The European Union failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately needs to stay afloat, even as the bloc decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with the war-torn country. The aid was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, delivering another tough blow to Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there will be peace in Ukraine when his country achieves its goals, and that those aims remain unchanged. Two months shy of the two-year anniversary of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin reiterated that Russia is seeking “de-Nazification, de-militarization and a neutral status” of Ukraine as he […]
The United States has invested some $82 million under the Digital Transformation with Africa (DTA) initiative, Mr Judd Devermont, the National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs of the State Department, has disclosed. The amount invested is towards achieving a $350 million target with a robust pipeline to more than double the amount in […]
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has conferred honorary doctorate degrees on three prominent Ghanaian women for demonstrating commitment to humanitarian causes. They are the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Justice Joyce Bamford-Addo, Ghana’s first female Speaker of Parliament, and Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, the nation’s first female Chief Justice. The three personalities were […]
The Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce has donated some items to the South Tongu and some communities affected by the Akosombo Dam Spillage. Mr. Yang Qun, President of the Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and the Asogli Power Plant, noted that the chamber expressed their support to the people who suffered the spillage, which resulted […]
A week-long consultative stakeholders engagement workshop to identify notable value chains that have the potential to create employment opportunities and help prevent the insurgence of violent extremism in the sub-region has begun in Tamale. It is to solicit relevant stakeholders’ input on some key sectors in the agricultural value chain, which when maximised, could generate […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Feed the Future Policy LINK project has called for collective actions from all stakeholders to deal with issues of climate change in communities. It was thus important to build the capacity of actors, particularly at the local community level, to be able to cope with, and adapt to […]
The United States welcomed Wednesday the conclusion of record trade agreements with Africa this year, totaling $14.2 billion, in the context of a struggle for influence with China on the continent. Nearly 550 new trade and investment agreements have been signed, representing a 67% increase compared to 2022 in terms of number and value, said […]
Visitors to Kenya from across the world will no longer require a visa from January, President William Ruto said on Tuesday. Ruto said his government had developed a digital platform to ensure all visitors would receive an electronic travel authorisation in advance, instead of needing to apply for a visa. “It shall no longer be […]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might have emerged victorious from a bruising vote on his flagship Rwanda migration policy, but the bitter divisions that risk turning his party into a “circus” mean any respite is likely to be short lived. A day of high drama at Westminster on Tuesday culminated in a comfortable win for […]
