Seven girls in the Upper West Region, have been rescued from child marriage through the UNFPA/UNICEF joint assisted anti-child marriage intervention, being implemented in the region under its seventh Ghana Country Programme. Three of the seven rescued survivors are currently in Senior High School (SHS), two in Junior High School (JHS) and two undergoing skills […]
AN associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Professor Eric Osei-Assibey, has called on African students abroad to return to help build the continent. He said African youth, particularly those with international educational exposure and experience, played a critical role in shaping the future of the continent. “The return of […]
Gabon’s prime minister says international sanctions and pressure for a return to constitutional order could be devastating to the country’s economy. He also says the military junta needs time to carry out reforms and a national dialogue before a projected return to civilian rule. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Gabon’s prime minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, said […]
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on an ousted Sudanese politician and two companies, one of which is based in Russia, accusing them of intensifying instability and opposing democracy in the North African country. These are the latest attempts by Washington to hold Islamist militants accountable for the war that broke out last April […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said relations between Russia and South Sudan were developing “intensively”. Speaking at a meeting with the South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Moscow, Putin noted Russia was one of the first countries to recognise the sovereignty and independence of South Sudan. “I must say we believe that we have […]
More than 2,500 migrants died or went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far in 2023, a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees official said Thursday. “By September 24, over 2,500 people were accounted as dead or missing in 2023 alone,” Ruven Menikdiwela, director of the UNHCR New York office, told the […]
At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed in connection with an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country’s southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation’s defense ministry said in a statement. Seven soldiers were killed in combat while five others died in an accident while driving to reinforce the […]
Ghana’s Parliament will host the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra from September 30 to October 6, 2023. The event will be held on the theme: “The Commonwealth Charter 10 years on: Values and principles for Parliaments to uphold”. It is billed to attract 600 delegates, including speakers […]
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, will on September 24, 2023 leave Ghana for the United States of America where he will deliver speeches to faculty members and students of two universities in Boston, Massachusetts. The Northeastern University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have invited the Okyenhene on the back of the immense leadership role he […]
France’s ambassador to Niger has landed in Paris after weeks of tensions with the new military government in the West African country that demanded his expulsion following the overthrow of democratically-elected leader President Mohamed Bazoum. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met Sylvain Itte “to thank him and his teams for his work in the service of our […]
