The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers kicked off in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State on Monday – opening with a friendly football match between peacekeepers and local women. The event was aimed at raising awareness of the need to de-escalate tensions and promote peace in the conflict-prone area. James Severino is Acting Governor of […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years. The 69-year-old said that “by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity”. Speaking in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, […]
Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris has dissolved the country’s caretaker government, according to reports from state news agency SUNA. The news came late on Sunday, just one day after Idris took the oath of office as the country’s first prime minister since a military coup four years ago. In April 2023, Sudan plunged into civil […]
The Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Michael E. Langley, has called for a united African-led security response to the growing threat of terrorism across the continent. He warned that extremist networks continued to advance toward West Africa’s coastal nations, including Ghana. “African militaries are not waiting to be saved; African militaries are taking on […]
Ghana has demonstrated strong leadership and strategic progress in localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as shared during a high-level side event on Multi-Level Governance for SDG Localisation. The event, which was held on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Nairobi, formed part of the resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly, convened by UN-Habitat. Madam Rita Naa Odoley […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has held a Tripartite Roundtable Discussion on Productivity, Jobs and Growth in Ghana based on the Ghana Statistical Service’s (GSS) National Productivity Statistics Report. The discussion had panelists from organised labour, employers, manufacturers, the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, and the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment. It was […]
Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana has been honoured with the 2024 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, becoming the latest Ghanaian peacekeeper to receive global recognition for exemplary service in advancing gender equality within peacekeeping operations. The announcement was made during a solemn ceremony at the UN Headquarters in New […]
Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a technology and innovations hub to boost Ghana’s digital transformation and position it as a leading centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. The initiative, dubbed the “Ghana-UAE Innovations and Technology Hub,” led by UAE’s Ports, […]
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths. The US president’s claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years […]
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah has been elected as the ninth President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), securing the mandate of the institution’s highest decision-making body during its ongoing Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah’s election was confirmed today by Niale Kaba, Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Planning and Development and current Chairperson of […]
