President George Weah Liberia’s President George Weah has told parliament he would run for re-election this year after a first term marred with corruption allegations and an economic downturn. Weah took office in 2018 in the West African country’s first peaceful change of ... Read More

Pope Francis It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 rebels and the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the country’s eastern region forced her to flee with almost nothing ... Read More

A guard of honor greets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, Zimbabwe Jan. 30, 2023. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday for talks with his counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, aimed at boosting "strong cooperation" ... Read More

The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world's distracted donors Sunday to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she calls "the ultimate failure of the international community." The U.S. ambassador to the ... Read More

The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies as the cost of living continues to hit households, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The IMF said the economy will contract by 0.6% in 2023, rather than ... Read More

Shirley-Ayorkor Botchway - Foreign Affairs Minister Former President John Mahama has said he will support Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, in her bid to contest as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Ms Botchwey is hoping to succeed Dominica’s Patricia Scotland who ... Read More

The Maltese High Commissioner to Ghana, Jean Claude Mallia Malta has officially opened its High Commission in the country. It is a reciprocal gesture after Ghana opened its diplomatic mission in Malta in August of 2014 headed by a resident High Commissioner. The ... Read More

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Saturday in support of the ruling junta, days after France confirmed its special forces there would withdraw, according to an AFP journalist at the rally. Packing Nation Square in central Ouagadougou, ... Read More

A voter prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during the second round of the parliamentary election in Tunis, Jan. 29, 2023. Tunisia looked set for an ultra-low election turnout again Sunday as a parliamentary election ended with critics ... Read More

President Donald Trump Donald Trump's announcement that he's running for US president in 2024 wasn't a lark, or a ploy to avoid prosecution, as some have speculated. He's hitting the road and laying the kind of groundwork necessary for a serious ... Read More