Mali’s industrial gold production plunged 23 per cent to 51 metric tons last year from 66.5 tons in 2023, Mali’s Mines Ministry said. Mali is one of Africa’s top gold producers and home to industrial mines operated by international companies including Barrick Gold, B2Gold Corp, Resolute Mining and Hummingbird Resources. A ministry document showed on […]
The Moroccan government scholarship, since its inception in 2002, has benefited more than 500 Ghanaian students who successfully completed their programmes of study in the Kingdom of Morocco. The beneficiaries comprise doctors, engineers, lawyers, and other civil servants who studied in Moroccan universities as part of the scholarship programme, spearheaded by the Moroccan Agency for […]
The Trump administration is considering an expanded travel ban, potentially targeting citizens from up to 43 countries. This new proposal could go beyond the restrictions imposed during his first term. A draft list circulating within the administration includes a ‘red’ list of 11 countries, including several African nations—Somalia, Sudan, and Libya—alongside Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, North […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to Washington had been declared persona non grata, signaling worsening relations between the two countries. In a post on X, Rubio said South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, was “no longer welcome in our great country.” “Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting […]
Ghana and Japan have signed a $13.44 million grant agreement to enhance power supply stability in Tamale and its surrounding areas. The grant would be used to finance the construction of primary power sub-station to help stabilise power supply in Tamale. The two-year project would also also see the construction of control room and installation […]
The Government is in the process of setting up a national airline, President John Dramani Mahama, has hinted. The President made the disclosure during the credential ceremony to receive letters of credence from Dr Abdulla Muraid Sulaiman Mohammed Al Mandoos, Ambassador of UAE to Ghana, at the Presidency in Accra. President Mahama noted that when […]
Security analysts are praising ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, for activating its regional standby force but remain doubtful about its effectiveness following the recent withdrawal of three member states. Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar announced the activation of a standby military force Tuesday on the sidelines of the 43rd security meeting […]
Researchers warn that type 2 diabetes could affect millions more people in the coming decades after a study published this month revealed the disease is rising far faster among people in sub-Saharan Africa than previously thought. Take 51-year-old security guard Sibusiso Sithole, for example. Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes came as a shock, he […]
The head of the U.N. children’s program, UNICEF, said Thursday that 16 million children in Sudan are suffering horribly from the country’s civil war, with many facing daily threats of violence, starvation, disease and sexual assault. “The fighting is happening right at their doorsteps, around their homes, their schools and hospitals, and across many of […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday welcomed a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine has agreed on. “We’re happy to note the call for a ceasefire by President Volodymyr Zelensky, 30-day ceasefire. We hope that will open the way for some kind of dialogue to continue to start to see if the issue of Russia and […]
