Watch Africa
iWatch Africa reports on Organised crime in Africa/ Trans-national Crime (Drug Trafficking, Illegal Mining, Illegal logging, Human Trafficking, Organ Trafficking, Illicit Financial Flows etc.)
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Transnational Organized Crime: Eight arrested by FBI, including 3 Ghanaians for Cyber crime schemes amounting to $15 million
Eight individuals, including three Ghanaians have been arrested by the FBI for their roles in Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes…
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Missing Gold: How Ghana lost over $6 billion in gold export revenue to major trading partners
Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone. In a bleak partnership, privation and natural resources like gold or oil go together in…
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World Press Freedom Day: Journalists demand end to attacks on media
Journalists from all over the world have called for an end to attacks on them in their line of work…
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World Press Freedom Index 2018: Ghana ranked number one in Africa
Ghana has dethroned Namibia to become the best country in Africa in the latest World Press Freedom Index. The West…
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Tax exemptions cost Ghana GH¢2.6bn in 2017
Last year, import exemptions granted to foreign companies and other institutions rose by 15.5 percent costing the country GH¢2.6 billion…
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Digital economy data gap risks widening inequalities- UNCTAD
According to UNCTAD, those least prepared for the digital economy have less data on which to base policy decisions, threatening…
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WHO calls on developing countries to hasten implementation of tobacco control conventions
The World Health Organisation has reiterated the need for countries to focus on accelerating implementation of the Framework Convention on…
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iWatch Africa’s Gideon Sarpong among 20 journalists attending Global Conference on Tobacco, Health
iWatch Africa’s Policy and Content Director, Gideon Sarpong is among 20 journalists selected to attend the Global Conference on Health…
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iWatch Africa marks International Open Data Day 2018
iWatch Africa, marked the 2018 International Open Data Day, on 23rd March, 208 with a conference on the theme; The…
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Register for the 2018 International Open Data Day Conference
Invitation to the 2018 International Open Data Day Conference on 3rd March, 2018 : The importance of Open Data in…
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