{"id":8337,"date":"2026-04-02T06:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:46:33","slug":"weekly-news-2-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/weekly-news-2-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News \u2013 2 April"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8337\" class=\"elementor elementor-8337\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776e37a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"776e37a1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-633dbb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"633dbb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>EU-Ghana Security and Defence Partnership: The FIMI and cybersecurity components<\/h3><p><strong>April 2, 2026 &#8211; Ghana Fact<\/strong><\/p><p>An analysis report delves into the digital threat components of the recently signed security and defence pact between the European Union and Ghana, focusing on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and cybersecurity as key elements of non-traditional security areas.<\/p><p><a class=\"read-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ghanafact.com\/eu-ghana-security-and-defence-partnership-the-fimi-and-cybersecurity-components\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><hr \/><h3>Reclaiming Sovereignty: Ghana, ECOWAS, and the Future of Regional Security<\/h3><p><strong>April 2, 2026 &#8211; Modern Ghana<\/strong><\/p><p>An opinion piece questions whether Ghana should entrust its security to foreign powers or reclaim its destiny through African-led solutions. It revisits the 2018 Defence Cooperation Agreement with the US and argues for African-led security responses as instability spreads across West Africa.<\/p><p><a class=\"read-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernghana.com\/news\/1482879\/reclaiming-sovereignty-ghana-ecowas-and-the.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p><hr \/><h3>Nkwanta South clashes: Four arrested as security forces move in<\/h3><p><strong>March 31, 2026 &#8211; Ghana News Agency<\/strong><\/p><p>Four individuals have been arrested following renewed violent clashes in the Nkwanta South Municipality. The Oti Regional Minister confirmed that one suspect has been remanded at Kete-Krachi Prison, while the other three are assisting police with investigations.<\/p><p><a class=\"read-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gna.org.gh\/2026\/03\/nkwanta-south-clashes-four-arrested-as-security-forces-move-in\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><hr \/><h3>Security Without Memory? Reflections on EU-Ghana Security and Defence Partnership and the Africa Strategic Dilemma<\/h3><p><strong>March 30, 2026 &#8211; Modern Ghana<\/strong><\/p><p>An opinion piece reflects on the juxtaposition of Ghana championing global recognition of transatlantic slavery as a crime against humanity while simultaneously entering into a security partnership with the EU. It argues that this exposes a deeper tension between historical justice and contemporary interdependence.<\/p><p><a class=\"read-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernghana.com\/news\/1482073\/security-without-memory-reflections-on-eu-ghana.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p><hr \/><h3>EU and Ghana commit to security and defence partnership<\/h3><p><strong>March 30, 2026 &#8211; Defence Web<\/strong><\/p><p>The EU and Ghana have committed to a security and defence partnership, signed in Accra on March 24. The agreement includes a \u20ac50 million package of military equipment and establishes a dedicated annual security and defence dialogue covering ten areas of cooperation.<\/p><p><a class=\"read-button\" href=\"https:\/\/defenceweb.co.za\/joint\/diplomacy-a-peace\/eu-and-ghana-commit-to-security-and-defence-partnership\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><hr \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU-Ghana Security and Defence Partnership: The FIMI and cybersecurity components April 2, 2026 &#8211; Ghana Fact An analysis report delves into the digital threat components of the recently signed security and defence pact between the European Union and Ghana, focusing on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and cybersecurity as key elements of non-traditional security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghana-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8337"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8341,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337\/revisions\/8341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}