Ghana's President @JDMahama suspends his schedule for the rest of the week as the presisency declares three days of mourning for the 8 persons killed in Wednesday's helicopter crash. The country’s defense minister @eomaneboamah was among the victims. #Ghana#omaneboamah
🚨 Dr. Omane Boamah & Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed Confirmed Dead in Military Helicopter Crash.
Defence Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed have tragically lost their lives in the Ghana Armed Forces helicopter crash en route to Obuasi.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah made the official announcement.
🕊️ All national flags are to fly at half-mast in their honour.
Full coverage here: https://t.co/DQZdzmNqA4
#CitiNewsroom
Serious helicopter crash in Ghana's Ashanti region. Possibly some government officials among passengers on the aircraft. The Ghana Armed Forces has issued a statement.
Democracy Capture threatens efforts being made to ensure democratic governance works for ordinary citizens.
@john_osae, Democracy and Development Fellow at @CDDGha, shares some thoughts on whether African countries can resist the capture and embrace good governance.
He spoke to @dwnews following the launch of the Democracy Capture Index in Accra last week.
Watch here: https://t.co/Ws50hkZKZe
#DemocracyCaptureIndex
Exactly a week ago, CDD-Ghana launched the Democracy Capture Index in Accra, Ghana. The Index provides an evidence-based analysis of the scope, mechanisms, and consequences of democracy capture across 33 institutions and democratic processes in selected African countries.
In the attached interview, @dwnews engages Brenda Isabel, a participant at the event and Senior Elections and Governance Advisor, Electoral Law and Institute for Africa, on how African unity can help protect democracy across the continent.
Watch here: https://t.co/LjgzjKGDkJ
Ghana's Armed Forces command reports of a suspected hijacking of a fishing vessel in its waters and the kidnapping of some crew members all believed to be Chinese nationals. #Ghana#China#hijack#vessel
I am grateful to @AmeyawDebrah, @IsaacKaledzi, @panjianoff and many others for answering my questions about Ghana's film industry in the 1990s.
Thanks to Eva Coleman-Owusu at NYU for assisting with research for this project.
🧵 China’s DeepSeek just launched a game-changing AI breakthrough that’s turning the tech world on its head. I spent some time trying to understand it from a layman’s perspective. Here’s what this development could mean for those in Africa (using the hypothetical example of a young creative in Uganda).
The podcasts keep on coming! Check out this interesting debate about why also in #Uganda, people are marrying later. And no, it's not only about💸. It's been a pleasure working with @IsaacKaledzi@DeutscheWelle: https://t.co/hmQQVPDZnp