Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed the country’s army chief as sports minister. A statement from the presidency Tuesday said Anselem Sanyatwe had been retired and reassigned to head the sports docket. The sports vacancy became available this month after Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee. Sanyatwe’s removal as army chief comes […]
Abdourahamane Tchiani, the leader of Niger’s junta, was officially sworn in as the country’s president on Wednesday, for a five-year transitional period, following a new charter that supersedes the existing constitution. This decision effectively dismissed efforts by the regional organization to expedite a return to democratic governance after the coup in 2023. According to Mahamane […]
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says the government is working to clear outstanding arrears owed to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and will soon submit revised power purchase agreements to Parliament. He made this known during a meeting with the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, at the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday March […]
The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have expanded the team of mediators for the Congo conflict following a virtual meeting on Monday. They two blocks doubled down on their efforts to bring peace between DR Congo, the M23 rebels and Rwanda by appointing additional former heads of state to steer […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that the claim that white people are persecuted in his country is a “completely false narrative .” It was his latest attempt to push back against allegations by US President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and some white minority groups in South Africa. South African-born Elon Musk, who has regularly […]
South Sudan is on the brink of renewed civil war, according to the top U.N. official in the country. Nicolas Haysom called the situation “dire” after the government’s sudden postponement of peace efforts. He emphasized that international efforts can only succeed if President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar are willing to put their […]
The International Finance Corporation (IMF) says it will invest US$450 million in Ghana’s private sector this year to boost productivity and create jobs. Mr Kyle Kelhofer, the Senior Manager for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, IFC, World Bank Group, said such support to businesses was part of efforts to reduce poverty and improve development around […]
Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts on humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency coordinating the fight against HIV-AIDS warned that an additional 6.3 million people will die in the next four years unless the support is reinstated. “We will see a real surge in this disease. We […]
An informal meeting of the United Nations General Assembly plenary was held today in New York to hear a briefing by South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Zane Dangor, as the country assumes the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025. The President of the General Assembly, Philemon Yang, emphasized the crucial role of […]
The sharp increase in refugees in need of aid has placed a significant strain on WFP food assistance programmes in Burundi. Since January 2025, nearly 70,000 people – mainly women, children and the elderly – have fled fighting in DRC to Burundi, many making dangerous river crossings and walking long distances in search of safety. […]
