Ghana will, from September 1, introduce performance targets for all ambassadors and diplomats, requiring them to deliver measurable results in attracting investment and creating jobs abroad. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the initiative on Tuesday [August 19, 2025] at the Ghana Presidential Investment Forum in Yokohama, Japan. The event was […]
Burkina Faso’s junta has expelled the UN’s top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict. Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared “persona non grata” because of her role in drafting the report that came out in March. Covering a two-year period, the study detailed more than 2,000 cases […]
The US has reached bilateral deportation agreements with Honduras and Uganda as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration, according documents obtained by the BBC’s US partner CBS. Uganda has agreed to take an unclear number of African and Asian migrants who had claimed asylum on the US-Mexico border, while Honduras will receive several hundred […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative to Ghana, Niloy Banerjee, has called on the government to urgently renegotiate its trade and financing terms to unlock genuine economic transformation and inclusive development. He said Ghana borrowed in dollars and was expected to repay in the same currency, even though most of its revenues were […]
A United Nations (UN) report has identified six priority areas for countries across the world to accelerate the new era of energy powered by renewable natural resources. The areas include providing policy coherence, clarity and certainty in renewable energy, investing in enabling infrastructure for the 21st century energy system and meeting new electricity demand with […]
The Forestry Commission has issued the first six certificates to five Ghanaian companies to export timber and timber products to the European market under the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing regime. The certificates, which are part of the 131 timber utilisation contracts (TUCs) ratified by Parliament on June 24, this year, were […]
President John Dramani Mahama has departed Ghana for an official two-nation visit to Japan and Singapore, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, boosting trade and investment, and advancing shared development goals. The trip underscores Ghana’s commitment to fostering international partnerships under its Resetting Ghana agenda. In Japan, President Mahama will participate in the 9th Tokyo International […]
Ahead of the nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine roll out, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered some six CSOs to intensify the campaign. The partnership is to enable them to reach out to adolescent girls, particularly out-of-school girls between the ages of nine and 14, on the need to take the vaccine to […]
Lisbon is pushing back after Guinea-Bissau abruptly expelled reporting teams from Portugal’s state news agency Lusa and two African units of public broadcaster RTP. The move comes amid rising political tensions in Guinea-Bissau ahead of its delayed presidential and legislative elections, now scheduled for November 23. Portugal’s Foreign Ministry said it has summoned Guinea-Bissau’s ambassador […]
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and […]
