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2026-10-15

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• Global aid fell in 2025. What can the headline tell us?
• What the global aid estimate can—and cannot—tell us
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2026-10-15

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• West Africa, in focus
• Nigeria, Ghana to boost fisheries cooperation, target IUU fishing
• Côte d'Ivoire deploys security forces to curb cocoa smuggling to Ghana
• Ghana's Supreme Court dismisses Solomon Asamoah's bid to halt Sky Train trial
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Editorial direction, concept and publication: Jean-Axel Désiré Tohougbé · ADG Lab.

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1. Global aid fell in 2025. What can the headline tell us?
2. What the global aid estimate can—and cannot—tell us

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• https://www.oecd.org/en/about/news/press-releases/2026/04/international-aid-fell-sharply-in-2025-says-oecd.html

Editorial direction, concept and publication: Jean-Axel Désiré Tohougbé · ADG Lab.

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1. West Africa, in focus
2. Nigeria, Ghana to boost fisheries cooperation, target IUU fishing
3. Côte d'Ivoire deploys security forces to curb cocoa smuggling to Ghana
4. Ghana's Supreme Court dismisses Solomon Asamoah's bid to halt Sky Train trial

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What the global aid estimate can—and cannot—tell us

The global estimate signals scale; it cannot trace which West African programmes changed.

ODA is measured across donors. Regional exposure requires recipient-level disbursement data; commitments and disbursements are different measures.

Which recipient-level changes are visible in final OECD data?

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Global aid fell in 2025. What can the headline tell us?

The OECD preliminary estimate: −23.1% year on year; 0.26% of donors’ combined GNI.

A global total signals scale. Recipient-level data is needed to assess West African programmes.

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Ghana's Supreme Court dismisses Solomon Asamoah's bid to halt Sky Train trial

Asamoah must now proceed with his defence in the ongoing Sky Train trial, which also involves former GIIF board chair Ameyaw Akumfi.

Asamoah, former CEO of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund, asked the Supreme Court to stop the trial, arguing the judge wrongly found him responsible for an alleged financial loss.

What does this ruling mean for how the remaining Sky Train trial proceedings will unfold?

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Côte d'Ivoire deploys security forces to curb cocoa smuggling to Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire is deploying security forces to lock down its border with Ghana after a surge in cocoa smuggling.

Ivorian authorities have been intercepting cocoa smuggled toward Ghana, with agents of operation Verrou 322 seizing over 42 tonnes near Abengourou.

What further steps could Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana take together to address cross-border cocoa smuggling?

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Nigeria, Ghana to boost fisheries cooperation, target IUU fishing

Both countries aim to improve transparency, compliance and fisheries monitoring across the subregion.

Nigeria's Adegboyega Oyetola met Ghana's Fisheries Minister Emelia Arthur to discuss sustainable fisheries management and curbing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which threatens food security and coastal livelihoods.

How might shared vessel authorisation checks shape future fisheries enforcement between the two nations?

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West Africa, in focus

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01. Nigeria, Ghana to boost fisheries cooperation, target IUU fishing
02. Côte d'Ivoire deploys security forces to curb cocoa smuggling to Ghana
03. Ghana's Supreme Court dismisses Solomon Asamoah's bid to halt Sky Train trial

How might shared vessel authorisation checks shape future fisheries enforcement between the two nations?

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