Accra will host the 2025 edition of FESTAC Africa Renaissance Festival from September 21 to 27, 2025, organisers have officially announced. The weeklong celebration of Africa’s unity, heritage, and future is on the theme, “Harnessing health, culture, trade, climate change, gender equity, and tourism for sustainable economic growth.” At a press conference, on Tuesday, in […]
Russia is stepping up cooperation with African countries, including in defence and security, the Kremlin said on Monday. “We really intend to comprehensively develop our interaction with African countries, focusing primarily on economic and investment interaction”, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. “This also corresponds to and extends to such sensitive areas as defence and security. In this […]
With the civil war in Sudan in its third year, the humanitarian situation is worsening with more than 25 million people experiencing acute food insecurity. As refugees continue to flood into neighbouring Chad, the UN Special Representative for Central Africa, Abdou Abarry, has raised the alarm over the deepening crisis. “The international community’s inaction risks […]
China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has met with several of his African counterparts reassuring them of Beijing’s commitment to projects in their countries. The meetings on Tuesday in Changsa, the capital of Hunan Province, were part of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Foreign ministers from Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, and Angola attended the discussions. […]
President John Dramani Mahama has bid farewell to Madam Virginia E. Palmer, the outgoing United States Ambassador to Ghana. This was at the end of her three-year duty tour of Ghana. At the meeting, President Mahama and Madam Palmer held a productive discussion about the strong ties between their two nations. The President expressed gratitude […]
Ghana has affirmed its commitment to strengthening economic cooperation with the United States, as Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Minister, Madam Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, met senior U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., to address critical trade policy issues impacting both countries. The high-level meeting came in the wake of renewed protectionist measures under the United States’ revived “America […]
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has received the Open Letters of Mr. Athanasios V. Kotsionis, Ambassador-designate of the Hellenic Republic of Greece to Ghana. Mr Ablakwa congratulated the Ambassador-designate on his appointment and welcomed the opportunity to deepen bilateral ties between Ghana and Greece. They explored avenues to boost cooperation in tourism, […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday of a rise in mpox infections in West Africa and cautioned that the virus could spread undetected to other regions. As a result, the public health emergency declared for the disease remains in effect, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced in Geneva, following a recommendation from […]
The Tour Operators Union of Ghana (TOUGHA) has raised concern over visa processing delays at the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C., saying that the situation is harming tourism and straining member businesses. In a statement, TOUGHA President Yvonne Donkor said numerous passports submitted for visa issuance have not been returned for weeks, leaving travellers, many […]
Ghana risk a European Union (EU) ban on fish importation if the country does not take the necessary steps to sanitise its fishing space. Already, the country has received two yellow cards from the EU -one in 2013 and another in 2021- and should the problem persist by 2026, the country will receive a red […]
