Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has participated in the annual Buganu festival in Eswatini, as part of her official visit to the Southern African kingdom. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, copied to the Ghana News Agency said the festival commemorates the […]
The visiting Malta President, George Vella, has given an assurance that his country will push for meaningful and tangible cooperation with Ghana, especially through the facilitation of exchanges between the private sector and civil society of the two nations. He indicated that there was ample interest from both sides to further their relations and collaboration […]
Egypt has taken major steps towards lowering its budget deficit by selling real estate as well as agreeing a support package with the International Monetary Fund, its finance minister said on Sunday. Egypt’s primary budget surplus will rise to above 3.5% in the fiscal year that will begin on July, finance minister Mohamed Maait told […]
A women’s agriculture entrepreneurship forum has been held to recognise the efforts of women in national development and honour their remarkable achievements in agribusiness, climate resilience and gender equality. The event showcased success stories and advocated for greater recognition of women’s roles in agricultural value chains and intensified efforts to advance gender parity and inclusivity […]
A World Health Organisation (WHO) assessment of physical activity in the country has shown that 22 per cent of adults aged 18 and above are not physically active. It also indicated that 81 per cent of adolescents are also physically inactive. Based on the fact that physical inactivity was one of the main risk factors […]
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to fly his party’s flag as presidential candidate in the 2025 elections. Katinan Kone, spokesperson of his party the African People’s Party – Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), which Gbagbo founded in 2021 gave the news after a meeting of the party’s central committee on Saturday. Acquitted in 2019 […]
Amid escalating tensions in Sudan, General Yasser al-Atta, representing the country’s military, has delivered a resolute stance: there will be no ceasefire during the forthcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless certain conditions are met. This declaration underscores the entrenched conflict between Sudan’s armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), revealing the complexity […]
The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. A two-year war between federal troops and regional forces killed one of her own sons, the […]
Presidential candidates in Senegal kicked off their election campaigns Saturday, following weeks of violent protests across the African country after the vote was delayed. The 19 approved candidates vying for the top job now have a shorter period to rally supporters ahead of the March 24 election, expected to be the most tightly contested race […]
Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s leadership and achievement in spite of global social and economic challenges. He also praised the commitment to regional economic integration during Prez Akufo-Addo’s tenure as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). “You did an exceptional and outstanding job and I […]
