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Le 30 septembre 2022, le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré lançait un putsch à Ouagadougou, pour en finir avec l'insurrection des groupes jihadistes qui occupaient près de la moitié du territoire du Burkina Faso. Quel est le bilan de son action à la tête du pays ? Inoussa Ouédraogo, qui vit aujourd'hui en exil, a été le directeur de publication de l'hebdomadaire Bendré et présidé la Société des éditeurs de la presse privée du Burkina Faso. RFI : Quand le capitaine Traoré affirme « La démocratie, ce n'est pas pour nous les Burkinabè », est-ce qu'il est dans la provocation ou est-ce qu'il le pense vraiment ? Inoussa Ouédraogo : Oh, disons que je ne sais pas. Provocation ou conviction, peu importe. Il est arrivé par les armes. En démocratie, il n'aurait jamais eu le pouvoir. Seule la dictature lui permet de rester le seul à tenir le micro et à décider seul de l'avenir de 25 millions de personnes. Il veut un pays sans contrepouvoir, où l'on peut disparaître pour un oui ou pour un non. Et dans une démocratie, il ne peut pas obtenir cela. Alors pour le capitaine Traoré, démocratie va avec révolution. Il affirme qu'il est le successeur du capitaine Sankara et qu'il reprend son œuvre révolutionnaire fondée sur le souverainisme. Est-ce qu'il n'y a pas, en effet, des points communs entre les deux officiers aux bérets rouges ? Dans la forme oui. Deux capitaines de 34 ans arrivés tous les deux par coup d'Etat. Sur le fond, malheureusement, tout semble les opposer. Sankara, sa révolution se voulait d'abord démocratique et populaire. Sankara, c'était l'humilité, le débat, la transparence. Ibrahim Traoré, c'est le silence, c'est l'opacité totale. Sankara disait « Malheur à qui bâillonne le peuple ». Aujourd'hui, tout le monde sait qui bâillonne le peuple burkinabè. À lire aussiBurkina Faso: Ibrahim Traoré dresse le bilan de ses quatre années au pouvoir Les quatre premières années du régime du capitaine Traoré sont marquées par de nombreuses mesures répressives. Mais le régime affirme que cela est justifié par la lutte contre le péril jihadiste. Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez ? Non, je pense que c'est simplement un alibi pour conserver le plus longtemps possible le pouvoir. Parce que pour ces militaires-là, la guerre est devenue comme une sorte de business. C'est devenu le café-cacao. On peut combattre le terrorisme sans sacrifier les droits du peuple. Et j'ai une pensée pour toutes ces femmes, ces enfants dont les proches ont été kidnappés. Ils sont journalistes, il y a des médecins, des avocats et même des guides religieux et des militaires aussi. Je pense à Serge Oulon, notre confrère, disparu il y a plus de deux ans. Je pense à Guy Hervé Kam qui est malade, qui, selon les infos que nous avons, a demandé à se faire soigner sans obtenir gain de cause. Je pense à un imam, l'imam Mahamadou Diallo, près de 80 ans, il a disparu sans laisser de traces. Nous avons créé une organisation qui s'appelle le Front anti-putschiste, qui a recensé plus de 200 personnes, enlevées, séquestrées, torturées par ce pouvoir-là. 82 d'entre elles figurent dans un trombinoscope que nous avons réalisé et que nous publions ce 30 septembre. C'est très dommage. La lutte contre le terrorisme ne peut pas expliquer tout cela. Alors quand le capitaine Traoré est allé au Ghana début 2025 pour la cérémonie d'investiture du président Mahama, il a été ovationné par les milliers de personnes qui étaient rassemblées pour cette occasion. Comment expliquez-vous cette popularité à l'étranger ? J'étais effectivement à Accra à ce moment précis. J'ai regardé, j'ai vu comment les Ghanéens ont réagi. Mais vous savez, Mobutu était aussi populaire, il était applaudi. Tous les dictateurs le sont à un moment donné. La popularité ne compte pas à mon avis. Ce qui compte, c'est d'améliorer la vie de son peuple. Est-ce que les conditions de vie des Burkinabè ont changé ? Est-ce que le terrorisme ne continue pas de faire souffrir le peuple burkinabè ? Est-ce que des milliers de personnes ne sont pas toujours déplacées ? Est-ce que les gens mangent à leur faim ? Alors est-ce que le capitaine Traoré n'est pas applaudi parce qu'il est considéré comme un souverainiste ? Et est-ce que ce combat-là ne lui donne pas une certaine légitimité ? Oui, tout le monde peut se prévaloir d'être, je dirais, souverainiste. Tout le monde peut se réclamer panafricaniste, tout le monde peut combattre l'impérialisme. Mais le combat pour la souveraineté, le combat contre le terrorisme ne peut pas justifier qu'on enlève des gens, qu'on les emprisonne, qu'on viole massivement les droits humains et qu'on rejette la démocratie. Des panafricanistes ont lutté pour les Africains sans avoir besoin de torpiller leurs peuples et de torpiller les constitutions. Voilà. Personne n'est contre Ibrahim Traoré. Nous sommes contre simplement sa manière de gérer la vie de ses concitoyens. Personne n'est contre la souveraineté des peuples africains, bien au contraire. Nous sommes tous pour la libération véritable de l'Afrique. Mais ce n'est pas en bâillonnant son propre peuple qu'on le libère. On ne peut pas vouloir libérer un peuple en bâillonnant ce peuple. C'est paradoxal, c'est contradictoire. Quand le capitaine Traoré affirme que les jihadistes ont perdu du terrain au Burkina Faso depuis quatre ans, c'est vrai ou c'est faux ? La réalité du terrain montre autre chose. J'ai une pensée pour nos forces de sécurité qui sont tuées chaque jour et enterrées à la va-vite, sans honneur militaire, souvent de nuit, pour que le peuple ne sache pas. Les autorités elles-mêmes reconnaissent que près de 30 % de notre territoire échappent encore à leur contrôle. À lire aussiBurkina Faso: accusé d'avoir mis en place une «milice numérique» contre la presse, le gouvernement répond à RSF

Women took to the streets of Accra to demonstrate in support of Salomey Awity Bafoh, calling for her release as her legal case continues. The demonstrators used their voices and presence to draw public attention to the case and express their support for Salomey.

