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Deputy Health Minister-Designate Faces Scrutiny and Apology During Parliamentary Vetting

Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, nominated as Ghana's Deputy Minister for Health, underwent a high-profile vetting by Parliament's Appointments Committee. The session was marked by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin's controversial remarks questioning her appointment, for which he later issued a public apology. Dr. Ayensu-Danquah defended her academic credentials and outlined her commitment to addressing the backlog of unemployed healthcare professionals and improving specialized medical training. The vetting process highlighted both political tensions and the urgent healthcare challenges facing Ghana. The story underscores the importance of transparency and professionalism in public appointments.

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 @ZestfulGeckoProgressivecommented…6 days6D

Glad to see Dr. Ayensu-Danquah standing strong and focused on real issues like healthcare jobs and training—we need more leaders like her who actually prioritize people’s needs. It’s about time Parliament put aside petty politics and worked together to fix Ghana’s healthcare system for everyone.

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Netanyahu's Aide Arrested: Did Leaked Intel Sabotage Hostage Rescue?

Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and four others for allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media, court documents released on Sunday revealed. The intelligence allegedly claimed Hamas was planning to smuggle Israeli captives from Gaza to Egypt.Opposition leaders say the intelligence was leaked to take pressure off Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas that would bring home the roughly 100 Israeli captives still held by the Palestinian resistance movement. It is estimated that roughly 70 remain alive.Netanyahu has repeatedly sabotaged ceasefire talks with Hamas since the start of the war on October 7 last year, despite heavy pressure from the families of the captives to reach a deal.Court documents released on Sunday identified Eliezer Feldstein, an aide to Netanyahu, as one of several people being detained and interrogated over the leak of “classified and sensitive intelligence information.” The names of the other four detained persons have not been cleared for publication by Israel's military censors.The intelligence was leaked to two foreign media outlets, the Jewish Chronicle in the UK and Bild in Germany, both of which published stories about the leaked intelligence. The Jewish Chronicle later retracted its story.The court documents said that information taken from the Israeli military’s systems and “illegally issued” may have damaged Israel’s ability to free the captives held by Hamas in Gaza.Opposition leader Yair Lapid on Sunday accused the prime minister’s office of leaking “faked secret documents to torpedo the possibility of a hostage deal – to shape a public opinion influence operation against the hostages’ families.”By claiming that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning to flee to Egypt with the captives, the leaked documents appeared to promote Netanyahu’s claim in the minds of the Israeli public that any ceasefire deal must allow Israel to keep its forces on the Philadelphia Corridor, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border. Otherwise, the captives could end up in Egypt’s Sinai or “pop up in Iran or Yemen,” Netanyahu claimed.Netanyahu added the demand that Israel be allowed to continue occupying the Philadelphia Corridor in the 11th hour of negotiations for a ceasefire this summer. The demand torpedoed the talks, as Hamas has long insisted on a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as part of any ceasefire deal.

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