An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mission Chief for Ghana, Stéphane Roudet, has reached a Staff-Level Agreement on the third review of the Extended Credit Facility with Ghana. A series of meetings were held in Accra from September 24 to October 4, 2024, to discuss progress on reforms and the government’s policy priorities. […]
The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has reached its one-year mark. On the morning of October 7, Hamas initiated an unexpected attack, launching thousands of rockets and sending fighters into Israeli towns adjacent to the Gaza Strip during a major Jewish holiday. On the eve of the anniversary, Israel increased its airstrikes on […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi welcomed his United Aran Emirates (UAE) counterpart to Cairo on Thursday. Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met El-Sissi on the tarmac of Cairo airport. The visit comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East as Israel intensifies its bombing campaign in Lebanon. Alongside and the United States, Egypt has been working […]
Ethiopia’s army said it has launched a major operation against Fano rebel groups in the Amhara region, as the conflict continues, despite calls by rights groups and international partners for a peaceful resolution. Army spokesperson Colonel Getnet Adane said Tuesday that the Ethiopian National Defense Force, or the ENDF, in coordination with the region’s security forces, […]
Germany has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Ghana’s efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change through renewable energy initiatives. “The fight against climate change and measures to mitigate the impact of it could become an even more prominent priority area of our future bilateral cooperation,” Germany’s Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Daniel Krull, said. During […]
Dr Victoria Sam, the Director of Intelligence Analysis at the Ministry of National Security, says measures are far advanced to effectively deal with the illegal mining menace in the country. Dr. Victoria Sam acknowledged that illegal mining (galamsey) was one of the major issues crippling the Ghanaian mining industry. In a speech delivered at the […]
U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Michael Langley is starting to reshape the U.S. military presence on the continent following the U.S. military withdrawal from Niger. Uncertainty about the next phase of the counter-terror fight in West Africa stems from America’s lost access to two critical counter-terror bases in Niger. In the east, international participants and […]
Lebanon is home to over 250,000 migrant domestic workers who come from African and Asian countries, most of them women, many of them from Ethiopia. Amid the intense clashes between Israel and militant group Hezbollah, highlighted by the Israeli airstrikes near Beirut that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, some Ethiopians are calling for help to […]
A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war. “Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that,” Assistant Commander-in-Chief Lt Gen Ibrahim Gabir told the BBC. He was speaking just days after the […]
Approximately 700,000 children in Ghana are susceptible to Measles and Rubella in 2023, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Ghana’s coverage for the first dose of Measles-containing vaccine has also been below 95 per cent for the past five years. Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng, the Ashanti Regional Director […]
