AU Chair Urges Ukraine To Demine Odesa Port To Ease Wheat Ex...
Senegalese President Macky Sall
Senegalese President and African Union Chair Macky Sall on Thursday urged Ukraine to demine waters around its Odesa port to ease much needed grain exports from the war-torn country.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions have ... Read More
Alleviating Looming Global Hunger Crisis
António Guterres – UN Secretary-General
The UN Secretary-General recently warned that a widespread hunger crisis will affect different parts of the world due to Russia's war in Ukraine, and Putin is now using a blockade of grain exports as blackmail against ... Read More
Monkeypox Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases; WHO Warns Of ‘Rea...
A man receives a monkeypox vaccination at a clinic run by CIUSSS public health authorities in Montreal, Quebec, June 6, 2022.
The risk of monkeypox becoming established in nonendemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than 1,000 cases ... Read More
US Urges Malian Transition Government To Take Steps Towards ...
The United States on Thursday called on the Malian transition government to take steps toward holding elections, adding to pressure on military leaders in Mali to restore democracy.
The West African country's military leaders toppled the government and failed to keep a promise ... Read More
Putin: West Unlikely To Reject Russian Energy For Years
President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West will not be able to cut itself off from Russian oil and gas for several years.
He added that nobody knows what might happen in that time, so Russian companies would not ... Read More
Boris Johnson Vows To Get On With Being Prime Minister
Boris Johnson has said he is determined to "get on" with his job, in his first Commons appearance since surviving a confidence vote in his leadership.
Amid testy exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions, Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle told Mr Johnson ... Read More
GSA Wants Collaboration Between Ghana, Egypt To Boost trade ...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has called for a strong collaboration between Ghana and Egypt to help boost the trade ties between both countries.
“Statistics from the GSA indicated that a total of 1,220 metric tonnes of commodities were exported from ... Read More
ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme – Stakeholders Urged To Ensur...
THE Commissioner of Insurance, Dr Justice Yaw Ofori, has urged motor insurance companies to collaborate with the Ghana National Bureau of the ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme to ensure the speedy processing and settlement of cross-border claims.
That, he said, would be ... Read More
UN: Without Action, Famine Looms For Somalia
The United Nations warned Tuesday that Somalia is at risk of another famine, as consecutive droughts have withered crops and killed scores of livestock, and grain imports from Ukraine and Russia have dramatically dropped due to their war.
“Somalia is certainly ... Read More
Nigeria: Buhari Has No Ppreferred Successor, Spokesman Says
President Mahammadu Buhari
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has no preferred candidate from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to succeed him, his spokesman has said on the eve of the party’s primaries to pick a flag bearer for next year’s ... Read More