POLITICS

Gabon coup leaders appoint Gen Brice Oligui Nguema as new leader

After placing the recently reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest and accusing him of treason and vast embezzlement during his lengthy leadership over the oil-rich Central African country, mutinous troops in Gabon declared their republican guard head to be the country’s leader on Wednesday. In a statement broadcast …

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President Akufo-Addo commissions salt mine in Sege

The largest salt production plant in Africa, the Electrochem Salt Mine in Sege, in the Ada West area in Eastern Region, has been officially opened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Currently, the McDan Group-run mine is capable of producing about 650,000 metric tons of salt annually. By 2024 and …

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Osahene Boakye Gyan is dead

A former member of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), Major (rtd) Kwadwo Boakye Djan passed away at the age of 81. After a brief illness, Boakye Djan passed away on Wednesday morning, August 30, at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. He was a political and military leader in …

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