What were the taxi drivers of 1990s Accra playing on repeat?How does a woman who swore she was "not a bit political" write a hit about being used up and spat out by the system?And, what does it take for the most unmistakably white icon in American country music to become the unproblematic queen of a Nigerian girl growing up in Peckham?Afua Hirsch hands the Dolly Parton question to her friend Kelechi Okafor — author, podcaster, voice artist and pole studio owner — and Peter Frankopan discovers he is the last to know that West Africa loves country music.Part two of two. Missionaries, a banjo with West African roots and a grandfather in cowboy boots in Lagos; the royalties, the military and the art of choosing your hypocrisies; and the day Dolly Parton's Imagination Library asked for Kelechi's own picture book, then came back for it a second year. Underneath it all, the question part one left hanging: did everyone give Dolly a pass that Beyoncé never gets?Join Legacy Plus for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more.legacy.supportingcast.fm[0:00] The tribute that travelled furthest didn't come from Nashville[2:40] Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves and a cassette player in the headboard[4:20] Accra taxis, the banjo, and a secret hundreds of millions already knew[8:41] Unpicking "unproblematic white queen", and choosing what you're a hypocrite for[11:37] The Imagination Library comes calling for Kelechi's picture book[14:35] Dumb Blonde as a business plan, all the way to the bank[18:09] Church ladies, queer fans, and the pass Beyoncé never gets[23:24] Peckham, Yoruba, and why a songwriter chose booksStay connected with Legacy:Instagram: @originallegacypodcastTikTok: @legacy_productionsExplore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.comJoin Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more.legacy.supportingcast.fmStay connected with Legacy:Instagram: @originallegacypodcastTikTok: @legacy_productionsExplore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RADIO FOOT – lundi 28 septembre 2026. En direct à 16h10 TU et en vidéo sur YouTube Live RFI (rediff 21h10 T.U. sur les ondes). Au sommaire : - Éliminatoires CAN 2027, groupe K, les Aigles réussissent leur entame à domicile face aux Requins bleus. ; - Ligue des Nations, l'Espagne taille patron ! Éliminatoires CAN 2027, groupe K, les Aigles réussissent leur entame à domicile face aux Requins bleus Buteurs : Ange Martial Tia et Dorgelès Néné (doublé), pour une réalisation de Sidny Cabral du côté des insulaires, qui étaient au Mondial. Retour sur terre pour les coéquipiers de Vozinha et Ryan Mendes ? -1ère loupée pour Claude Le Roy face aux Brave Warriors dans le G.G. Les Congolais ont cédé au retour des vestiaires, concèdent la défaite avant d'accueillir le Cameroun, autre vainqueur de la 1ère journée. - G.B. les Palancas Negras d'Aliou Cissé résistent à l'Égypte au Caire. Les ½ finalistes de l'édition marocaine ont buté sur la défense angolaise, et concèdent le 10è match nul (0-0) de l'ère Hossam Hassan. - Groupe A, le Maroc a lancé sa campagne par un succès à Rabat aux dépens des Panthères, privées de P-E Aubameyang et de Mario Lemina. Les Rouge et Vert ont fait la différence grâce à Noussair Mazraoui et Soufiane Rahimi. Les Gabonais devront se reprendre à Franceville face au Niger, qui a pris les 3 points à Accra face au Lesotho. - Groupe L : 1ère réussie pour le Nigeria d'Eric Chelle face aux Barea de Corentin Martins.    Ligue des Nations, l'Espagne taille patron ! Les Champions du monde vainqueurs de l'Angleterre dans son antre de Wembley. Une course-poursuite haletante, un penalty loupé de Kane, des Three Lions qui ont cédé dans le dernier ¼ d'heure. 39 matches sans défaite pour la Roja, coaching gagnant de Luis De la Fuente avec avec Baena et Oyazabal. - Klopp, le flop ? Le nouveau coach de la Mannschaft essuie un 1er revers face à une surprenante équipe de Grèce qui est allée chercher un nouveau succès à l'extérieur, après l'avoir emporté en Serbie jeudi. Privé de Musiala et Havertz, l'ex-coach des Reds admet que cette défaite « fait partie du processus. » - Le Portugal en tête du groupe 4 après 2 matches. Après un 1er match poussif remporté contre les Gallois, le groupe de Jorge Jesus, sans CR7 laissé sur le banc, s'est imposé à Oslo face aux ¼ de finalistes du dernier Mondial.  Pour débattre avec Hugo Moissonnier : Alison Nkunku, Éric Rabsandratana et Salim Baungally. Technique/réalisation : Philippe Randrianantenaina, coordination : Pierre Guérin.

RADIO FOOT – lundi 28 septembre 2026. En direct à 16h10 TU et en vidéo sur YouTube Live RFI (rediff 21h10 T.U. sur les ondes). Au sommaire : - Éliminatoires CAN 2027, groupe K, les Aigles réussissent leur entame à domicile face aux Requins bleus. ; - Ligue des Nations, l'Espagne taille patron ! Éliminatoires CAN 2027, groupe K, les Aigles réussissent leur entame à domicile face aux Requins bleus Buteurs : Ange Martial Tia et Dorgelès Néné (doublé), pour une réalisation de Sidny Cabral du côté des insulaires, qui étaient au Mondial. Retour sur terre pour les coéquipiers de Vozinha et Ryan Mendes ? -1ère loupée pour Claude Le Roy face aux Brave Warriors dans le G.G. Les Congolais ont cédé au retour des vestiaires, concèdent la défaite avant d'accueillir le Cameroun, autre vainqueur de la 1ère journée. - G.B. les Palancas Negras d'Aliou Cissé résistent à l'Égypte au Caire. Les ½ finalistes de l'édition marocaine ont buté sur la défense angolaise, et concèdent le 10è match nul (0-0) de l'ère Hossam Hassan. - Groupe A, le Maroc a lancé sa campagne par un succès à Rabat aux dépens des Panthères, privées de P-E Aubameyang et de Mario Lemina. Les Rouge et Vert ont fait la différence grâce à Noussair Mazraoui et Soufiane Rahimi. Les Gabonais devront se reprendre à Franceville face au Niger, qui a pris les 3 points à Accra face au Lesotho. - Groupe L : 1ère réussie pour le Nigeria d'Eric Chelle face aux Barea de Corentin Martins.    Ligue des Nations, l'Espagne taille patron ! Les Champions du monde vainqueurs de l'Angleterre dans son antre de Wembley. Une course-poursuite haletante, un penalty loupé de Kane, des Three Lions qui ont cédé dans le dernier ¼ d'heure. 39 matches sans défaite pour la Roja, coaching gagnant de Luis De la Fuente avec avec Baena et Oyazabal. - Klopp, le flop ? Le nouveau coach de la Mannschaft essuie un 1er revers face à une surprenante équipe de Grèce qui est allée chercher un nouveau succès à l'extérieur, après l'avoir emporté en Serbie jeudi. Privé de Musiala et Havertz, l'ex-coach des Reds admet que cette défaite « fait partie du processus. » - Le Portugal en tête du groupe 4 après 2 matches. Après un 1er match poussif remporté contre les Gallois, le groupe de Jorge Jesus, sans CR7 laissé sur le banc, s'est imposé à Oslo face aux ¼ de finalistes du dernier Mondial.  Pour débattre avec Hugo Moissonnier : Alison Nkunku, Éric Rabsandratana et Salim Baungally. Technique/réalisation : Philippe Randrianantenaina, coordination : Pierre Guérin.

