U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the world, highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations. This time he said those initials stand for “save our seas.” The United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization Monday issued reports on worsening sea […]
More than 30 African countries will be represented at a military law conference set to begin Tuesday in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants will discuss the role of legal advisers in the deployment of troops as conflicts threaten stability across Africa. The four-day African Military Law Forum will be co-hosted by the Zambian Defense Force, the U.S.-Africa […]
Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according to the health ministry. The two new patients were infected with the clade 1b strain of the virus, health ministry director general of health services Henry Mwebesa told Reuters, a new offshoot that has […]
Denmark said it will close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso as part of its new strategy for cooperation with Africa. The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that military coups in both countries had limited “the scope for action in the Sahel region”. Instead, it plans to open new missions in Senegal, Tunisia, and […]
Three in four Ghanaians are at risk of drinking water contaminated with faecal matter, a study by UNICEF Ghana has found. It said a sample of various sources of water collected across the country, which included improved and unimproved, right through the household level to the point they were handled and consumed, found traces of fecal contamination in them. […]
The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost quaint idea of electing the first woman to the White House. However, inside it, too, is the urgent and determined refusal of many Democratic female voters to accept the alternative — again. “Serious.” “Unapologetic.” Listen to […]
Sudan’s de facto ruler, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said Saturday his government would not join peace talks with rival paramilitaries in Switzerland, vowing instead to “fight for 100 years.” “We will not go to Geneva … we will fight for 100 years,” Burhan, whose troops have been battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]
It was another dramatic night on the central Mediterranean Sea on Friday with NGO Doctors Without Borders rescuing nearly 200 migrants in five operations. One of the survivors said they had spent four days stranded at sea after the boat they were on suffered engine failure. Some people in distress on a fibreglass boat had […]
Pakistanis in Ghana have been called upon to contribute their quota to consolidate the existing relations between the two countries. The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Ghana, Farhat Ayesha, commended the Pakistani diaspora in Ghana for contributing to the development of the two countries through hard work. She said the focus, going forward, was to […]
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong said on Friday that now is “the right time” to deepen cooperation between China and Africa, ahead of an upcoming China-Africa summit in Beijing next month. Chen told a press conference on Friday that China and Africa should use the meeting to sound a “strong voice” for the Global […]
