The US president, Donald Trump, is marking 100 days in office, but with frictions all over, brought about by the global tariffs mostly targeting China. Democrats have tallied it up: The Trump administration has frozen, stalled, or otherwise disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds — from disease research to Head Start for children to disaster aid — in what top Democrats say […]
A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed forces. Local media indicate that a meeting scheduled on April 22 at the headquarters of the general staff, which was supposed to include several army officers, was postponed and then later cancelled as the invited officers […]
Welcomed by Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, BRICS foreign ministers gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Monday to discuss the group’s role in addressing global and regional crises and their common response to the trade war with the United States. In his opening remarks, Vieira emphasized that BRICS holds a unique position to […]
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has lauded the Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, for his government’s “strong commitment” to economic reforms under the IMF-supported program. The endorsement came during a high-level meeting last Saturday, where Ms. Georgieva acknowledged Ghana’s “significant progress” in restoring macroeconomic stability despite challenging […]
A senior figure from South Africa’s ruling ANC party has defended his country’s sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law. “We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the United States and that sovereignty will be defended,” ANC National Chair Gwede […]
The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has held high-level discussions with the Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Mr Makhtar Diop, to deepen Ghana’s partnership with the global development finance institution and drive private sector growth. In a post on Facebook on Saturday, April 26, 2025, Dr Forson said during the […]
Determined to play a role in the upcoming presidential election despite his ineligibility to stand as a candidate, Laurent Gbagbo launched a campaign dubbed ‘Enough is Enough’. He said it aims to draw attention to the country’s ‘oppressed’. Gbagbo’s African People’s Party met in Abidjan on Saturday and instructed its cadres to advance the campaign. “We […]
The announcement by the country’s health ministry came after the passage of 42 days without a single case of the disease. “During this outbreak, 14 cases, 12 confirmed and two not confirmed through laboratory tests [probable], were reported. Four deaths, two confirmed and two probable, occurred. Ten people recovered from the infection,” The World Health […]
Ghana’s $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan-supported programme will proceed without extension if the country follows the planned implementation, Mr. Stéphane Roudet, IMF Mission Chief for Ghana, has said. He made this statement during a roundtable discussion with Ghanaian journalists on the sidelines of the recently concluded 2025 IMF/World Bank Group Spring Meetings in […]
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday there was no pressure on Russia to move forward towards a deal that would provide lasting peace in Ukraine. “I do not see pressure on Russia now and new sanctions packages against the aggression of the Russian Federation,” Zelenskyy said, speaking in Pretoria alongside South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. […]