A tragic accident on the Bompata-Wenchi road in the Asante Akyem South Municipality has claimed the life of a three-month-old baby, with several others injured. The crash involved a Hyundai vehicle and a bus travelling from Accra to Kumasi. Four of the injured victims are reportedly in critical condition and receiving medical attention

Manhyia South MP and lawyer, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, says he drove away from the Accra High Court after an alleged attempt by an EOCO official to take him into custody. The MP says he requested identification and an arrest warrant before leaving the scene. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation

Le commerce entre pays africains progresse, mais l'intégration économique du continent reste confrontée à un problème très concret : faire circuler les marchandises plus rapidement et à moindre coût. En Afrique de l'Ouest, le corridor Abidjan-Lagos permet de mesurer ces avancées. Les procédures se numérisent, les temps de passage diminuent à certains postes-frontières. Plus de 1 000 kilomètres de route et plusieurs postes-frontières jalonnent cet axe stratégique, avec des temps de passage encore très variables. Malgré ces difficultés, les échanges intra-régionaux entre le Nigeria et la Côte d'Ivoire ont progressé de plus de 20 % l'an dernier. La progression est également marquée avec le Togo. Des temps de traversée plus courts contribuent à rendre le corridor plus compétitif. « Plus qu'une route, c'est une colonne vertébrale », résume Youssouf Sangaré. Cet enseignant-chercheur travaille depuis 25 ans sur la digitalisation des corridors commerciaux. « Il concentre plus de 75 % des activités commerciales de la Cédéao et relie des aires majeures comme Abidjan, Accra, Lomé, Cotonou et Lagos. Nous sommes passés d'une vision purement infrastructurelle à une vision de corridors économiques intégrés ». Le corridor Abidjan-Lagos représente une part majeure du commerce régional et constitue également un terrain d'expérimentation pour la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (Zlecaf), notamment sur les règles d'origine et les tarifs préférentiels. Les frontières restent le principal point de friction Pour Paul Akandé, chargé de programme à la Commission de la Cédéao, le corridor peut servir de modèle à l'échelle régionale. « La Cédéao, en tant qu'organisation régionale, facilite ce processus. Elle est en discussion sur le réseau routier qui relie Abidjan à Lagos, avec éventuellement une évolution vers le ferroviaire. Ce sont aussi ces initiatives qui permettent d'accélérer les échanges et le trafic entre les pays traversés par ce corridor. C'est donc un très bon modèle. » Le principal obstacle à la compétitivité du corridor reste toutefois ce que les spécialistes appellent les « coûts de friction » : les dépenses supplémentaires, les pertes financières et les retards logistiques provoqués par les obstacles sur les routes et aux frontières. Une récente étude menée par l'Organisation du Corridor Abidjan-Lagos (OCAL) montre que les temps de traversée observés sur une dizaine de postes-frontières vont de 2 à 47 heures. L'étude relève également la persistance de barrages routiers, notamment au Nigeria, ainsi que des paiements informels signalés par près des trois quarts des chauffeurs routiers interrogés. De fortes disparités entre les postes-frontières La situation s'améliore néanmoins, estime Youssouf Sangaré, notamment grâce à la digitalisation des procédures : « Le système interconnecté de gestion des marchandises en transit de la Cédéao progresse. Les déclarations répétitives à chaque frontière, ce que j'appelle ici les coûts de friction, se réduisent. Un chargeur ivoirien n'a plus à tout recommencer à zéro à chaque poste-frontière, comme c'était le cas il y a dix ans. » Mais l'interconnexion reste encore incomplète. À Noé-Elubo, entre la Côte d'Ivoire et le Ghana, la ressaisie manuelle des informations constitue toujours un point de friction. L'OCAL présente le poste de Noé-Elubo comme celui ayant enregistré la baisse la plus nette de son temps de passage : il serait passé d'environ 27 heures à 10 heures. Les performances restent en revanche beaucoup plus contrastées ailleurs sur le corridor. C'est notamment le cas à Kraké, entre le Nigeria et le Bénin, ou encore à Kodjoviakopé, à la frontière entre le Togo et le Ghana.

SAPS and the Border Management Authority have arrested a 52-year-old South African man at OR Tambo International Airport. Police say suspected heroin worth more than two million rand was found in his luggage. Police say the suspect had arrived from Accra, Ghana, when he was intercepted during an intelligence-led operation. Police say they found bullet-like objects and blocks containing substances suspected to be heroin. He is expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court later this week on drug trafficking-related charges. This is the third suspected drug mule arrested at OR Tambo in three weeks. Police spokesperson is Lt Col Amanda van Wyk

Five years in the making, one night to celebrate! Grab your ticket now for We Are The Culture before they sell out! Stay By Plan at 5 — https://thegaderin.com/activities/we-are-the-culture-stay-by-plan-at-5In this episode, we sit down with DJ, creative, and culture curator Cedric Bansah (aka M00nc4ke) for an honest conversation about the shifting dynamics of living in Accra today.As more young Ghanaians and creatives look beyond borders, we unpack the reality of brain drain, what drives people to leave, and what it means for the local creative ecosystem. We also explore the complex, evolving relationship between the diaspora and Ghana. We balance idealisation with the on-the-ground reality of building a life and culture here.Sending money from abroad? Use Tap Tap Send — it's fast, simple, and you don't pay extra charges. — https://www.taptapsend.com/ Use our discount code: STAYBYPLAN for the best rates!

President John Dramani Mahama says the Accra-Kumasi Expressway is expected to reduce the travel distance between the two cities by 70 kilometres, making the journey shorter than the current route

Ranking Member of the Roads and Transport Committee, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, says the Accra-Kumasi Expressway is a good project but cautions government against creating the impression that it will be completed within a year or two, stressing that it is a long-term project.

Somalia has requested permission to use the Accra Sports Stadium as its home venue for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after being left without a CAF-approved stadium.

