*Ghana Speaker Bagin Hosts 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Urges Continent to Defend Family + Sovereignty* Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, today opened the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty, and Values with a call for African nations to anchor laws in cultural heritage while rejecting external pressure on domestic legislation. Speaking at the gathering of Speakers, MPs, diplomats and traditional leaders, Bagbin framed the family as “the smallest unit of governance on Earth” and the foundation of true sovereignty. “True sovereignty does not begin at our national borders or within legislative chambers; it is born, nurtured, and sustained in the African family,” he said. Rt Hon Speaker, Alban Bagbin warned that tying development assistance, trade deals, or resource agreements to legal changes “violates the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the UN Charter. He argued African parliaments

“Less PR, more delivery” - Abu Jinapor urges focus on logistics as 1,500+ Ghanaians remain stranded in SA evacuation* The member of parliament for Damongo, Mr Abu Jinapor has praised Ghana’s first evacuation flight of three hundred (300) citizens from South Africa but warned against early celebrations. Calling it “commendable, not unprecedented,” he pointed to past operations by former president H.E Jerry John Rawlings evacuations from Liberia/Sierra Leone civil wars, and Akufo-Addo’s nine thousand (9,000) airlifts from Ukraine during COVID. According to him, a thousand five hundred (1,500) Ghanaians have registered to return but are “stranded” after registration was suspended. “300 down, 1500+ to go. Focus on delivery, not cameras/welcoming ceremonies.”

*Ghana Opens 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on African Family Values and Sovereignty, Calls for Consensus and Practical Action* Parliamentarian, chiefs, faith leaders and delegates from across Africa gathered in Accra on Wednesday June 3 2026 for the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on African Family Values and Sovereignty, with Ghana urging the continent to move from declarations to concrete policies that protect families and deepen economic independence. Delivering the opening address on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah told delegates that the conference arrives at a “consequential moment” for Africa, as debates over identity, governance and development grow more urgent. “There are certain places on our continent where history still speaks with unusual clarity. Ghana is one of those places,” He said. “It was from this land that the call for African freedom echoed across the continent. It was here that Kwame Nkrumah challenge