Vice-President Bawumia Attends UN Security Council Meeting
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra on Saturday, January 22, 2022 for New York in the United States of America (USA).
Prior to holding meetings with senior officials of the United Nations (UN), Dr Bawumia will on behalf ... Read More
UN Appeals For $60 Million For Victims Of Violence In Camero...
UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, is appealing for nearly $60 million for tens of thousands of victims of intercommunal clashes over dwindling resources in Cameroon’s Far North region.
The United Nations Refugee Agency Friday released an appeal for just under ... Read More
Ukraine: US Orders Families Of Embassy Staff To Leave
Non-essential embassy staff in Kyiv have been given permission to leave under new measures
The US has ordered the relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave the country, as fears rise of a Russian invasion.
Non-essential embassy staff have also ... Read More
Senegal Votes for Mayors In Litmus Test For President
A voter casts the ballot paper at a voting station in Dakar, Jan. 23, 2022, during the 2022 municipal elections in Senegal.
Voters in Senegal went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and local representatives in a vote seen ... Read More
Shots Near Burkina President’s Home As Soldiers Mutiny...
Commuters ride their motorcycles through burning barricades in central in Ouagadougou where group of demonstrators supporting the army protested against President Marc Christian Kabore, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Jan. 23, 2022.
Shots were heard late Sunday near the home of Burkina ... Read More
Boris Johnson: I’ve Seen No Evidence Of Plotters Being...
Boris Johnson says he has "seen no evidence" of blackmail in his party after claims by one of his own MPs.
William Wragg - who has called on the PM to resign over parties at No 10 - said suspected plotters ... Read More
In Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali, Fears Rise Over Losing Duty-Fr...
An artisan, who weaves and dyes cotton fabric in Bamako, Mali, says: "I earn my living through AGOA." (Moctar Barry/VOA)
For Sammy Abdella, the new year has brought bad tidings: the prospect of a steep drop in sales of scarves, rugs, ... Read More
Capitol Riot Inquiry Asks Ivanka Trump To Voluntarily Testif...
Ivanka Trump speaking at a campaign event in Georgia
US congressional investigators have asked Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former president, to testify about the 6 January riot at the US Capitol.
The move to request testimony from a Trump family ... Read More
Tonga: First Foreign Aid Planes Arrive Bearing Crucial Suppl...
A New Zealand Hercules aircraft carrying emergency supplies left Auckland this morning
The first foreign aid planes have arrived in Tonga, bearing much-needed supplies for the Pacific nation which was left devastated by a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami on Saturday.
New ... Read More
US Billionaire Opens COVID, Cancer Vaccine Plant In South Af...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C-L) and South African-born American billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong cut the ribbon during the launch of NantSA, a future vaccine manufacturing facility, in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 19, 2022.
South African-born U.S. billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and ... Read More