Episode 240: En hommage à Elaine Mokhtefi (Décédée le 11 septembre 2026): Rencontre Ce podcast est une rediffusion de l'épisode 83 en hommage à Elaine Mokhtefi, auteur du livre, Alger, capitale de la révolution. De fanon aux Black Panthers (Barzakh, 2019). La trajectoire d'Elaine Mokhtefi, jeune militante américaine, a, dès la guerre de libération nationale et pendant deux décennies, épousé celle de la cause algérienne. Ce combat la mène à New York, au siège des Nations unies avec la délégation du FLN ; à Accra, aux côtés de Frantz Fanon pour la conférence de l'Assemblée mondiale de la jeunesse ; à Alger, enfin, où elle atterrit en 1962, quelques semaines après l'indépendance. Elle y restera jusqu'en 1974. Journaliste, interprète et organisatrice efficace, elle assiste, remplie d'espoir, aux premiers pas de la jeune république, accueille les Black Panthers en exil et participe à mettre sur pied le Festival panafricain d'Alger.  Ses mémoires témoignent de l'effervescence des luttes anticoloniales des années 1960, vécue dans l'intimité des grandes figures de l'époque – Ben Bella, Castro, Eldridge Cleaver –, dans une ville qui a gagné avec sa liberté des allures de capitale de la révolution mondiale.  Une histoire fascinante, qu'Elaine Mokhtefi raconte avec une passion et une conviction intactes.  Elaine Mokhtefi, issue d'une famille de la classe ouvrière américaine, est née en 1928 à New York. La lutte pour l'indépendance l'a conduite à vivre douze ans en Algérie où elle a travaillé comme journaliste et traductrice. Elle s'est mariée à un ancien membre de l'Armée de libération nationale algérienne (ALN) devenu écrivain, Mokhtar Mokhtefi, décédé en 2015, auteur de mémoires très remarqués J'étais Français-Musulman (Barzakh, 2016).  Elle a obtenu la nationalité algérienne en vertu d'un décret présidentiel du 23 juillet 2026 (...). Une naturalisation qui vient saluer un engagement de toute une vie aux côtés de l'Algérie. Par cette naturalisation, l'Algérie rend hommage à une femme qui a consacré une grande partie de sa vie à défendre la Révolution algérienne et les luttes pour la liberté à travers le monde (El Moudjahid). La conférence d'Elaine Mokhtefi a été programmée dans le cadre du cycle des conférences « Histoire du Maghreb, histoire au Maghreb » co-organisé par Centre d'Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA) et le Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie sociale et culturelle (CRASC).  Elle a eu lieu le 06 novembre 2019 au CRASC, Oran. Pr. Hassan Remaoun, chercheur associé, CRASC, a modéré le débat. Écoutez un autre épisode de Elaine Mokhtefi :  Épisode 77 : Workshop sur « Écriture, mémoire et histoire »: Écrire ses mémoires ou comment parler de soi ? Nous remercions notre ami Ignacio Villalón, doctorant à l'Université de Crète / Institut d'études méditerranéennes, pour son interprétation à la guitare qui accompagne l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast. Réalisation et montage : Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).   

Accra Turf Club has staged a peaceful demonstration in Accra to protest the reported demolition and proposed redevelopment of Ghana's only racecourse at Borteyman

Government is considering new measures to improve the operations of the Aayalolo bus service in Accra, including the deployment of MTTD officers on motorbikes to escort buses along dedicated lanes during peak hours.

Just under 20 years ago Kenya pioneered the use of mobile money. Since then, other countries in Africa have carved out a share of the digital market for themselves, from gaming in Morocco to artificial intelligence in Tunisia. But the picture is not the same across the whole continent. A lot of governments face too many socio-economic challenges and limited resources to spend money on digital infrastructures. Instead, foreign countries like the United States and China are investing in the African tech market. The bulk of South Africa's data centre investment comes from American providers of cloud, networking and storage services. And while this may provide a boost for local economies and create local jobs, it also creates some risks, as data resides outside of the country. There are efforts at the continent, national and regional levels to reposition the continent from being a consumer to a creator in the digital marketplace, but there are concerns that there isn't enough joined up thinking to allow Africa to take control of its digital future?(Photo: A robotic waiter stands on standby at Robot Café in Nairobi, Kenya, the country's first restaurant to employ humanoid robots as waiters. The robot, equipped with a serving tray, is positioned among curved blue seating, modern lighting, and café tables, with the café counter visible in the background. The image was taken on August 27, 2024. Credit: Tony Karumba via Getty Images)Contributors: Mark Kaigwa, data and AI specialist, founder and CEO, Nendo, research and marketing agency, Nairobi, Kenya Juanita Clark, co-founder and chief executive, Digital Council Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Teki Akuetteh, founder and executive director, Africa Digital Rights Hub, Accra, Ghana Dr Seydina Moussa Ndiaye, head of ALIVE (AI Living Lab for Innovative and Viable Ethical Policies and Systems) research group, Université Numérique Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Dakar, SenegalPresenter: Charmaine Cozier Producer: Jill Collins Researcher: Evie Yabsley Technical producer: Toby James Production co-ordinator: Phoebe Lomas Production management assistant: Liam Morrey Editor: Tom Bigwood

Ghana wants more than just gold sales, as the government pushes for local processing and greater value addition. Lucy Riley finds out more with mining consultant Seth Worlashime and DW's Eric Mawuena Egbeta in Accra.

The Ashaiman Area Head Of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi, throws more light on this in this insightful message titled "Jesus Came To Seek And To Save The Lost" at the "Ashaiman For Christ" crusade held at the Ashaiman Zenu School Park in Accra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the AviaDev Insight Africa Connectivity Podcast, Jon Howell is joined by Sean Mendis and Behramjee for a fast-moving roundup of the biggest aviation stories across Africa and beyond. If you want a sharp, informed take on African aviation strategy, network planning, and the commercial realities behind the headlines, this episode is packed with insight. Subscribe for monthly AviaDev connectivity updates and analysis. Chapters:  00:00 Intro and episode overview 03:18 Airlink flypast in Cape Town   16:09 Airlink's new domestic route, Qatar codeshare, and E2 route updates  28:19 Kenya Airways results and leadership changes 38:34 South African Airways leadership churn and strategy 44:15 FlySafair launches third daily Johannesburg–Harare 53:53 FlySafair acquisition and competition concerns 01:00:18 Malawi Airlines adds more Johannesburg frequencies  01:02:08 Canada–Nigeria bilateral signed and the Air Canada opportunity on Toronto-Lagos 01:17:11 Air Peace's West Coast growth and Lagos–São Paulo on the radar 01:19:59 ValueJet's Boeing 737 additons and potential network expansion  01:24:15 Africa World Airlines relaunches Abidjan  01:26:53 Ethiopian Airlines winter network changes  01:35:22 Mesfin Tasew leadership extension and fleet strategy  01:37:51 Tewolde GebreMariam joins Air India 01:40:33 Air Congo opens Paris via Brussels 01:42:24 RwandAir considers Manchester  01:44:36 Etihad increases Zanzibar to double daily 01:49:17 Zambia Airways new CEO 01:51:23 ProFlight Zambia adds Jetstream 41s 01:52:26 Jambojet launches Nairobi–Entebbe 01:55:17 Uganda Airlines announces Accra and Kigali 02:0212 Air Sierra Leone Gatwick relaunches 02:04:23 TAG Angola adds Dakar–Praia and Latam codeshare 02:1303 Wrap-up and closing remarks #AviaDev #AfricanAviation #AirlineNews #AviationNews #Connectivity #Airlink #KenyaAirways #EthiopianAirlines #SouthAfricanAirways #Safair #AirPeace #RwandaAir #UgandaAirlines

