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July 3, 2026

• Ghana faces a persistent, decades-long sanitation crisis despite significant public expenditure, policy initiatives, and clean-up campaigns.
• The core issue is identified as poor execution, discipline, coordination, and accountability, rather than a lack of financing.
• The article proposes assigning the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) strategic responsibility for public sector waste management.
• The GAF is lauded for its discipline, dependability, organizational structure, engineering expertise, and logistics capabilities, which are seen as crucial for sustained results.
• This initiative aims to improve public health, prevent flooding, enhance tourism and investment, and elevate sanitation to a matter of national strategic importance, without replacing private waste operators.

July 3, 2026

• Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have initiated a year-long process to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
• The military-led West African countries announced their decision in September, denouncing the ICC as "a tool of neocolonial repression."
• All three nations are engaged in conflicts against Islamist insurgencies, with rights groups alleging possible atrocities by both militants and their armed forces.
• The ICC, the world's permanent war crimes tribunal, prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression when national courts are unwilling or unable to act.
• The ICC's governing body confirmed the withdrawal letters, noting the move risks weakening global efforts to end impunity and does not release states from obligations incurred while party to the treaty.

July 3, 2026

• NPP flagbearer Mahamudu Bawumia donated relief items to victims of the June 29 floods.
• The donation followed his visit to assess the devastation in worst-hit communities in Accra.
• Relief items were presented on his behalf by his Advisor on Gender and Social Protection, Akosua Asaa Manu.
• The June 29 floods displaced thousands, destroyed homes and businesses, and caused loss of lives and property in Greater Accra.
• The items are intended to support affected families in their recovery from the disaster.