insert_link Local When Kotoka sneezes, Ghana catches a debate Ghana, bless her earnest soul, has a special talent: we turn symbols into battlegrounds. Flags, statues, names—these things receive more scrutiny than potholes. An airport, minding its own business since colonial times, suddenly finds itself accused of ideological misconduct.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link Local Proposed royalty increase would result in 1,344 job losses, others – Chamber of Mines According to the Chamber, investment modelling confirms broader competitiveness concerns, stressing that simulations show that the proposed sliding-scale royalty would reduce Non-Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) materially across multiple operations, including an 8.0% decline in NPV at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine. This is a magnitude sufficient to push projects below typical internal hurdle rates and trigger capital deferral or cancellation.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026
insert_link Local The Book of Primaries: Chapter One: 1 – 4 Democracy does not attend all-night prayer meetings. The ballot box does not watch Facebook Live. And delegates, like rain, cannot be commanded—only courted.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link Local Korle Klottey Assembly suspends burials at Osu Cemetery over illegal exhumations The Municipal Chief Executive, Alfred Ato Allotey-Gaisie, has announced the immediate suspension of all burials at the Osu Cemetery following disturbing revelations of illegal exhumations, desecration of human remains, and the unauthorised sale of burial plots.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link Local RTI Commission fines GES GH₵10,000 over information request breach The Right to Information Commission (RTIC) has imposed a GH₵10,000 administrative penalty on the Ghana Education Service (GES) for failing to respond to an information request submitted under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International Relationship with US is ‘rock solid’, Taiwan president says after Trump’s call with Xi Taiwan shares a "rock solid" relationship with the United States, its president has insisted - despite talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping over the self-governed island's future.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 2
International Trump’s border-czar takeover does little to calm Minneapolis tensions: ‘The agenda is still the same’ Experts say Tom Homan’s charge, replacing Greg Bovino’s aggressive tactics, may change the tone, but not the missionIn his clearest attempt yet to “de‑escalate” tensions in Minneapolis, Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s “border czar”, announced on Wednesday that the administration will draw down 700 federal immigration officers as the statewide crackdown continues.The Twin Cities remain on edge, waiting to see whether the fear will ease. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International Calls to shut down Texas ICE facility for children grow amid measles outbreak At least two cases confirmed at detention center for children and their parents in Texas At least two cases of measles have been confirmed at a major immigration detention center for children and their parents in Texas as cases of the dangerous virus in South Carolina, Arizona, Utah and other US states continue growing and alarming experts.In January alone, the US saw 25% of the total confirmed in all of […] todayFebruary 5, 2026
International First Thing: Minnesota girl, 10, released from ICE custody after a month in detention Elizabeth Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility hit by measles outbreak. Plus, the Epstein stories you may have missedGood morning.A 10-year-old Minnesota girl has been released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a month in detention in Dilley, Texas, school officials said, one of hundreds of children detained at the facility.What are the conditions like at the detention center? Federal officials have confirmed that Dilley, […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
insert_link International Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media todayFebruary 7, 2026 6
