The 29th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP29) has opened in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, with series of formal meetings where governments are assessing global efforts to advance the Paris Agreement and the Convention. World leaders, including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have come together to measure progress and negotiate the best ways to address impacts of climate change. The […]
Ghana has emerged as one of the African countries with high visa overstay rates in the United States, according to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Fiscal Year 2023 Entry/Exit Overstay Report. Ghanaian travellers admitted for business or pleasure on B1/B2 visas recorded a 7.50 percent total overstay rate, with 1,910 total overstays […]
In a move strongly condemned by the UK and US, Russia has vetoed a draft UK-backed UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Sudan. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the veto a “disgrace”. But Russia accused the UK of meddling in Sudanese affairs without involving Sudan itself. Sudan’s 19-month civil war is […]
The U.S. special envoy to Sudan traveled to the African country for the first time on Monday to seek an increase in the flow of aid to millions of people in need and an end to a devastating war. Tom Perriello, who was named Washington’s envoy for Sudan in February, traveled to Port Sudan on […]
With 19 days for Ghana to go to the polls, contesting political parties must commit to a peace pact as soon as possible, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has advised. “All political parties must sign the peace pact as soon as possible because that is a sure way to signal to the […]
Ghana ranks seventh in a list of countries with most-educated politicians. An article that explores which countries have the most educated politicians has indicated. The article is based on two studies conducted by researchers from global universities using data from 2015, 2017, and 2023. This is a from a Global Legislators Database that looked at 56 […]
Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand that Sudan’s warring parties stop hostilities and allow deliveries of aid, the British foreign ministry said. With London holding the rotating presidency of the council, British foreign minister David Lammy is due to chair a vote on a UK/Sierra […]
Voters in Gabon overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, authorities said Sunday, more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation. Over 91% of voters approved the new constitution in a referendum held on Saturday, Gabon’s Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said in a statement […]
Canada has cancelled the automatic 10-year multiple-entry visas and has tightened rules on visa. The revision of the visa policy now shifts away from long-term multiple-entry tourist visas. Immigration officers will now determine visa validity on a case-by-case basis, aligning with the government’s focus on managing immigration amid housing shortages and rising living costs. The move […]
The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member U.N. was “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.” In his first term, Trump suspended funding for the U.N. health […]
