Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his spokesperson said Saturday. The two leaders will likely discuss the situation in Niger after a military coup overthrew the country’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26. Tinubu, […]
Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission has declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner of Wednesday’s general election. The main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change, is disputing the results. Those are members of the ruling ZANU-PF party early Sunday saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa is as sweet as honey. The praise follows the announcement by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Sunday for the African Union to be made a G20 member, while also pitching his country as the solution to supply chain woes ahead of the bloc’s summit in New Delhi next month. The Group of 20 major economies consists of 19 countries and the European Union (EU), making […]
Libya’s prime minister suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Sunday and referred her for investigation after Israel said its Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had met her last week despite the countries not having formal relations. Israel’s statement on the meeting, in which it said the ministers had discussed possible cooperation, prompted small protests in Libya, […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he will seek tougher corruption measures against those prosecuted for grafting during wartime. “I have set a task for the legislation and the Ukrainian legislators will be offered my proposals to equate corruption with high treason in wartime,” Zelenskyy said on his channel on the messaging app Telegram. “I […]
The United Republic of Tanzania has opened its new consulate in Ghana, having received the Exequatur of the President of Ghana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. The new consulate will be located in Accra, the capital of Ghana. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the opening […]
Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever mugshot of a former US president. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial. Afterwards, he […]
The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule. Speaking to Al Jazeera earlier this week, the bloc’s commissioner for peace and security said it was ‘unacceptable.’ The door for diplomacy with Niger’s junta remained open but the bloc is not going to engage in […]
The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), meeting at their summit in Johannesburg, announced on Thursday a “historic” expansion of the emerging countries’ bloc, with the integration of six new members, including Iran, from January. Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are also joining the group, which aims to increase […]
The European Union (EU) has invested €120 million to boost the competitiveness of exports on the international market from Ghana and the other West African countries. In Ghana, over GH¢100 million has been injected into three main value chains, namely cassava, mango and pineapple, and cosmetics and personal care products. The investment in Ghana was […]
