The India High Commission in Ghana has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) with a panel discussion on the theme “Invest in women, accelerate progress”. Attended largely by Indian women in Ghana, women from the academia, politics and civil society organisations, the programme afforded the women the opportunity to highlight some of the achievements […]
Delta Air Lines, in partnership with Junior Achievement Africa, has held its maiden Regional Lead Camp, hosting 30 high-school girls from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The aim is to empower them with the leadership skills needed to become exemplary future leaders. Dubbed “Inspire Inclusion for African Girls”, it aimed to address the unique challenges […]
Development lender British International Investment said on Monday it had agreed a $100 million finance facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to boost trade finance, farming and food security in the region. The finance will help fund trade, including importing and exporting goods, on a continent where many debt […]
Ethiopia aims to pass legislation to let foreigners own real estate as part of the country’s broader plan to open up the economy and attract investors, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on state TV late on Saturday. Currently foreigners are barred from owning houses in Ethiopia, either residential or commercial buildings, which is seen as […]
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 […]
