U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has reaffirmed the strength of the partnership between Ghana and US despite an ongoing review of U.S. foreign aid programmes. Speaking in an interview with Joy News on Thursday [April 3 2025], she assured that Ghana remains an important partner to the United States, with economic and social cooperation continuing to […]
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General has expressed concern over Niger’s decision to withdraw from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNTJF) fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa. Leonardo Santos Simão, who is also head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), on Thursday told the Security Council […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday arrived in the South Sudanese capital of Juba for a visit. Museveni’s visit to Juba comes amidst tension in the oil-rich east African nation after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s vice presidents, was arrested in the capital towards the end of last month. Museveni was […]
Niger’s military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil and finance, as well as several senior army officers, convicted or accused of plotting previous coups. Ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under house arrest since […]
In a significant shift in the region’s diplomatic and security landscape, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will visit Moscow this week to deepen their strategic ties with Russia. Scheduled for April 3-4, this marks the first AES-Russia consultations since the formation of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) in 2024. The […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a historic set of tariffs, including a 34% levy on Chinese imports and a 20% tax on European Union goods, marking a sharp escalation in global trade tensions. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump declared a national economic emergency, justifying the tariffs as a means to boost domestic manufacturing […]
African Union mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for urgent talks aimed at preventing a return to civil war. The intervention follows the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar last week, a move that has heightened tensions in the country. President Salva Kiir’s government has accused Machar—his longtime rival and […]
Guinea’s military Junta has announced it will hold a constitutional referendum on the 21st September 2025. It’s hoped the vote will put the country back on the path to civilian rule following several broken promises by the military pledging to organise the referendum. General Mamadi Doumbouya, head of the junta, had promised in his New Year’s […]
United States President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs Wednesday, saying “our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other nations. The aggressive rhetoric came as Trump showed a willingness to dismantle a global economic system that the United States helped to build after World War II. “My fellow Americans, this is liberation […]
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s immediate past Foreign Minister on Tuesday, April 1, assumed duty in London as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Prior to her departure for London, Madam Ayorkor Botchwey called on President Mahama at the Presidency in Accra to seek his blessings. She was accompanied by Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister […]
