Ghana and Denmark have signed the second phase of the strategic sector cooperation (SSC) on statistics to promote evidence-based decision-making in the country. This follows the successful implementation of phase one of an initial project which focused mainly on capacity building. Representatives from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Statistics Denmark (SD) and the Danish Embassy […]
The British government hopes one last push can revive its stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on deportation flights returns to the House of Commons on Monday and could be passed into law within days. That would be a […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the United States remains determined to provide Ukraine with the resources it needs to fight Russian aggression, even as a U.S. Congress has yet to approve new funding for Ukraine. “The United States will not let Ukraine fail. This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and the free world […]
South Africa seeks to limit the damage to its relations with Washington caused by its legal challenge to Israel’s assault on Gaza, a South African official said on Tuesday. Naledi Pandor, who is South Africa’s minister of international relations and cooperation, is in Washington seeking to sway members of the U.S. Congress from a proposed […]
A groundbreaking partnership between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) took center stage at the African Island States High-Level Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 37th AU Summit and hosted by the ECA. This innovative partnership is materializing through the RESIslands initiative, aimed at supporting the nine […]
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has urged managers of the economy to stay the course after achieving “many good indicators in this short period of time” in the country’s programme with the fund. “Your growth is better than expected, your inflation is lower than expected, the progress in debt […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the African Union (AU) and other regional bodies to invest in developing national institutions and empower citizens with the requisite knowledge to demand compliance and accountability from their governments. He said he was aware of the grave dangers some of those who had dared to engage at […]
“I am of the view that military and dictatorial rule is not a viable alternative to electoral multiparty democracy,” the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Dr Abdel-Fatau Musah, has said. “Empirical evidence in Africa between 1970 and 1990, as well as the struggles of current military regimes makes that debate mute. “Military […]
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva has said it is time for developing countries such as Ghana to take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for mutual benefit. She was speaking at an AI summit focused on unraveling AI’s challenges and opportunities in developing countries, themed, “AI as a Catalyst to […]
The United States is not ruling out a continued military presence in Niger, despite a statement by the country’s ruling military junta that it was ending an agreement allowing for the presence of American forces engaged in counterterrorism missions. U.S. defense officials said Monday the U.S. has yet to withdraw any of its approximately 1,000 […]
