By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 3News
Supporters of the ruling NDC in Klo Agogo, in Ghana’s Eastern Region, are asking Regional Minister Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey and the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly to repair roads and the market. According to 3News, they denounce years of neglect despite promises from successive ministers.
The National Democratic Congress, in power in Ghana, is preparing for the 2028 presidential election and its first manoeuvres to succeed John Dramani Mahama. According to Jeune Afrique, these manoeuvres have already begun within the party.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: Jeune Afrique ·
The Cape Verdean Independent and Democratic Union (UCID) calls for a policy of industrial diversification and modernisation of agriculture, livestock farming and fisheries. Through Zilda Oliveira, the party wants to question the economy minister on the strategy to reduce the cost of electricity for industry, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: Expresso das Ilhas ·
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has granted Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson permission to present the 2027 budget in the evening, at 6pm on Thursday 12 November. The document, titled “The New Economy”, is to set revenue targets and spending priorities, with no new loans, according to 3News.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3News ·
Lands and Natural Resources Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has inaugurated four artisanal mining cooperatives in the Western Region, as part of the fight against illegal gold mining. The rCOMSDEP programme aims to create jobs for young people and enforce environmental protection, according to MyJoyOnline.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: MyJoyOnline ·
Ghana’s Parliament rescinds passage of anti-LGBTQ+ billGhana’s Parliament has rescinded its earlier vote on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025. Speaker Alban Sumana Bagbin explained on Tuesday 10 November that the legislative drafting department had found inconsistencies with the decisions of MPs. The bill will return to the House for fresh consideration, according to MyJoyOnline.
Nigeria’s FCCPC expects petrol pump prices to fallNigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) expects the fall in the wholesale price of petrol to be passed on to the pump without delay, its executive vice-chairman Tunji Bello said. Brent has fallen from 115 dollars in September to below 90 dollars a barrel, while a litre sells for between 1,325 and 1,420 naira in Lagos and Abuja, according to Punch.The week in Africa
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