Energynet Confirms kenya To Host ‘25th Africa Energy Forum...
Under the theme ‘Africa for Africa’ EnergyNet confirms Nairobi, Kenya to host the 25th Africa Energy Forum. The much anticipated announcement was agreed at the height of the pandemic lock-down with African Development Bank VP Kevin Kariuki, who Chairs the ... Read More
Covid: WHO Warns Pandemic Will Drag On Into 2022
The Covid pandemic will "go on for a year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Dr Bruce Aylward, senior leader at the WHO, said it meant ... Read More
US Urges North Korea To Halt Missile Test ‘Provocations’...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on North Korea Wednesday to refrain from further provocative actions and engage in “sustained and substantive dialogues,” after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile from a ... Read More
Queen Cancels Northern Ireland Visit On Medical Advice
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen has cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland and has "reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days", Buckingham Palace says.
The 95-year-old monarch will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend ... Read More
COP26: Russia’s Vladimir Putin Will Not Attend Climate...
Vladimir Putin - Russia President
Russia's President Vladimir Putin will not attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
No reason was given for the decision not to attend, but a Kremlin spokesperson said climate change was an ... Read More
Haitian Gang Demands $1m Each For Kidnapped US Missionaries
Haitians protested against rising violence, fuel and food shortages at the home of acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 19
A gang that kidnapped members of a Christian missionary group from the United States is demanding $1m ... Read More
Colin Powell Shaped Lasting US Policies Toward Africa
Colin Powell
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday, is being remembered in Africa for peacemaking, supporting the fight against AIDS and sounding the alarm against war abuses.
Cameron Hudson, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Africa ... Read More
Shlomit Sufa Appointed As New Israeli Ambassador To Ghana, L...
Shlomit Sufa appointed as new Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
The State of Israel has appointed Shlomit Sufa as the new Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Ambassador Sufa replaces Shani Cooper who ended her tour of duty in ... Read More
Canadian Government Supports Women In Rice Production
The Canadian Government through the Government of Ghana has supported five women Farmer Based Organisations (FBO) in the production of rice in the Central Region to boost rice production.
According to Mr. John Tawiah Aidoo, the Assin South District Agric Officer, ... Read More
Over 100 Million People In Africa Threatened By Climate Chan...
Township residents collect water from a municipal water tanker in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
A new report by the United Nations has warned that more than 100 million “extremely poor” people across Africa are threatened by accelerating climate change that ... Read More