South Sudan is on the brink of renewed civil war, according to the top U.N. official in the country. Nicolas Haysom called the situation “dire” after the government’s sudden postponement of peace efforts. He emphasized that international efforts can only succeed if President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar are willing to put their […]
The International Finance Corporation (IMF) says it will invest US$450 million in Ghana’s private sector this year to boost productivity and create jobs. Mr Kyle Kelhofer, the Senior Manager for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, IFC, World Bank Group, said such support to businesses was part of efforts to reduce poverty and improve development around […]
Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts on humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency coordinating the fight against HIV-AIDS warned that an additional 6.3 million people will die in the next four years unless the support is reinstated. “We will see a real surge in this disease. We […]
An informal meeting of the United Nations General Assembly plenary was held today in New York to hear a briefing by South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Zane Dangor, as the country assumes the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025. The President of the General Assembly, Philemon Yang, emphasized the crucial role of […]
The sharp increase in refugees in need of aid has placed a significant strain on WFP food assistance programmes in Burundi. Since January 2025, nearly 70,000 people – mainly women, children and the elderly – have fled fighting in DRC to Burundi, many making dangerous river crossings and walking long distances in search of safety. […]
US funding cuts will lead to an additional 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years, the UNAids chief has warned. It would mark a stark reversal in the global fight against HIV, which has seen the number of deaths from the disease decrease from more […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF) and with support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, has launched a pilot school feeding programme in the Upper West Region. The project forms part of activities under the “Project de promotion de Modѐles d’Alimentation scolaire […]
Madam Imane Ouaadil, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Ghana has paid a courtesy call on Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Accra. A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, copied to the Ghana News Agency said the meeting aimed at reaffirming the strong diplomatic […]
Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has described the inauguration of Namibia’s first female president, H.E. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, as a powerful reflection of the resilience and determination of African women. In a message shared on her official Facebook page on Saturday, March 22 2025, Prof Opoku-Agyemang said she was honoured to witness what she […]
New videos are circulating showing civilians being escorted by armed individuals to an unknown destination. Elderly people and children unable to keep up are threatened with knives. Other footage reveals the lifeless bodies of civilians, allegedly from a massacre in Gayeri, a town in eastern Burkina Faso. In response, the government condemned the spread of […]