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!In just a few days, we leave for Ghana, and this year, our boys are coming with us.This is our 14th year doing humanitarian work at KNUST University Hospital in Kumasi with International Healthcare Volunteers. Before we board that plane, we're talking about what humanitarian medicine actually looks like. Not the Instagram version. The real version.You'll hear:What International Healthcare Volunteers actually does and why the focus is sustainability and education, not fly-in-fly-out surgeryThe white savior complex in humanitarian medicine and why that mindset can destroy more than it buildsWhy Nii comes back a better surgeon every year from complex tissue repairs to the CO₂ tank story and the GIST tumor patientThe OB/GYN cases Renee encounters, including patients arriving with hemoglobin levels of 4 and 5What medical students and residents can learn in Ghana that they simply can't learn in the U.S.How we make two weeks in Ghana work with two boys, an apartment in Accra, alternating weeks, and homeschooling this yearAnd the mindset behind why we keep going back: “I'm not going to save Ghana. Ghana doesn't need saving. I'm going because Ghana made me.”If you're the first doctor in your family and you've ever felt behind, confused, or alone in navigating medicine, this is your community.And if you've ever done humanitarian medical work, or wondered what it really looks like beyond the highlight reel, this episode is for you. Find us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@docsoutsidetheboxpodcastRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Locumstory.com - a free resource with unbiased information about locum tenens opportunities, real physician stories, and practical guidance to help you make informed decisions about your career. Check them out at https://dotb.s.gy/Pod International Healthcare Volunteers - https://www.ihcv.org/FREE DOWNLOAD: First-Gen Doctor Blueprint — Everything we wish someone had told us about finances, career planning, and building a life in medicine. Visit: https://darkos.lpages.co/first-gen-physicians/Have a question for us?Send us a Voice Message: https://www.speakpipe.com/docsoutsidetheboxText us: 833-230-2860DM us on Instagram: @docsoutsidetheboxEmail: team@drniidarko.comABOUT DOCS OUTSIDE THE BOX:Dr. Nii is a General Surgeon. Dr. Renee is an OB/GYN. We are first-generation Ghanaian and Haitian physicians who paid off $662,000 in student loan debt in 3 years, built a locum tenens agency, and navigated every major medical career decision without a family blueprint.We created this podcast for first-generation doctors — physicians who are the first in their families and lack the inherited knowledge about money, contracts, career strategy, and the unwritten rules of medicine that many of their colleagues learned growing up.Real conversations for first-gen doctors.Website: https://drniidarko.com/DISCLAIMER: Dr. Nii and Dr. Renee are physicians, not financial advisors or attorneys. Content shared in this podcast reflects personal experience and should not be considered financial, legal, or medical advice. Please consult qualified professionals before making financial or career decisions.© 2026 Docs Outside the Box. All rights reserved.

Discover more Sincerely Accra!Accra is growing faster than its infrastructure can handle. In this episode, Joseph sits with Shaun & Ama to break down the structural cracks holding the city back: crumbling roads, recurring floods, failing sanitation, and a housing market so expensive that even a GHS 3,000 monthly salary can't get you a decent place to live.Opening Music Oshe - Reynolds The Gentleman ft. Fra!Music Bridges E No Easy - Sarkodie & Dope Nation We Go - Kuame Eugene 2 Much Sugar - Kidi IDK - Kidi & Sarkodie Music Closer See Thru - KidiA GCR Production - Africa's Premiere Podcast Network

Today we're chatting with Ivana Perbi, founder of Wardrobe Affaire, the world's first discovery platform dedicated to pre-loved fashion events, which is on a mission to help secondhand event organizers seamlessly host fashion experiences and help shoppers discover them – all over the world. Ivana grew up in southern Germany, where secondhand wasn't a trend but simply how her family shopped, and where weekends at the flea market where her mother sold clothes shaped her eye for style. After a decade working inside luxury fashion houses like Louis Vuitton and Chanel, a research trip back to her birthplace of Accra, Ghana — and a visit to the sprawling Kantamanto secondhand market — changed everything for her. Ivana left the corporate world, retrained as a UX designer, and launched a fashion rental platform in Berlin.  But after three years of testing, and some incredibly successful event pop-ups, she recognized a much bigger opportunity and pivoted Wardrobe Affaire into what it is today: a platform built to solve the real logistical headaches of hosting and discovering pre-loved fashion events. We're getting into it all — the pivot from rental to events, and her favorite vintage finds, including the vintage Chanel she found for a steal at a Berlin flea market!  Let's dive right in! DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [02:54] Ivana loved style and collecting fashion magazines growing up [07:04] When sustainability in fashion started to connect with her personal values  [08:20] Learning about Ghana's Kantamanto Market and the scale of secondhand clothing waste  [11:07] Ways to keep clothing in circularity — repair, swapping, and rental  [13:29] What she learned about repair and craftsmanship working at Louis Vuitton and Chanel  [15:23] The origin story of her first fashion rental platform  [16:18] Convincing lenders, consumers, and investors to embrace rental in Germany  [18:08] What she learned about the "attitude-behavior gap" in sustainable fashion [20:52] Deciding to pivot from rental into secondhand events [23:42] The gaps she was trying to fill in the pre-loved events space, including event discovery  [27:47] What's keeping would-be shoppers on the sidelines from attending events  [31:27] Why curation of vendors is everything at a vintage shopping event  [36:03] What the pivot required of her personally as a founder  [38:26] Her personal style and vintage collection  EPISODE MENTIONS:  Wardrobe Affaire @wardrobeaffaire By Rotation HURR Sami Miro Vintage Pre-Loved's original research on secondhand events LET'S CONNECT: 

La Namibie a accordé les autorisations environnementales à un projet d'extraction de phosphate en mer, ouvrant la voie à la première opération commerciale au monde de dragage des fonds marins pour récupérer ce minerai, malgré l'opposition d'organisations écologistes et du secteur de la pêche. Pourquoi les scientifiques alertent-ils sur les risques que représente ce type d'exploitation ? Comment expliquer l'autorisation accordée par le gouvernement ? Les acteurs locaux peuvent-ils encore tenter d'obtenir une annulation des autorisations d'extraction ?  Avec Victor Cariou, journaliste au service Afrique de RFI, ancien correspondant à Accra. 

ACCRA IS EXPENSIVE!!! An editorial by Kwadwo Sheldon.

This week the glasses held Christophe Mignon ADN, the stories went global, and our guest casually mentioned designing buildings in 18 countries like the rest of us mention brunch plans. Pat Bosch, Design Director and Principal of Perkins&Will's Miami studio, joined us for a conversation that starts in Havana and somehow ends up in Riyadh, Rio, and Accra before landing back home in Miami.Pat grew up the only child of two architects, spending her childhood in her mother's office and on construction sites with her father, then carried that inheritance through Puerto Rico, Columbia, ETH Zurich, and the New York studios of Richard Meier and Steven Holl. In 1996, in her early 30s, she bet everything on Miami and co-founded Perkins&Will's studio here with three people. Thirty years later it's one of the firm's most celebrated design hubs.We talk about designing the world's largest university for women in Saudi Arabia, building Africa's first LEED-certified hospital in Ghana with little more than smart passive design, and structuring an entire L'Oreal research center in Rio around bossa nova. We also get into her lifelong love affair with concrete, a material most people treat as a means to an end and Pat treats like poetry, from the cantilevered concrete of Miami Dade College to facades that somehow make the heaviest material on earth look weightless. And she explains the philosophy that runs through all of it: leave things better than you found them.Pour something with a little sparkle and press play. Pat builds in concrete, but this episode is pure Champagne.Connect with usWant to dive deeper into Miami's commercial real estate scene?

