People in Senegal waited Monday for results of the country’s presidential election, after voters went to the polls Sunday to choose a successor to outgoing President Macky Sall. The vote was largely peaceful, after being delayed for a month amid Sall’s attempt to push the election to the end of the year. There were 19 […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres assailed Israel on Sunday, contending that “horror and starvation stalk the people of Gaza” and that only Israel can remove the obstacles to getting more aid into the Palestinian enclave. “Let me be clear. Nothing justifies the abhorrent October 7 Hamas attacks and hostage-taking in Israel,” the U.N. chief said […]
Ghana and Malawi have signed an agreement to waive visas for holders of ordinary, diplomatic, and service passports of both countries. The agreement took effect on February 7, 2024. It forms part of efforts by the two countries to deepen bilateral ties. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, in a statement dated March […]
U.N. humanitarian officials said Wednesday that nearly a year into Sudan’s civil war, almost 18 million people are facing crisis levels of food insecurity — and tens of thousands of children are at particular risk of death from malnutrition. “Areas with active conflict are recording the most highly food-insecure populations,” Maurizio Martina, deputy director general […]
After delay and uncertainty, Senegal is set for presidential poll this Sunday (Mar. 24). In the alleyways of Dakar’s fabric market Wednesday (Mar. 20), supporters of Ousmane Sonko’s protege Bassirous Diomaye Faye and Senegal’s only female presidential candidate, Anta Babacar were confident. “We trust Diomaye, he will help us, so that young people stop taking […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo, his sixth trip to the Middle East since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. President Al-Sissi stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire, deploring the humanitarian crisis and famine threatening the lives of civilians in Gaza, particularly in […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under its Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEFSGP) has awarded grant of about $180,000, to eight Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ghana. This is to enhance biodiversity management, governance, and sustainable livelihood activities of these CSOs. The grant is the fourth direct funding support to the Civil Society […]
Ghana should make sure the debt relief deal it negotiates with commercial creditors do not undermine the country’s efforts to recover from its economic crisis, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva told President Nana Akufo-Addo. The comments were made on Sunday in a private meeting during Georgieva’s visit to the West African country, whose economy is recovering from its […]
The passage of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda may be delayed until at least next month after the upper house of parliament defeated the government and reinstated demands for greater protections. The government wants to relocate thousands of asylum seekers who arrive in Britain on small, inflatable boats […]
The United States on Wednesday pledged about $47 million in new humanitarian assistance for the emergency response in Sudan and neighboring countries, including Chad and South Sudan, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The announcement brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance for people in Sudan and neighboring countries to more than $968 million since […]
