Komla Dumor The BBC has begun the search for a future star of African journalism with the launch of the seventh BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The search for the next worthy winner of the Komla Dumor award launched with an ... Read More

Brigadier-General Edjeani-Afenu The UN secretary general has mourned as a “true pioneer” Ghana’s first female brigadier general, Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, who died on Monday. Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Brigadier-General Edjeani-Afenu for making history in peacekeeping as the first female deputy ... Read More

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, while contributing to a debate at the UN Security Council in New York, USA, has called for drastic action by governments to prevent domestic inequalities that lead to urban migration. He said inequalities created fertile grounds ... Read More

The Supreme Court is currently split between six conservatives and three liberals President Joe Biden will honour his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House says. She would replace the liberal justice, Stephen ... Read More

The West African bloc ECOWAS will meet virtually on Friday to discuss the crisis in Burkina Faso, where army officers have deposed President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, the group said. The 15 member Economic Community of West African States, which includes Burkina Faso, ... Read More

Antony Blinken - US Secretary of State The US has rejected Russia's demand to bar Ukraine from Nato, amid warnings Russia might invade its neighbour. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was giving Russia a formal response to its demands to resolve the ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana is on her way to establishing a domestic manufacturing plant for COVID-19 vaccines. He said with the Presidents of Senegal, Mr Macky Sall, and Rwanda, Mr Paul Kagame, the three would ... Read More

Uganda on Monday lifted its two-year COVID-19 curfew, allowing bars and nightspots to re-open. Excited revelers celebrated the end of one of the world's longest lockdowns. A reveler who only identified herself as Peace said she has been drinking every night ... Read More

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director General of WHO The head of the World Health Organization warned Monday that COVID-19 will be around for the foreseeable future, and everyone will have to learn to live with it. The WHO chief issued ... Read More

The Pentagon says US troops are on standby to deploy to Europe, should Russia invade Ukraine (file picture) US President Joe Biden has said there is "total unanimity" with European leaders over Russia's troop build-up on the border with Ukraine. President Biden ... Read More