The ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has bemoaned the low enforcement of its decisions . According to the sub-regional court, out of the over 400 decisions it had delivered since it started operations in 2001, only 131 have been enforced. The Head of Legal Services and Research of the CCJ, Apraku Nketiah, who made this […]
Ghana has reached an agreement with its Official Creditors, paving way for a second tranche of $600 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The government’s agreement with Official Creditors under the G20 Common Framework on a comprehensive debt treatment beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative also opens the way for a $300 million World […]
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, which helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades before being asked by the Congolese government to leave, will complete its withdrawal from the Central African nation by the end of 2024, the mission said Saturday. A three-phased withdrawal of the 15,000-member force […]
Voting was under way in Comoros on Sunday in an election widely expected to hand a fourth five-year term to President Azali Assoumani, who faces five opponents in a vote some opposition leaders have boycotted. The polls opened across the Indian Ocean archipelago at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) for the 338,940 registered voters out of […]
The United Nations’ top court began hearings Thursday on South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide — a case that Israel and its top ally, the U.S., flatly refute – raising the stakes for U.S. relations with nations that disagree. South Africa’s legal team on Thursday launched their argument before a panel of judges that […]
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi will travel to Africa and visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire from Jan. 13-18, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The visit will mark the 34th consecutive year in which the foreign minister has gone to Africa for their first overseas trip of the year, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao […]
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it was “optimistic” that Ghana and its official bilateral creditors would reach a debt restructuring deal soon, paving the way for another $600 million IMF loan payment to the country. Discussions between Ghanaian authorities and the Official Creditor Committee, co-chaired by China and France, are showing “promising progress”, […]
Morocco won a vote on Wednesday to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council after a heated showdown with South Africa, which said Rabat’s human rights record made it unfit to preside over the body. The Moroccan candidate, Ambassador Omar Zniber, received 30 votes, and his South African opponent, Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, secured 17 in […]
Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of COVID-19 and influenza are putting pressure on healthcare systems this winter, leading public health officials told Reuters. In the United States, several European countries, and other parts of the world, there have been reports of rising hospitalizations linked to respiratory infections in recent weeks. Death rates have […]
2023 has been recognized as the warmest year since 1850, as per a report released on Tuesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Union (EU). The global temperature averaged 14.98 degrees Celsius last year, up by 0.17 degree Celsius from 2016, which was the previous warmest year on record, according to […]
