Sixty-five per cent of the population of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are under the age of 24 years. This makes the ECOWAS region one of the youngest regions in the world. Similarly, nearly 44 per cent of the region’s population is also under the age of 15. Speaking at the opening […]
The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) law, set to take effect in December 2024, poses significant challenges to Ghana’s forest commodities industry, participants attending a workshop for women in the forest sector have learnt. The commodities to be affected are cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soybeans, wood, rubber and cattle. The law requires industries to show that […]
Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Nigeria to support the Invictus Games, helping wounded veterans, including Nigerian soldiers in a 14-year battle against extremists. Invited by the military, the royal couple landed in Abuja early Friday 10TH May, said defense spokesman Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau. Connect with wounded soldiers Harry and Meghan will be meeting […]
Chad’s state election body said on Thursday interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with more than 61% of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner. Chad’s junta has become the first of the coup-hit countries in West and Central Africa to […]
What’s the future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa? When that question is entered into the AI platform ChatGPT, it answers that it “holds immense potential for transformative impact across various sectors,” notably health care, agriculture and education. Human experts tend to agree, and AI is fast becoming the latest frontier in U.S.-China competition on the […]
A Nigerian investigative reporter has spent more than one week in police detention without being brought to court for allegedly violating the country’s cybercrime laws, his employer said, in a case that press freedom groups have condemned as an affront to media freedoms. Under Nigerian law, suspects must be brought to court within 48 hours […]
The Ghanaian-European Centre for Jobs, Migration and Development (GEC) of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ghana, has provided skills training and start-up support for 40 young people in the country after skills training. The graduates, comprising 22 males and 18 females, participated in a four-month targeted gender digital photography, videography, drone piloting and graphic […]
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, departed his country yesterday evening for London en route to Ghana, where he has been invited to attend the celebration of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s 25th year of ascension to the Golden Stool and reign as the Asantehene. The Office of the Prime Minister confirmed […]
The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued as soon as Thursday, four sources familiar with the matter said. The move is aimed at reducing illegal crossings. The regulation would require migrants to be assessed at an initial asylum screening stage […]
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has signed a controversial new constitution that eliminates presidential elections, a statement from his office said late Monday. It’s a move that opponents say will allow him to extend his family’s six-decade-long rule. Under the new legislation, parliament will have the power to choose the president, doing away with direct elections. […]
