Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin returns to the United States Thursday after wrapping up his first tour across the African continent as Pentagon chief. Austin started his tour in Djibouti, home to the primary U.S. military base on the African continent. There he met with Djiboutian leaders and Somalia’s president, whose forces, Austin said, had […]
Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday it had foiled a coup attempt the previous day, almost a year after the country’s leader came to power in a coup himself. In a statement read out on state television, it said “a proven coup attempt was foiled on September 26, 2023, by Burkina Faso’s intelligence and security […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced visa restrictions for individuals who he said were “undermining democracy” in Liberia ahead of the country’s elections in October. THE TAKE Blinken in a statement released by the U.S. State Department did not specify how many people were affected or identify them. The move restricts their […]
About 500 Wagner mercenaries who fought alongside Russian troops in Ukraine before fleeing to Belarus after a short-lived mutiny in June have now returned to the front lines to again fight Kyiv’s forces, a Ukrainian Army spokesman said Wednesday. Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in Russia last month, raising questions […]
Bilateral trade volume between Ghana and China reached an unprecedented high at 10.2 billion US dollars, last year, with Ghana’s exports to China surging by 60 per cent. Mr Lu Kun, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, who stated this, added that his country remained Ghana’s largest partner and major foreign investment source for years, thus […]
Donald Trump committed fraud by repeatedly misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars, a New York judge has ruled. The ruling, part of a civil case brought against the former president and his family business, said he defrauded banks and insurers for years. It is a major blow to Mr Trump that will […]
Mali’s military government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup, a government spokesperson said Monday. The presidential election scheduled for February 2024 is being delayed for “technical reasons” to allow the transitional government to review its election data and to address a […]
The United States said Tuesday it would halt assistance to Gabon after the military took charge last month. “The U.S. government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting the government of Gabon while we evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of the country’s military,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. He said […]
Madam Maureen Malave, the Nutrition and Social Protection Lead for the United States Agency International Development (USAID) Ghana, says stunting among children in northern Ghana is too high. She said even though Ghana had made progress in health over the past decades, the nutrition status of children below five years remained a concern. She referenced […]
Washington will “consider all future steps” regarding its military presence in Niger, following France’s announcement that it will withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year, the US Secretary of Defense said on Monday. “While giving diplomacy a chance, we will also continue to explore all future steps that will prioritize […]
