopened today, Thursday, May 29, after a temporary closure prompted by a significant IT breach and allegations of internal corruption. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration announced that the mission is now resuming full consular services with enhanced integrity measures and a newly […]

John Mahama: Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all Africans

News CencordMay 28, 2025

The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths. The US president’s claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years of […]

North Korea says US ‘Golden Dome’ risks ‘space nuclear war’

News CencordMay 27, 2025

North Korea has criticised the US’s plan for a futuristic “Golden Dome” missile shield, saying it could “turn outer space into a potential nuclear war field”. The defense system, which President Donald Trump plans to unveil by the end of his term, is aimed at countering “next generation” aerial threats to the US, including ballistic and […]

Trump signs order to dismantle US education department

News CencordMarch 21, 2025

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive orderto dismantle the Department of Education, fulfilling a campaign pledge and a long-cherished goal of some conservatives. Accusing the agency of “breath-taking failures”, the Republican president vowed to return the money it controls to individual states. “We’re going to shut it down as quickly as possible,” Trump […]

Putin’s stalling on the US plan for Ukraine looks like an attempt to play Trump

News CencordMarch 14, 2025

President Donald Trump rarely stops bragging about his “great relationship” with Vladimir Putin. A skeptical world will soon find out whether the supposed mind-meld counts for anything. The Russian president, author of an unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine, responded in time-honored Moscow fashion Thursday to the US plan for an immediate ceasefire that the […]

Top Democrat Schumer backs Republican spending bill to avert shutdown

News CencordMarch 14, 2025

The US may avert a looming government shutdown after a top Democrat said he would support a Republican funding bill to keep it open. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his reversal on Thursday, after vowing he and other Democrats would block the bill, which would fund the government through September. Other Democrats might now […]

‘Killed in front of our eyes’: How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded

News CencordMarch 13, 2025

The BLA released footage of what it says was the moment its fighters attacked the train Mehboob Hussain was riding the train home on Tuesday when the tracks under the front car exploded. In the depths of central Pakistan’s Bolan Pass, a pocket of wilderness so remote that there is no internet or mobile network […]

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