In a recent interview with local dailies, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema vehemently denied claims of widespread violence towards the white farmers who are majorly the Afrikaners. Malema termed the reports as “fiction” and “drama” as he also took a direct jab at the recent move by the United States […]
The United Nation’s top court has sided with Equatorial Guinea in a row with Gabon over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters. The two Central African countries have been arguing over the isles – Conga, Mbanié and Cocoteros – since the early 1970s. The islands are virtually uninhabited but are in a maritime zone thought […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, represented President John Mahama and Ghana at the historic inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The ceremony, which took place at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, drew attendance from more than 100 country delegations to witness the formal beginning of a […]
Martha Karua, a lawyer and presidential candidate in Kenya, says she was expelled from Tanzania, where she had been due to attend the trial of a prominent opposition figure facing treason charges. Karaua has dubbed the move a sign that the Tanzanian authorities would not give a fair trial to Chadema party leader Tindu Lissu. […]
Gabon’s former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced. The Angolan presidency added in a statement posted on social media that Bongo’s family had been released from detention and were with him in Luanda. The Bongo family lawyer, François Zimeray, […]
The UK’s Trade Envoy to Ghana, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, will undertake her first official visit to Ghana from May 19 –22, 2025, the British High Commission in Accra has said. The four-day mission will include engagements in Accra and Kumasi, underscoring the UK’s commitment to deepening bilateral trade relations and fostering economic growth. Appointed by […]
A government delegation from Ghana joined the government and people of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou at the inauguration of a memorial park and a giant statue in honour of Thomas Sankara on Saturday. Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara was a Burkinabè military officer and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983, […]
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office. The 82-year-old sought medical attention after experiencing urinary symptoms, which led to the discovery of a nodule on his prostate. Tests confirmed the presence of cancer on Friday, and further scans revealed it had already spread to his […]
It is difficult to hide: relations between South Africa and the United States are strained and have been so for months. Since Donald Trump took office again as president of the United States, the two countries have repeatedly clashed over the US plan to resettle white South African farmers, which Donald Trump claims face “racial […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the long-term health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in its newly released World Health Statistics Report 2025. The report reveals a staggering decline in global life expectancy, which dropped by 1.8 years between 2019 and 2021 – the sharpest fall in recent history, effectively reversing a […]
