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UN Chief: Gaza a ‘Graveyard For Children’

  • November 7, 2023

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urgently appealed for a humanitarian cease-fire for Gaza, which he said is becoming a “graveyard” for hundreds of Palestinian children each day, as the Security Council remained deadlocked on any action. “The way forward is clear,” he told reporters at the United Nations. “A humanitarian cease-fire. Now.” He said […]

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More Than 20 Killed Iin Sudan After Shell Hits Market: NGO

  • November 7, 2023

More than 20 people were killed Sunday after shells hit a market in a suburb of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, a committee of pro-democracy lawyers said in a statement. It was the latest bloodshed in the fighting since April between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, […]

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Rise To The Occasion And Stop Blaming Politicians – USAID

  • November 6, 2023

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has called on Ghanaians to take up the challenge of ensuring they achieve the desired transformation in their communities and not blame political leaders for their development challenges.  It said despite the many projects and development interventions in the country there was no significant impact on society […]

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Ghana To Assist Sao Tome With Port Operations

  • November 6, 2023

The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has said the country would leverage its experience in port operations to assist Sao Tome with port infrastructure through the use of Ghana’s ports. He said the two countries had successfully implemented another agreement in the aviation sector for which the agreement had been renewed for another five […]

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Cameroon: Paul Biya Marks 41 Years In Power

  • November 6, 2023

Cameroonian President Paul Biya is marking on Monday  (Nov. 06) his 41 year-rule over the central African nation. Last year, thousands gathered in the capital, Yaoundé, for the ocasion but the president did not attend.  Paul Biya, a former Prime Minister, took the reins of Cameroon on November 6, 1982 following the resignation of the […]

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Nigeria, French Foreign Affairs Ministers Talk Regional Issues, UN Security Council Seat

  • November 6, 2023

Nigeria’s Foreign affairs minister Yusuf Tuggar hosted his French counterpart in Abuja on Friday (Nov. 03). The officials discussed ECOWAS political efforts in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. They also oversaw the signing of an agreement between the French Agency for Development and Nigeria’s government. Other pressing issues included bilateral cooperation and a greater African […]

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Senegal: People Demonstrated In Support Of Palestinians

  • November 6, 2023

Thousands of people demonstrated around the world on Saturday, in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit by Israeli bombing in retaliation for Hamas’s bloody attack on October 7. In Senegal, 200 supporters were gathered outside the Grand Mosque in Dakar, with the Palestinian flag  and placards denouncing a genocide going on. “I’m here […]

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Rwanda Announces Visa-Free Travel For All Africans

  • November 3, 2023

Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people and trade to rival Europe’s Schengen zone. President Paul Kagame made the announcement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, where he pitched the […]