UN Calls For Overhaul Of Global Financial System
Sixty-plus international organizations, led by the United Nations and including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and World Trade Organization, jointly sounded the alarm Thursday in a new report, warning that unless national and international financial systems are ... Read More
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Pilots ‘Could Not Stop N...
A preliminary report into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane last month says the aircraft nosedived several times before it crashed.
Pilots "repeatedly" followed procedures recommended by Boeing before the crash, according to the first official report into the disaster.
Despite ... Read More
Ivanka Trump Plans Visits To Ivory Coast, Ethiopia To Promot...
Ivanka Trump
White House adviser and daughter of the United States president, Ivanka Trump will visit Ivory Coast and Ethiopia over a period of four days this month.
Donald Trump’s daughter will be promoting the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative ... Read More
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Resigns
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led Algeria since 1999State TV then reported that this would be with immediate effect.
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is resigning after weeks of mass protests, state media report.
Mr Bouteflika, who had been in power for 20 ... Read More
UK Reiterates Commitment To Promoting Prosperity In Africa
Mr Iain Walker - British High Commissioner to Ghana
Mr Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner, has reiterated the United Kingdom's commitment to promoting Africa's prosperity and security.
"The UK Government believes that it is in our national interest to promote ... Read More
Sibeth Ndiaye: Who Is The French Government’s New Spok...
Ms Ndiaye is a close ally of the French president - and now the government's spokeswoman
The newest member of the French government has been a citizen of France for less than three years - but now, she will speak ... Read More
Kim Jong-nam Murder: Vietnamese Woman Pleads Guilty To Lesse...
Doan Thi Huong would have faced the death penalty if convicted of murder
A Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing hurt by potentially deadly ... Read More
Egypt President Raises Minimum Wage, Now $116 From $70
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has raised the country’s minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($116) a month from 1,200 pounds, he said at an event on Saturday celebrating women.
Sisi said the raise would apply to all Egyptian workers and ... Read More
Africa’s Wealth Should Be Used To Empower Its Youth –...
Africa must develop a strategy to reap the demographic dividend that the continent’s youthful population offers, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
Thus, African leaders ought to leverage the continent’s vast wealth to develop and empower their respective youth populations, ... Read More
US Ambassador Swears In 35 Peace Corps Volunteers In Accra
Mrs Stephanie Sullivan, the United States Ambassador to Ghana on Thursday swore-in 35 Peace Corps Volunteers in Accra.
The new volunteers, who would be serving for two years, join nearly 5,000 Americans who have served as Peace Corps Volunteers in Ghana ... Read More