The prime minister has arrived in Johannesburg in South Africa for a gathering of world leaders at the annual G20 summit. The summit brings together the 20 biggest economies, although Donald Trump has decided not to attend over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in the country. Sir Keir Starmer, whose critics […]
Twelve historical artefacts have been formally returned to Ethiopia after being kept by a German family for more than 100 years. The artefacts, originally collected in the 1920s by Germany’s then-envoy to Ethiopia Franz Weiss and his wife Hedwig, were handed over on Wednesday to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. The […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready for “honest work” with the US after receiving a draft peace plan to end the war with Russia. Several US media outlets report that under the plan, Kyiv would give up areas of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine that it still controls, cut the size of its […]
Countries enforcing race or gender diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will now be at risk of the Trump administration deeming them as infringing on human rights. The State Department is issuing the new rules to all US embassies and consulates involved in compiling its annual report on global human rights abuses. The new instructions […]
The government of Ghana has not requested for any monetary and material support from the United States of America (USA) government for accepting some third-party deportees into Ghana, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has told Parliament. Mr Ablakwa said the decision or understanding to accept West African nationals was purely on humanitarian […]
A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after finding them guilty of attempting a coup and plotting to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other authorities. In September, the Supreme Court panel sentenced former President […]
Two dozen of the world’s richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push, a study published on Thursday, opens new tab shows, with many slashing aid budgets and cash funnelled through multilateral lenders. The Commitment to Development Index ranks 38 major economies across more than 100 data points to […]
Mr Tong Defa, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, has announced that Ghana will be among the first African countries to gain full zero-tariff access to the Chinese market. He said the decision formed part of a new trade arrangement confirmed during President John Dramani Mahama’s recent state visit to Beijing, where the two leaders reached […]
Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom (UK) High Commissions in Accra have United to combat visa fraud in Ghana. A statement issued by the three High Commissions said they had joined forces to launch a one-week public awareness campaign aimed at tackling the growing threat of visa fraud. It said visa fraud continued to affect […]
Mr Hiroshi Yoshimoto, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, says cultural exchange remains one of the most effective tools for deepening Ghana–Japan relations. He described people-to-people engagement as “the most sustainable way to promote mutual understanding and strengthen cooperation between the two nations.” Speaking at the 22nd Ghana Yosakoi Japanese Festival in Accra, Mr Yoshimoto commended the celebration of friendship through dance, martial […]
