Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he was expecting about $10.5 billion in financial aid in the coming years once the country wraps up negotiations with international lending institutions. Africa’s second most populous nation, battered in recent years by several armed conflicts, the COVID pandemic, and climate shocks, has been engaged in drawn-out […]
The United States government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has commissioned an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) center in the Nanton District of the Northern Region and provided teaching and learning materials to improve education quality in the north. The ICT center is the first of its kind in the district and […]
Ghana has signed an agreement establishing cooperation in science, technology and innovation with Turkey. The pact is to serve as a legal framework for the achievement of science and technology ambitions of the two countries. The agreement was signed between the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and The Scientific and Technological Research […]
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has lauded the Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, for his exceptional leadership qualities. The US envoy said Nii Teiko Tsuru had demonstrated unique leadership qualities since assuming office, and needed to be commended. The American diplomat paid a courtesy call on the Ga Traditional Council in Accra […]
U.S. President Joe Biden defiantly vowed Wednesday to keep running for reelection, pushing back against growing sentiment that his faltering debate performance had doomed his candidacy and that he should withdraw from the campaign leading to the November 5 election. “I am running. I am the leader of the Democratic Party. No one is pushing […]
Tunisia is set to conduct a presidential election on October 6, as confirmed by President Kais Saied’s office on Tuesday. It remains uncertain whether Saied will run for a new five-year term following his initial election in 2019. Saied, an expert in constitutional matters, assumed complete authority over the nation in 2021, governing through decrees […]
The first ordinary session of the ECOWAS Parliament for the year 2024 officially opened on Monday, July 1, 2024, at Abuja, Nigeria. In her opening speech, Mrs Hadja Memounatou Ibrahima, the new Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, called for more collaboration for better integration between ECOWAS institutions and its Member States. This was in the presence […]
The various interventions in the educational sector being piloted by UNICEF Ghana in the Kwahu Afram Plains North and Builsa North in the Eastern and Upper East regions respectively, have made significant changes in learning outcomes among children. The interventions being implemented by the Ghana Education Service (GES) were funded by a Zurich-based philanthropic entity, […]
The German International Development Cooperation (GIZ), in partnership with the European Union (EU), has presented five pickup vehicles, furniture, office and IT equipment to the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. The presentation, through the Joint Action for Jobs, Migration and Development project, is to improve employment in the Ashanti, Bono, Ahafo, Bono East and […]
Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its decision on his claim of presidential immunity, Donald Trump took to social media to celebrate. “Big win for our constitution and democracy,” he posted on Truth Social. “Proud to be an American!” While Trump did not get the sweeping protections that he and his lawyers had sought, he […]
