Adama Dieng West African countries should use universal jurisdiction to prosecute those accused of the murder of over 50 migrants from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire in The Gambia in July 2005, a former Special Adviser to the UN ... Read More

More than 1.7 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ghana, bringing the total of U.S. donated vaccines to Ghana to more than 4.2 million doses since September.  U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan was joined by Deputy Minister of ... Read More

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a battle call on Monday night, as Tigray fighters appeared to close in on the capital Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has said he will lead his country’s army “from the battlefront” beginning ... Read More

People wearing face masks queue to get vaccinated in the Philharmonic Hall in the northern German city of Hamburg The German health minister has warned citizens that they would be either “vaccinated, cured or dead” from COVID-19 by the end ... Read More

Covid infection rates have started rising sharply in parts of Western Europe, prompting the introduction of fresh restrictions and lockdowns. It has triggered fears the UK could follow suit. But there are plenty of reasons to believe Britain will escape the ... Read More

Antony Blinken - US Secretary of State The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Sudan’s leaders to work rapidly to put the country’s democratic transition back on track. He made the appeal on Monday in separate phone calls with ... Read More

Sudan’s military Sunday reinstated deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to lead a civilian government of technocrats after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by his overthrow. Civilian and military leaders said government officials and politicians arrested since the coup in late October ... Read More

Tunisian authorities said Sunday they had intercepted more than 200 migrants trying to reach the Italian coast, in nine separate operations. "In the context of the fight against irregular immigration, units from the northern, southern and central regions managed to thwart ... Read More

Austria has returned to a full national lockdown as protests against new restrictions aimed at curbing Covid-19 infections spread across Europe. From midnight, Austrians have been asked to work from home and non-essential shops have closed. New restrictions have sparked protests throughout ... Read More

The United States has warned pilots that planes operating out of Ethiopia’s main international airport – one of busiest in Africa – could be “directly or indirectly exposed to ground weapons fire and/or surface-to-air fire” if the country’s spiralling conflict nears the ... Read More