On assuming her post as the new director general of the International Organization for Migration, Amy Pope said that one of her main priorities was to build more regular pathways for migration for people who have lost hope for a viable future and cannot stay home. “I am taking the helm of IOM at a […]
Former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York state court on Monday, where a judge is considering a case that could result in the dissolution of his considerable business interests in the state and a ban against Trump and his two adult sons ever doing business there again. The case, which has been in […]
The African Development Bank has launched a digital platform to help drive business linkages in Madagascar, the island country southeast of Africa. The Mada Business Linkage is a B2B digital platform that interconnects registered businesses operating in Madagascar. A statement issued by the Bank said launched in the capital, Antananarivo, it targeted companies looking for […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that “democracy in West Africa is in danger”, and has therefore charged the ECOWAS Parliament to “work harder to entrench the principles of democratic accountability in the citizens”. The President said democracy in the region had been seriously subverted by “the attempted confiscation of democracy by elites, who engage, […]
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Drew Weissman, who performed his prizewinning research together with Karikó […]
A video of Rwanda’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom has emerged in which he criticizes the British government migration policy. Johnston Busingye was covertly filmed by the campaign group called ‘Led By Donkeys’ in an undercover investigation unveiled on Saturday (Sep. 30). The former Justice minister who now has an ambassadorial-level role said British […]
Gabon’s new strongman was greeted by The Congo’s Prime minister upon arrival on Sunday (Oct. 1) at Ollombo international airport. He then met with president Denis Sassou Nguesso. Oligui said his visit was aimed at improving the ties and easing Gabon’s international isolation following the coup. “I have come to consult, to discuss, to exchange with […]
Dr Francis Kasolo, the World Health Organization(WHO) Country Representative, has urged medical professionals to prioritise the data security of patients in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare delivery in Ghana. He said the application of AI in healthcare delivery could subject the data and diagnostic records of patients to all manner of breaches […]
Ghana has been added to the E Visa list of South Africa, the South Africa High Commission in Ghana has announced. In a statement dated Thursday, September 28, 2023, the South African High Commission explained that by adding Ghana to the E Visa list, Ghanaian nationals “can apply online for visas to South Africa without […]
Ghana is in the final stages of becoming the first African country to issue FLEGT licence to cover its timber and wood products traded on the European market. The feat was achieved during the 11th Joint Monitoring and Review Mechanism meeting held between Ghana and the European Union (EU) in Brussels between September 20 -26, […]
