Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup last week marched Sunday through the streets of the capital, Niamey, waving Russian flags, chanting the name of the Russian president and forcefully denouncing former colonial power France. The protesters marched through the city to the French Embassy, where a door was […]
The head of the Wagner mercenary group says it will continue its activities in Africa and Belarus, but that it is not currently recruiting new fighters. The group was deciding on its next objectives, Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an audio message published by a Wagner-linked Telegram account. Wagner fighters have played an key role during […]
The United States (US) has signed a multilateral agreement to support Ghana’s goal of achieving Universal Health Coverage. The Memorandum of Cooperation, involving two Asian giants, the Republic of Korea and Japan, was signed at an event hosted by Ghana’s Ministry of Health. It is expected that the three countries’ shared commitment will […]
At the end of 2022, there are 4.8 million persons living with HIV in West Africa, with 160,00 new infections and 120,000 AIDS-related deaths recorded. ECOWAS member-States have therefore been urged to collectively rise above national borders, transcend political differences, and unite to create an inclusive and rights-based approach to HIV prevention and treatment. Mr […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin told leaders and officials from African countries on Thursday that Moscow would provide grain for sale or free to the neediest countries to avert the uncertainty in the global food supply caused by Russia’s refusal to guarantee safe passage for Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea. Putin, speaking at the […]
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum is in good health after being taken captive by his own presidential guard, the French foreign minister has said. Catherine Colonna told AFP news agency the coup was not “final”. She said Mr Bazoum had spoken to Emmanuel Macron and added there was a “way out” for the coup plotters if […]
Former US President Donald Trump is accused of pressuring an employee to delete security footage at his Florida estate to obstruct the investigation into the classified documents case. The new charges relate to Mr Trump’s alleged handling of government documents at Mar-a-Lago. Mr Trump has now been charged with one count of wilful retention of […]
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a close ally of Russia in a typing error. The emails were intended for the US military, which uses the domain name “.mil”. But they missed out the letter i, and so the messages went instead to the West […]
The Ambassadors of the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea to Ghana, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation ( MOC) with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to support the country’s universal health coverage goal. The MOC seeks to improve primary health care and delivery as well as strengthen global health security defences in Ghana against current and […]
Dr Dirk Aßmann, a techanical, energy and system engineering expert, has been appointed the new Country Director for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ghana. The appointment is contained in a statement sent to the Ghana News Agency (GNA). It said with a doctorate in social sciences and economics, Dr Aßmann was expected to position […]
