Ghana and Malawi have pledged their commitment to deepen bilateral and multilateral relations that have existed between them over the years. The two countries said that with their historical relations, it was important to further cement such bond for the mutual benefit of the two countries. Courtesy call They expressed the commitment when the Minister […]
Days after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced last month they were quitting the West Africa political union ECOWAS, Burkina Faso’s military ruler Ibrahim Traore was already naming his next target: the region’s CFA franc currency. “It’s not just the currency. Anything that maintains us in slavery, we’ll break those bonds,” the 35-year-old army captain […]
The U.N. Security Council said Monday that it was concerned by “escalating violence” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, condemning in a statement the offensive launched this month by M23 rebels near Goma. Clashes have intensified recently between the M23 — among the strongest of dozens of armed groups roaming the country’s troubled […]
Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. His lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court Monday, just four days after the justices heard Trump’s separate appeal to […]
Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of Asogli, has been invited to be a “distinguished panelist” at thus year’s Harvard’s Africa Development Conference (ADC), set to take place on the 12th and 13th of April 2024 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ADC stands as the premier global platform for meaningful discourse on Africa’s development […]
The United States Embassy is supporting the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to implement a 10-month project aimed at promoting peace before, during and after the 2024 general election. Dubbed: “Journalists for Peaceful Discourse”, the project seeks to create peaceful platforms within the media space where issues would be discussed dispationately. Selected journalists across the country […]
The risk of common natural phenomena which impede food production in the sub-region has prompted the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank Group to coordinate efforts among member nations to strengthen food system risk management in the sub-region. The common natural phenomena include the likes of floods, droughts, the spread […]
President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages held in Gaza, and growing concern over an Israeli military operation in the port city of Rafah. It is the first meeting between the allies since three American troops […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his annual State of the Nation address on Thursday using it as a platform to list the ruling African National Congress’ achievements over the past 30 years. The party, which has been in power since the first post-apartheid democratic elections in 1994, is heading into its most challenging campaign […]
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS pushed junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider their decision to quit the political and economic alliance, it said on Thursday, warning of the hardships the move would force on their citizens. The three countries’ self-appointed military leaders jointly announced on Jan. 28 they were abandoning the bloc after it […]
