A High-Level Seminar on Maritime Security which examined and refined the modalities for the distribution of essential maritime security equipment in the ECOWAS riparian countries have ended in Abuja, Nigeria. The two-day seminar was held at the Nigeria Commission of the ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo decorating Stephanie S. Sullivan, the outgoing US Ambassador to Ghana, with the Grand Medal Award at the Jubilee House. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has bestowed a national award — Grand Medal — on the ... Read More

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will talk about her historic appointment Friday afternoon on the South Lawn of the White House. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to ... Read More

Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira - High Commissioner of Rwanda to Ghana also accredited to Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone and Liberia Today we begin for the 28 time the period of remembrance and honoring the memory of our loved ones ... Read More

Ethiopia's government has said it will carefully examine a scathing report by international rights groups that accuses its military and allied forces of gross rights abuses in Tigray region. But it also poured doubt on the report, which alleges ethnic ... Read More

The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the body’s Human Rights Council over atrocities it has been accused of committing in Ukraine. In a vote of 93 to 24 with 58 abstentions, the assembly suspended Russia for its ... Read More

Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore Burkina Faso’s ex-president, Blaise Compaore, has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1987 assassination of predecessor Thomas Sankara. The ruling is seen by many as a symbolic victory for a region that has ... Read More

Ali Duale, seen here addressing a community event in Halifax, came to Canada as a refugee from Somalia in 1997 and was elected to the Nova Scotia provincial legislature last year. (Photo courtesy of A. Duale's office) Somali-born refugee Ali Duale ... Read More

The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote Thursday on whether to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council because of its action in Ukraine. Two-thirds of the 193 member states would have to vote in favor of removing Russia. The council, ... Read More

The European Union is expected to join the United States in imposing new sanctions against Russia as horrific reports of possible war crimes in Ukraine continue to surface. But critics, including some EU members, are calling the measures insufficient. The new ... Read More