The United Nations on Tuesday announced the appointment of a coordinator to oversee humanitarian relief shipments into Gaza as part of a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Friday to boost humanitarian aid. Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands will be the senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza and will start the role on Jan. […]
In a promising collaboration, the AfroFuture Foundation and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have pledged to work together for the improvement of Ghanaian children’s well-being. Announced during the recent “Bridging the Gap: Diaspora Dialogue Brunch” on December 23, 2023, in Accra, this partnership aims to address challenges in education, sanitation, and empowerment. Leveraging its […]
French legislators have given their final nod to a contentious immigration bill, marking a significant policy shift that tightens regulations for foreign students and workers seeking entry into the country. The legislation, which resulted from a compromise between French President Emmanuel Macron’s party and the conservative opposition, reflects a broader trend in Europe— a rightward […]
Ghanaian entrepreneur and philanthropist, Alhaji Talal Fattal, has earned recognition as one of the most influential personalities in Ghana for the year 2023. The esteemed accolade was conferred upon him alongside 100 distinguished individuals, including the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, and Ato Afful, the Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Ltd, […]
France on Friday completed the withdrawal of its troops after they were asked to leave Niger by the country’s new junta, ending years of on-the-ground military support and raising concerns from analysts about a gap in the fight against jihadi violence across the Sahel region of Africa. The last French military aircraft and troops departed […]
Thousands of protesters staged one of the largest pro-Palestinian marches Sunday in Rabat since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, demanding an end to Morocco’s ties with Israel. Protests of Israel’s war in Gaza have repeatedly drawn thousands of people in Morocco since the conflict began more than two months ago, mostly led by […]
On a countryside road in battle-ravaged Sudan, the hum of a passing vehicle turns villagers’ blood cold, fearing the arrival of paramilitaries plundering their way south in their war against the army. “They’ve created a state of total panic,” said Rabab, who lives in a village north of Wad Madani, the Al-Jazira state capital and […]
France has decided to close its embassy in Niger, where “it is no longer able to function normally or carry out its missions,” according to diplomatic sources, definitively confirming a split between the two countries. This extremely rare measure comes after Niamey announced on December 12 the departure of all French soldiers deployed in Niger […]
Russia was ready to supply more grain to Tunisia, Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday during a visit to the North African country grappling with shortages fuelled by drought. At a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied in the capital Tunis, Lavrov said Russia’s crop yields had been good “for the second or third […]
France has revoked the ministerial decree authorising the extradition in 2020 of the brother of former president Blaise Compaoré, Paul François Compaoré, to Burkina Faso, where he is accused of the murder of a journalist in 1998, the Chancellery said on Thursday. “The decree was repealed on 13 December”, announced the president of the Paris […]
