West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria’s new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to lead their regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau’s leader, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, AFP journalists reported. Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Tinubu said democracy was […]
US President Joe Biden has landed in the UK ahead of a Nato summit in Lithuania later this week – which comes after several allies questioned his call to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. The UK and Canada are among those who voiced concern about supplying the bombs, which are widely banned because of the […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that 10 hours of talks with Chinese officials in recent days were “productive” and that she was leaving China with the relationship between the two world powers on “surer footing.” “The U.S. and China have significant disagreements,” Yellen said at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, citing what she […]
Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilize the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an airstrike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians. The health ministry reported “22 dead and a large number of wounded among the civilians” from what it described as an […]
Madam Martine Moreau, the High Commissioner of Canada to Ghana, says Canada and Ghana continue to share common ideas and commitment in advancing the rights of women and girls. She said both countries recognised gender equality and women’s economic empowerment as crucial issues in promoting social progress and sustainable development while unlocking the full potential […]
Ghana has called for stronger bilateral partnerships and investments towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially poverty reduction, which is the first SDG. Mr Yofi Grant, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), made this call during an Economic Counsellors Dialogue in Accra, on Thursday. Speaking on […]
Nigeria’s Electoral Commission this week began its monthlong review of the presidential and local elections held in February and March of 2023. The voting was marred by violence and technical glitches, and was considered among the most controversial in the country’s recent history. Mahmood Yakubu, chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), met with […]
President Joe Biden will seek to grow his “close relationship” with the United Kingdom, the White House says, when he pays his first visit to newly crowned King Charles III and meets with Britain’s political leader to strengthen the bond between the two nations ahead of a critical NATO summit that could determine the course […]
A rare visit to Nigeria this week by the Chinese navy is once again raising questions about Beijing’s military intentions in the strategically important Gulf of Guinea. Three Chinese warships have been docked in the port of Lagos for five days, with Nigerian and Chinese officials saying the visit is aimed at enhancing maritime security […]
President Salva Kiir says South Sudan’s long-delayed elections will happen in 2024 with him on the ballot for the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement party. Kiir, who has led South Sudan since it became independent from Sudan in 2011, accepted the endorsement of the ruling party at a stadium event on Tuesday in Bahr el Ghazal. The […]
