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 […]
The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties, the three African countries’ foreign ministries said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The West African nations, run by juntas that have taken power in coups in recent years, have formed […]
The Rwanda scheme was “wasteful” and “inefficient” according to Starmer, speaking at an international immigration summit hosted by the UK on Monday. The British Prime Minister slammed the scheme developed by the previous government of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their asylum request processed there instead of on UK soil. Starmer’s Labour government […]
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that some people are encouraging him to seek a third term in office, despite the U.S. Constitution’s clear prohibition against it. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he had not explored the possibility but acknowledged that “they do say there’s a way you can do it.” […]
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has warned ministers against dozing off during meetings, attributing their lack of attentiveness to “indulgence” and an absence of self-control. “In cabinet somebody’s sleeping at 10 hours – the question is where were they… if you can start conking there? To me that is a crime, a serous crime,” Hichilema said during […]
A delegation from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was in Accra this week to engage national and local stakeholders on Ghana’s potential participation in UN-Habitat’s Quality of Life (QoL) Initiative, a people-centred programme designed to improve living standards in cities. From March 25 to 26, 2025, the delegation held consultations with the […]
In a video statement on Saturday, Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed to crush the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), ruling out any reconciliation. He reaffirmed that the army would neither forgive nor negotiate with the RSF, while also offering amnesty to fighters who lay down their arms and “repent to the truth.” Earlier, […]
The World Bank Group has launched the Business Ready (B-READY) Report in Ghana, providing a comprehensive assessment of the country’s business environment and identifying key areas for reform. The report highlighted Ghana’s strengths in labour market regulations and utility services but underscored critical challenges in business registration, property transfer, construction permitting, access to credit, and […]
Ghana has selected the United States and China as vendors for its first nuclear power plants, though no formal contract has been signed. The U.S.-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group, in partnership with Japanese firms, will construct Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), while China National Nuclear Corporation will build a Large Reactor (LR). This was […]
