As the globe marks World Polio day, Africa has recorded 134 new polio cases in at least seven countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. The regional director of the WHO for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, stated that the circulating variant of polio type 2 has been detected in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, […]
Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed who is attending his first BRIC summit as a member nation met Russian president Vladimir Putin for a bilateral meeting on Wednesday (Oct. 23). The Russian leader called Ethiopia’s integration into the group an ‘important step’, hailing the nations’ proximity. Their diplomatic ties date back more than a century. “Our […]
The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on the agenda of summit discussions. Leaders and officials from 56 countries with roots in Britain’s empire, as well as […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied was inaugurated for a second term following a tumultuous first term in which he suspended parliament, jailed his critics and rewrote the country’s constitution. In his inaugural address Monday before parliament, Saied called for a “cultural revolution” designed to fight terrorism, reduce unemployment and erase corruption. “The aim is to build […]
The IMF projects that Ghana will end 2024 with a growth rate of 3%, according to the World Economic Outlook Report released in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday during the IMF/World Bank meetings. This aligns with the Government of Ghana’s forecast of a 3.1% GDP growth rate as stated in the 2024 Budget. IMF’s Growth Projections […]
The South African Minister of International Relations and cooperation spoke positively about bilateral relations between Moscow and Beijing, ahead of the BRICS summit of emerging economies that kicked off on Tuesday in Russia. Ronald Lamola described the relationship between the two nations as based on mutual trust, and said that South Africa is open to […]
Gabon is set to conduct a referendum on November 16 regarding a proposed new constitution, marking an important move towards restoring a civilian government, as promised by the military junta following a coup, according to the transitional government. The final draft of the new Constitution project was made public on Monday, October 21, in Gabon. […]
Mr. Dintie Tayiru Sule, Director of Sustainable Aid through Voluntary Establishment (SAVE)-Ghana, has won the prestigious award of the 2024 United States Secretary of State’s Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions (GARC). He is one of six awardees from around the world and the sole recipient from Africa. The GARC honours civil society leaders for their […]
International relations experts have tipped Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, as the likely successor to the outgoing Commonwealth Secretary-General Madam Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland of the United Kingdom. They attribute this to her experience, vision and dedication to service in the international community over time. The election will take place at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, the capital city of […]
As a mark of honor and commitment to promoting the ideals of its founding fathers, the ECOWAS Commission on 19, October 2024, played host to the 90th Birthday Anniversary Lecture of Nigeria’s former Head of State and the only surviving Founding Father of ECOWAS, General Dr. Yakubu Gowon. As Nigeria’s former military leader between 1966 […]