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Back in 2013, a spark of inspiration gave light to an initiative that I went on to recruit a handful of friends to join in on the Flirt with the World's Million Condom Giveaway at locations across Accra on World AIDS Day 2013. As part of our local press tour, I visited a local radio station, 107.9 YFM where I met htis week's guest Amma Boakye-Danquah--shout out to her co-host, fellow Glocal Citizen,Emmanuel Gamor. Amma, like me was a fres arrival in Ghana and over the years has expanded her professional portfolio in all manner of dimensions. As a strategic advisor and innovation leader with over 16 years of experience shaping education systems, youth leadership, and adaptive learning across West Africa, she has led multimillion-dollar initiatives at USAID , including the $22M Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Regional Leadership Center and the development of the West Africa Learning and Knowledge (WALK) Agenda, helping institutions turn data into action and policy into practice. Known for building unlikely partnerships across government, philanthropy, media, and the private sector, Her work sits at the intersection of systems change, evidence-based strategy, and inclusive leadership. Her career spans collaborations with organizations such as the Mastercard Foundation, Microsoft , and regional bodies including ECOWAS. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Imperial Global Ghana , where she bridges world-class research and practical market applications by fostering strategic partnerships among researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers across the public, private, and third sectors. Rooted in a global perspective on urban policy, education, and development, qnd with foundational experience teaching middle school mathematics in under-resourced schools in Louisiana through Teach For America, beyond her academic and policy work, she is a passionate cultural convener bringing art, history, and community together. Where to find Amma? @ Imperial Global Ghana On LinkedIn On Substack What's Amma listening to? The Our Ancestors Were Messy Podcast What's Amma reading? Small Worlds Other topics of interest: Oyibi, Ghana Labari Data Homeschool Collective On Indigeneering Commonwealth Fellowship Programme About Ghana's National Science and Math Quiz Post Hurricane Katrina School Takeovers in New OrleansSpecial Guest: Amma Boakye-Danquah.

Send us Fan MailDREDW is recognized for his dynamic sets that blend Afrohouse, Amapiano, and Afrobeats. He currently serves as the official DJ for Y Lounge on YFM Ghana, one of the country's leading youth radio stations. He has performed at major events including Guinness Accravaganza and Black Sherif's Zaama Disco Concert, while also entertaining audiences at some of Accra's premier nightlife destinations, including Polo Beach Club, Alora Beach Club, Mood Bar, Treehouse, Alley Bar, Level Lounge, MAD Club, Enzo, and Kruna. His consistency and versatility have earned him DJ residencies at prestigious venues such as Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra, Kozo, Vine, and Ritual.DREDW continues to expand his creative portfolio, with "Luv Lyf" featuring Ghanaian singer Essilfie as his latest musical release.--SetlistDo 4 Luv (Extended Version) – Andy Keys & KingTouchNyuku – LaTique ft. Chronical Deep & Kabza De SmallBring Another Bass – Chronical DeepLifestyle ft. Lebtoniq – Oscar MboSweetest Taboo (Fatso 98 Remix) – SadeLemonade (Fatso 98 Groovy Mix) – AKABe What You Want – Deep EssentialsMadibuseng – Deep EssentialsCrossroads (Poizen Remix)In My Heart – EnosoulUniverse ft. Mr Hudson & Twitch – GuiltybeatzDilemma ft. Kelly (Amapiano Remix) – NellyHoly Ghost (Rework) – Omah LayHold You (House Remix) – GyptianYeke Yeke (House Remix) – StyloIsaka (6am House Remix) – CizaSend demos via Trackstack:https://tstack.app/nuans.fmInstagramwww.instagram.com/nuans.fmTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@nuans.fmThreadshttps://www.threads.net/@nuans.fmlinks: https://nuans.komi.io/Guest Mix Submissionshttps://nuansfm.com/guestmix#ToProgress

In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we begin a journey into one of the darkest and most overlooked chapters of the 20th century: the establishment of neocolonialism in Africa after the formal end of European empires.After the Second World War, the dreams of a genuinely independent Africa – of nations free from exploitation, able to chart their own futures – were mercilessly snuffed out by Western powers. Drawing on Susan Williams's brilliant White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonialisation of Africa, we explore the relationship between Ghana and Congo, and the forces that destroyed the hopes of the independence era.We begin with the brutal history of King Leopold II's Congo Free State – a territory nearly 80 times the size of Belgium, where an estimated 10 million Congolese people died as a consequence of forced labour, mutilation, and murder. The purpose of Belgian rule, as Kwame Nkrumah observed, was not to suppress slavery but to change its nature, to make it more profitable.But the exploitation did not end with formal decolonisation. The Congo's Shinkolobwe mine produced uranium of unparalleled richness – up to 75% uranium oxide, compared to ores from America that contained just 0.2%. This uranium was essential to the Manhattan Project, powering the atomic bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, the resource extraction continued, but through new means: corporate infiltration, debt, coups, and the tools of the Bretton Woods system.We trace the origins of American intelligence operations in Africa, from the OSS bases in Accra, Cape Town, and Addis Ababa, to the top-secret mission to protect Congolese uranium from falling into enemy hands. And we consider the broader tragedy of neocolonialism – how the West used every tool at its disposal to ensure that Africa's resources remained under its control, long after the flags of empire had been lowered.Topics covered:The Belgian Congo and the crimes of King Leopold IIThe forced labour system and the rubber tradeThe Shinkolobwe uranium mineThe Manhattan Project and the atomic bombThe OSS and early US intelligence in AfricaKwame Nkrumah and Pan-AfricanismThe tools of neocolonialism: debt, coups, and corporate powerThe continuing relevance of resource exploitation todaySusan Williams's White Malice is available from all good bookshops. Please consider buying from an independent retailer.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us – we are migrating from Patreon to Substack. Details in the show notes.Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Vice President and NPP Flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has described the newly elected Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Okoe Boye, as a humble, unifying and capable leader who can help the party secure more parliamentary seats in the region in the 2028 general elections

Ghana Police Service has foiled a suspected robbery attempt near the GCB Bank branch at Labone in Accra, with two suspects reportedly shot dead and another arrested

Eleven people have been confirmed dead, while three others remain in critical condition following the gory accident at Ofankor Barrier in Accra. The accident reportedly involved a Sprinter bus that was parked along the road with passengers on board when a truck crashed into it

A multiple-vehicle crash at the Ofankor Barrier area on the N6 Highway in Accra has left 11 people dead and 13 others injured. The crash occurred on the express lane in the early hours of Thursday

