Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28% of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday. He placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former prime minister Amadou Ba, who garnered 35.79%. The victory for Faye, who was only freed from prison 10 days before […]
Thousands of people are gathering in Libreville and Akanda for what the government calls an Inclusive National Dialogue, to be held April 2 to 30, aimed at bringing Gabon back to civilian rule. Military ruler General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema previously said he would hand back power in August 2025. Nguema reportedly named 28 military […]
The USAID/Ghana Performance Accountability Activity (PAA) marked this years International Women’s Day (IWD) with a dialogue and radio discussion at Wa in the Upper West Region to highlight the important role women play in society. The programme organised by the Community Development Alliance (CDA) was to raise awareness about IWD and its role in advancing […]
The United States is eyeing April 18 for a possible resumption of peace talks on Sudan in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello said on Tuesday, as Washington seeks a resolution to the conflict that has displaced millions and caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Washington has clearly communicated that peace talks […]
Just a few months ago, the man set to be Senegal’s next president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party Pastef. Everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, Ousmane Sonko, who was also detained, was charged with insurrection in July and barred from running in […]
The United Nations children’s fund says there is a “dire situation” in several eastern and southern African countries, where at least 45 million children are dealing with severe food insecurity made worse by climate change. In a statement, Eva Kadilli, the UNICEF director for eastern and southern Africa, said millions of people are living through […]
The United States (US) Embassy in Ghana has trained social media managers, digital influencers and bloggers in combating misinformation, disinformation and fake news ahead of Ghana’s 2024 elections. The workshop, an initiative of the US Embassy in Ghana under the 2024 Elections Speaker Programme, aimed at training the social media executives on misinformation, disinformation, fake […]
Commodities, including cocoa, oil palm, coffee, oil palm, rubber, and wood, farmed (by clearing forest) under a deforested condition will be banned in the European Union (EU) Markets. The world’s largest importer of cocoa, much of it from Ghana and Ivory Coast, says its main reason for the deforestation-free products regulation known as EU Deforestation regulation (EUDR) […]
Egypt will be the host of the next 14th African Games in 2027. The symbolic handing over of the African Union flag was done at the closing ceremony of the 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Mustapha Ussif, the Youth & Sports Minister of Ghana handed over the flag to the […]
The Embassy of Denmark has expressed commitment to help address Ghana’s water-related challenges. The Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy, Vibeke Sandholm Pedersen, said despite the country’s abundant water resources, access to safe and clean water remained a crucial issue. “Water is life and lack of it brings stress and struggles which sometimes lead […]
