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Ukraine Sets Out On Long Path To EU Membership

  • June 27, 2024

Ukrainian officials are embracing what will be a detailed and tortuous process of negotiations following the official opening of EU accession talks this week, saying they have already made major strides toward qualifying for a status that would cement their place in Western Europe. While the process that began Tuesday at a ministerial-level meeting in […]

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In Deal With US, WikiLeaks’ Assange Pleads Guilty, Secures Freedom, Ends Legal Fight

  • June 26, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his freedom and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. The plea was entered Wednesday morning in federal court in Saipan, […]

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President Akufo-Addo Commissions Nine Envoys 

  • June 25, 2024

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday granted letters of credence to nine new envoys, urging them to actively promote Ghana’s image and interests abroad.  The envoys included three High Commissioners, five Ambassadors, and an Ambassador-at-Large.  They are, Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, High Commissioner to Nigeria; Mrs. Francisca Ashietey-Oduntun, High Commissioner to South Africa; Mr. Ernest […]

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Tool To Monitor Youth Job Growth In Africa Launched

  • June 25, 2024

The World Data Lab, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, has launched a digital tool to monitor youth job growth and forecast employment trends in Africa. Dubbed: “Africa Youth Employment Clock”, it aims to support and inform the journey to more inclusive African labour markets through cutting-edge data modelling and visualisation. The job data model projects […]

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EU Adopts Sanctions Against Six Over Sudan Civil War

  • June 25, 2024

EU countries adopted sanctions against six people in Sudan on Monday over the war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has engulfed the country. The listings include a general commanding the RSF in West Darfur, who the EU Council said is responsible for committing atrocities, instigating ethnically motivated killings, […]

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Congolese President Visits Moscow In Bid To Deepen Ties

  • June 25, 2024

The trip by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso comes less than a month after Russia’s foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov made a stop in the central African country. Sassou Nguesso is expected to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladmir Putin. The two leaders will hold discussions on the economy, trade, energy as well as security […]

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Kenya’s Ruto Ready For ‘Conversation’ With Protesters

  • June 24, 2024

Kenya’s President William Ruto said Sunday that he was ready for “a conversation” with thousands of “peaceful” young protesters who held nationwide demonstrations this week to oppose proposed tax increases. Organized on social media and led largely by Gen-Z Kenyans who have livestreamed the demonstrations, the protests have caught Ruto’s government off-guard, as discontent mounts […]

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