The Embassy of Denmark has expressed commitment to help address Ghana’s water-related challenges. The Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy, Vibeke Sandholm Pedersen, said despite the country’s abundant water resources, access to safe and clean water remained a crucial issue. “Water is life and lack of it brings stress and struggles which sometimes lead […]
Supporters are urging the world’s oldest leader, 91-year-old Cameroonian President Paul Biya, to run for office in the 2025 presidential election, potentially extending his more than four-decade rule. They say Biya is the only one who can bring peace and development to the country, but the opposition says Biya must leave office after running Cameroon […]
Senegal opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was set to be declared the country’s next president after his rival from the ruling coalition called him Monday to concede defeat. Results trickling in since polls closed Sunday evening in the first round of a delayed presidential election rapidly suggested Faye, 44, may have clinched an outright majority. […]
Donald Trump was ordered Monday to stand trial in a criminal case, the first ever against a U.S. president, on April 15 in New York. The hush money case is perhaps the only one of an unprecedented four indictments against Trump that will go to trial before the November election where he will face President […]
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden administration has no intention to ban TikTok, the popular short video application from Chinese company ByteDance. Harris told ABC’s “This Week” program on Sunday that a ban was “not at all the goal or the purpose of this conversation.” The White House urged the Senate last week […]
The India High Commission in Ghana has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) with a panel discussion on the theme “Invest in women, accelerate progress”. Attended largely by Indian women in Ghana, women from the academia, politics and civil society organisations, the programme afforded the women the opportunity to highlight some of the achievements […]
Delta Air Lines, in partnership with Junior Achievement Africa, has held its maiden Regional Lead Camp, hosting 30 high-school girls from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The aim is to empower them with the leadership skills needed to become exemplary future leaders. Dubbed “Inspire Inclusion for African Girls”, it aimed to address the unique challenges […]
Development lender British International Investment said on Monday it had agreed a $100 million finance facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to boost trade finance, farming and food security in the region. The finance will help fund trade, including importing and exporting goods, on a continent where many debt […]
Ethiopia aims to pass legislation to let foreigners own real estate as part of the country’s broader plan to open up the economy and attract investors, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on state TV late on Saturday. Currently foreigners are barred from owning houses in Ethiopia, either residential or commercial buildings, which is seen as […]
People in Senegal waited Monday for results of the country’s presidential election, after voters went to the polls Sunday to choose a successor to outgoing President Macky Sall. The vote was largely peaceful, after being delayed for a month amid Sall’s attempt to push the election to the end of the year. There were 19 […]
