ECOWAS leaders took the decision at a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. Beginning in January 2020, countries within the West African sub-region will be able to use a single currency called ECO. The currency was adopted by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads ... Read More

Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea, after meeting Kim Jong-un in the area dividing the two Koreas. Mr Trump and the North Korean leader posed for handshakes before talking for nearly an ... Read More

Kofi Annan Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan has been posthumously awarded the 2018 ECOWAS Prize of Excellence. Another prominent Nigerian medical professional Dr Ameyo Adadevoh was also posthumously awarded the same prize. Madam Germaine Acogny, a Senegalese dancer and choreographer ... Read More

Ms Stephanie Sullivan - U.S Ambassador to Ghana The Embassy of the United State of America in Accra has held a colourful ceremony with live band music and fireworks to mark its 243rd Independence anniversary. It also coincides with the 50th ... Read More

The United States (US) Embassy is hosting women entrepreneurs from 14 African countries to help empower more women entrepreneurs in the global economy. The women are beneficiaries of the US global entrepreneurship training to support and empower women entrepreneurs to promote ... Read More

Mr. Birender Singh, the High Commissioner of India to Ghana on Wednesday sought for Ghana Support for India’s candidature to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council election. The ICAO Council election slated for September during the General Assemble meeting in ... Read More

Mr Kanyi was recorded saying the comments in a video which has been widely shared on social media A Kenyan MP has been arrested after saying he would beat up foreign traders if they did not leave the country. Charles Njagua ... Read More

Internet connectivity has been cut in most parts of Mauritania, online rights group, NetBlocks; reported on Tuesday. The group said the outage was linked to post-election incidents in the country. “Mauritania is in the midst of a near-total internet blackout as ... Read More

The Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped after it became almost completely worthless Zimbabwe has banned the use of international currencies such as the US dollar, South African rand and British pound. Zimbabwe has not had its own fully fledged currency since 2009 ... Read More

As the dust settles on what authorities in Ethiopia have described as an attempted coup in the Amhara region, many questions remain unanswered as to what exactly caused the death of five top officials. Ethiopia’s army chief, the president of Amhara ... Read More