This episode addresses topics of mental health and suicide at a level that is age-appropriate for Year 6 (Gr 5)Guiding Question:What changes when we take a  Heart-Mind-Action approach to learning for PYPx, creating opportunities for students to connect with an issue that they care about, design compelling inquiry questions that guide their research, and go beyond awareness to empower students to take action and have a positive impact in their community.Key Takeaways:Talking about and engaging with mental health at an age-appropriate level for younger studentsWhen we engage with topics that we care about, the learning doesn't stop at exhibitionStudent lead actions: Our students can have a positive impact on the mental health in our school community.If you have enjoyed this podcast please take a moment to subscribe, and also we'd appreciate it if you could please leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. The way the algorithm works, this helps our podcast reach more listeners. Thanks from IC for your support. Check out the conference website Inspire Citizens Student Leader Micro-CredentialLearn more about how Inspire Citizens co-designs customized student leadership and changemakers programsConnect with more stories from the Inspire Citizens network in our vignettesAccess free resources for global citizenship educationShare on social media using #EmpathytoImpactEpisode Summary On this episode of Empathy to Impact, host Scott Jamieson meets up with a group of Year 6 students at Al-Rayan International School in Accra, Ghana. Sedra, Hiyan, Arham, Arnav and Qingke (Coco) take time at the very end of their school year to join me for a conversation and reflect on their experience at this year's PYP exhibition. What sets these students apart is not just that they did such a fantastic job with their exhibition projects, but that they chose to explore the challenging topics of mental health, depression, and suicide. The amazing educators at the school have combined elements from Kath Murdoch's inquiry cycle with the Empathy to Impart framework developed by Inspire Citizens to create their own Heart-Mind-Action approach that guides teaching and learning across the PYP and has become part of the DNA at their school. Discover a transformative podcast on education and learning from a student perspective and student voice, exploring media, media literacy, and media production to inspire citizens in schools through a media lab focused on 21st-century learning, empathy to impact, Global citizenship, collaboration, systems thinking, service learning, PBL, CAS, MYP, PYP, DP, Service as Action, futures thinking, project-based learning, sustainability, well-being, harmony with nature, community engagement, experiential learning, and the role of teachers and teaching in fostering well-being and a better future.

Preached at First Love Church, Accra ,Ghana 08 August 2026

Preached at First Love Church, Accra ,Ghana 08 August 2026

We flew 90 minutes from Accra and ended up on a beautiful island! In this episode, we talk about our week in São Tomé & Príncipe.We break down where we stayed, what it costs to visit, and whether we think it's actually worth the trip.If you've never heard of São Tomé & Príncipe, this episode is your introduction.In this episode: • Our first impressions and culture shocks • Hiking to the equator on Ilhéu das Rolas • Where we stayed and what it's like • Food, prices, and getting around • Would we go back?

BNR_ POD_ Friendships in Accra Ft Nicole and DJ Phantom

WHY TALENTED GHANAIAN CREATORS STAY INVISIBLE AND UNDERPAID | LOIS DOGBE✋

“The time has come for the international community to be honest, not to be hypocritical, not be selective, not engage in erasure, but to admit that the gravest crime against humanity took place and it took place on this continent. And that the time to repair what was broken, what undermines our collective humanity, what is a scar on our collective conscience, the time and the only way to repair that is now.”Aleem Maqbool speaks to Ghana's Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, about his country leading a global campaign for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. Earlier this year, the United Nations adopted an historic resolution that declared the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity", although every European nation chose to abstain in the vote. Meanwhile, the US was one of three countries to vote against.Between the 16th and 19th centuries, it's estimated that around 12 million people were forcibly trafficked from Africa to European colonies in the Americas, although some historians place this figure even higher.Accra's campaign has been supported by countries all over the world, and although not so much by European nations, it has been recognised by some European institutions, like the Church of England. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with former Sudanese leader Aisha Musa, microfinance pioneer Jennifer Riria, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Aleem Maqbool Producers: Catherine Wyatt and Ben Cooper Editor: Justine LangGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. Credit: Getty)

Gränsupplösandet blir både globalt och lokalt när Amaarae med en söt, seriefigursaktig heliumröst seglar ut på sin jordenruntresa bortom ragerap och afrobeats, och visar hur musik kan skifta perspektiv och bryta ner stereotyper. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Erfarenheterna gör Amaarae (aktuell med albumet ”Black star”)klippt och skuren för den globala populärmusiken på 20-talet. Hon växte upp i Accra, Ghana där alternativa scener utvecklades. Sångerskan bodde i London då korsbefruktningarna pågick för fullt medan hon fann sig själv, och var i Georgia när trap förgrenades. Resultatet blev ett experimentellt öra och en orädd, punkig R&Battityd. Sättet som Amaarae leker med ett Clipsebeat i ”Counterfeit” demonstrerar hennes beundran för Virginiaduon som Mats Nileskär också möter. Way Out West-aktuella Clipse stod för förra årets återkomst genom ”Let God sort em out”. Trots att bröderna inte hade kört tillsammans på ett och ett halvt decennium var kemin intakt. Dessutom lyckades producent Pharrell Williams modernisera klassisk Clipse. Du får Pusha T och Malice resa från banbrytande drograp till framträdande i Vatikanen. I avsnittet även träff med mannen som ger new age afrobeat ett ansikte – Obongjayar.

This episode was made in partnership with the International AIDS Society (IAS), Young Leaders Programme. ---- Host Ben Plumley wraps up the A Shot in the Arm Podcast from AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro with Zarawu Adams, a medical scientist from Salama Clinic in Accra, Ghana, reflecting on an exhausting but valuable week balancing conference sessions with the IAS' Young Leaders Programme. Adams highlights research linking antiretroviral treatment to metabolic crises such as type 2 diabetes, including work focused on pregnant women, and confirms through conversations with scientific leaders that this issue is still under-emphasized. She describes the Young Leaders program as a diverse international advocacy network across HIV and other infectious diseases that builds connections, fills gaps, and broadens engagement beyond science to policy, innovation, and activism. Adams emphasizes resilience, the funding crisis, and the urgent need to tackle stigma and discrimination – particularly as a driver of suicide, while noting increased visibility for LGBT communities within the IAS space. 00:00 Welcome to Rio 00:53 Metabolic Risks Spotlight 03:15 Young Leaders Program 04:53 Networking and Advice 07:26 Stigma and Discrimination 08:32 Activism and Funding Crisis 10:36 Resilience and New Ideas 14:27 Priority on Stigma 15:41 LGBTQ and Closing Reflections 17:54 Final Thanks and Sign Off Guests: Zarawu Adams Medical Scientist, Salama Clinic, Accra, Ghana AIDS 2026 https://www.iasociety.org/conferences/aids2026 Check Out Ben's Substack: https://substack.com/@benplumley1 Join the Conversation! How do you see the future of global health unfolding? Share your thoughts in the comments! Subscribe & Stay Updated: Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast platform. Watch on YouTube & subscribe for more in-depth global health. #hivaids #HIV #AIDS #globalhealth #AIDS2026 #IAS

Some people have complained that many cocktails in Accra taste bad. In this episode, we're unpacking the real state of Accra's nightlife, party habits, and why your home bar setup needs serious help!We're joined by the team behind Accra Bar Show 2026 to give us the ultimate insider look at West Africa's biggest drinks and hospitality expo. With international bar takeovers across Accra, masterclasses with Amsterdam's Bols Cocktail Academy, and over 50 exhibitor booths at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, here is everything you need to know about the hottest event this August!

