The United States Embassy has updated its travel advisory to Level 2, advising travellers to “Exercise Increased Caution” due to emerging threats against LGBTQI+ individuals in Ghana. The alert issued on November 20, 2023, highlights concerns about crime and violence directed at members of the LGBTQI+ community in Ghana. The advisory specifically outlines areas with […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working on a plan to rescue the remaining patients from the al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip, as quickly as is possible.WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on Saturday night on the social media platform X, saying that staff had visited the hospital on Saturday and found “a deplorable […]
The 2020 running mate of the NDC, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang is in Nairobi, Kenya to attend a forum for African women Educationists. “As the Chancellor for the Women University in Africa and board member of the forum, Professor Opoku Agyemang is expected to attend and grace the board meeting and 30th anniversary of […]
The World Bank said on Monday that it foresaw $12 billion of support to Kenya over the next three years, potentially a major boost to the East African country’s strained finances. The bank said in a statement that the total amount was subject to the approval of its executive directors and other factors that could […]
Political veteran Joseph Boakai was on Monday declared the winner of Liberia’s presidential election, beating incumbent George Weah, electoral authorities said after completing the ballot count. Boakai won with 50.64 percent of the vote, against 49.36 percent of the vote for former international football star Weah, National Electoral Commission president Davidetta Browne Lansanah told reporters. […]
The honour of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosétte has been conferred on the former Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Professor Abraham Kwabena Anang. The conferment, delivered on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan by the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mochizuki Hisanobu, was in […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has congratulated the people of Liberia on the peaceful conduct of the 2023 Presidential and Legislative elections. ECOWAS also congratulated Ambassador Joseph Boakai on his election as President of Liberia and salutes President George Weah for graciously accepting the results of the elections. ECOWAS in a statement […]
Denmark has pledged to mobilise more resources to support Ghana to undertake strategic projects in water and waste management sector to boost the West African country’s climate resilience. The two countries in 2019 signed a Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) agreement aimed at improving water supply and wastewater management in the Tema Municipality and create a […]
At 78, Joseph Boakai is Liberia’s new president and the country’s third democratically elected head of state. The former vice-president under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took his revenge on incumbent president George Weah, who defeated him in 2018. Presenting himself as an Everyman who transcended his humble beginnings, Boakai has attempted to craft a more energetic […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated on Saturday that she opposed the “forced displacement of Palestinians” during a meeting in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Von der Leyen expressed gratitude to Egypt for its crucial role in providing and facilitating humanitarian aid to vulnerable Palestinians in a message posted on X, […]
