Fighters from the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors group and the United Nations said. It was the group’s latest attack against the Sudanese military after suffering a series of setbacks, losing ground to the military […]
The United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Ghana and around the world. The Department of State is announcing a new visa restriction policy today that will restrict U.S. visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy in Ghana. This policy will take effect in advance of Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary elections […]
Ms Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has lauded Ghana on its debt restructuring process. Ms Georgieva also applauded the country for reaching a Staff-Level Agreement with the Fund’s Mission team on its third review of the ongoing $3 billion IMF loan-supported programme. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) […]
The presidential candidate of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, met with 24 members of the diplomatic corps in Accra on Thursday to discuss the nation’s upcoming general elections and the need for a transparent, fair electoral process. Hosted by U.S. Ambassador Virginia Palmer, the meeting allowed Mahama and NDC officials to […]
More than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50% increase from a decade ago, and they fear the world has forgotten them amid an escalating backlash against women’s rights and gender equality, top United Nations officials say. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report that amid record levels […]
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are headed into the final full week of campaigning ahead of the November 5 presidential election. Both are looking for any small advantage they can gain to woo the sliver of voters who have not made up their minds in what could be one of […]
Ghana’s Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has been elected as the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. She was selected at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (#CHOGM2024) in Apia, the capital city of the Pacific Island nation of Samoa. Currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Ghana, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey will take over from the […]
Mr Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in-charge of Political and Economic matters, has congratulated the United Nations (UN) on its 79th anniversary celebration. Speaking at the UN Day parade and flag raising ceremony at the forecourt of the State House in Accra, Mr Ampratwum-Sarpong reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment towards the […]
As the globe marks World Polio day, Africa has recorded 134 new polio cases in at least seven countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. The regional director of the WHO for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, stated that the circulating variant of polio type 2 has been detected in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, […]
Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed who is attending his first BRIC summit as a member nation met Russian president Vladimir Putin for a bilateral meeting on Wednesday (Oct. 23). The Russian leader called Ethiopia’s integration into the group an ‘important step’, hailing the nations’ proximity. Their diplomatic ties date back more than a century. “Our […]