Sarah Rapp: From How to Be Global to 1 Million HumansSarah Rapp is Director of Youth Advocacy and People at Junior Achievement Worldwide, and a nomad who has worked internationally for nearly a decade. Born in Germany, she moved abroad as an expat to Malta before building a fully nomadic life shaped by people and purpose rather than beaches. She previously hosted the podcast How to Be Global, closing it after 126 episodes once she felt she had "become global" herself, and has now launched a new movement, 1 Million Humans, drawing on her own experience of burnout and hard-won belonging.What You'll Walk Away WithDoreen and Sarah trace her path from a shy, unbelonging childhood in Germany to a life spread across countries, friendships and time zones. Sarah speaks candidly about the real costs of nomadic living, from friendships and relationships to relentless jet lag, and why the trade-offs still feel worth it. The conversation turns to 1 Million Humans, born from watching high achievers run on empty, and why human skills matter more than ever in an AI-saturated world. Sarah also reflects on privilege, advocacy and a formative encounter with poverty in Accra, Ghana, that shaped how she shows up for others.Connect with Sarah RappFind Sarah on Instagram at @SarapGlobal or on YouTube for behind-the-scenes glimpses of her life. Join the movement at 1millionhumans.com, where the first thousand members become founding members of the Good Human Club.Share this episode with someone who's standing at one of those thresholds — a new country, a return home, or simply a life that's asking them to become someone they haven't quite met yet.We would love to hear from you, send us a text please!Support the showYou can map the move. You cannot map the metamorphosis. Nomadic Diaries explores the interior journey of expat life — the belonging, the identity shifts, the repatriation, and everything that travels with you that can't be packed in a suitcase. This episode may be part of our Re-Entry Series (30 episodes on coming home) or The Belonging Project (29 episodes on belonging across cultures). Browse the full catalog at nomadicdiariespodcast.com and please share or leave a review if this episode resonated.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Valerie Obaze. Founder of R&R Skincare.

Why do so many people suffer from chronic symptoms despite being told their labs are "normal"? In this fascinating episode, we sit down with Dr. Olivia Lesslar, a physician specializing in psychoneuroimmunology and longevity medicine, to uncover why so-called "mystery illnesses" are often the result of multiple unresolved threats interacting throughout the body and brain. She explains how chronic pain, chronic fatigue, trauma, surgery, infections, and even deeply rooted psychological patterns can keep the nervous system locked in survival mode, making true healing a complex but achievable process. Dr. Lesslar also shares why creating a sense of safety within the body is one of the most powerful yet overlooked foundations for recovery. If you've been searching for answers to persistent health challenges, this episode offers a compassionate, science-backed perspective that will change the way you think about chronic disease and what it takes to heal.Dr. Olivia Ly Lesslar is an Australian medical doctor with an expertise in psychoneuroimmunology and longevity medicine. Known as a “medical Sherlock Holmes,” she is recognised for her ability to synthesise insights across multiple specialties and unravel complex, multi-systemic conditions that defy conventional diagnostic frameworks.She is Director of Functional and Longevity Medicine at Cingulum Health in Sydney and Medical Architect and Founding Chief Medical Officer of Eir Liv, where she designed the clinical framework for a medicalised longevity atelier model. Internationally, she serves as Founding Chief Clinical and Standards Advisor to Elite Optimal Health Centre in Accra, Ghana, guiding its clinical standards and institutional development. Dr Lesslar holds leadership and advisory positions across more than thirty international organisations in neurotechnology, biotechnology, and space medicine, including Human Regenerator (UK), Kure (sydney), L'evive Labs (Singapore), Sens.ai (Canada), and Oxford Healthspan (UK).In 2025, she completed a seven-city speaking tour across Australia and New Zealand, presenting her original framework, The Nine Ancient Survival Threats, a psychoneuroimmunological model exploring the evolutionary roots of chronic disease. She holds academic appointments at Griffith University's National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases and at the Geneva College of Longevity Science. Her focus is on advancing integrative, patient-centred models that unite neuroscience, immunology, and systems-level thinking.SHOW NOTES:0:39 Welcome to the podcast!3:19 About Dr. Olivia Lesslar4:02 Welcome her to the show!5:10 Are they really “mystery illnesses”?9:56 Chronic pain signals11:58 Her traumatic injury15:22 What is Psychoneuroimmunology?16:59 When your body betrays you20:16 Fear-based marketing23:25 The impact of surgery26:20 Assessing threats to the body33:05 How to create safety in the body36:57 The “schemas” that inform our health40:16 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome42:08 Her “index patient”48:07 Why healing is multifactorial51:45 Her framework for health55:10 Her finale piece of advice57:53 Thanks for tuning in!RESOURCES:Website: www.drolivialesslar.comIG: @drolivialesslarLinkedIn Her peer-reviewed published research: ResearchGate profileSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/biohacker-babes-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Ghana, un país de África Occidental con más de 34 millones de habitantes, destaca por su riqueza histórica, cultural y política. Cuna del poderoso Imperio Ashanti y hogar de más de 80 lenguas, conserva un legado único reflejado en símbolos como los Adinkra y el sagrado Trono de Oro. Su costa, conocida como la Costa de Oro, fue uno de los principales escenarios del comercio transatlántico de personas esclavizadas, cuyos castillos de Elmina y Cape Coast hoy son lugares de memoria histórica. En 1957, bajo el liderazgo de Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana se convirtió en el primer país del África subsahariana en independizarse del dominio británico, impulsando el panafricanismo. Actualmente, su vibrante capital, Accra, es un centro cultural y diplomático, mientras que el país sigue dejando huella en el mundo con géneros musicales como el Highlife y el Afrobeats, además de su pasión por el fútbol representada por las Black Stars.      

Originial airdate: September 5, 2023 Cultures around the world have their own unique spiritual traditions and healing practices. Africa's rich wisdom offers timeless insights that can help us cultivate greater wellbeing, resilience, and a deeper connection to ourselves. After embarking on a journey to reconnect with her ancestral roots, my guest, Araba Ofori-Acquah, found healing, purpose, and alignment. In this conversation, she introduces us to the world of African-centered wellness and the wisdom of her heritage. Araba Ofori-Acquah is a healer, DJ, cultural curator, and award-winning writer based between Accra, Ghana, and London, UK. Her work is rooted in African-centered wellness, a holistic practice that draws on African wisdom to promote healing, empowerment, and collective wellbeing. We explore the foundations of African spirituality, the three core values that support a flourishing life, and simple practices we can all incorporate to cultivate greater vitality, balance, and inner peace.

Preached at First Love Church, Accra ,Ghana 21 June 2026

Preached at First Love Church, Accra ,Ghana 21 June 2026