Malians voted on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the ruling military junta and regional powers have said will pave the way to elections and a return to civilian rule. The junta, which seized power in coups in 2020 and 2021, promised to hold the plebiscite as part of a transition to […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on the second and final day of a visit to Beijing aimed at stabilizing relations between the two powers. Blinken and Wang shook hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse before going into a meeting room for the talks along with delegations […]
Mali has called on the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping mission from the country “without delay,” denouncing its “failure” to respond to security challenges. Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, who is part of Mali’s interim military authorities, told a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that the peacekeeping force known as MINUSMA should withdraw its troops from the West […]
The United States has imposed travel restrictions on Ugandan officials in the wake of an anti-LGBTQ law signed by President Yoweri Museveni last month. The law has been condemned as one of the harshest in the world. Among other provisions, it instated the death penalty for someone convicted of “aggravated homosexuality”, an offence that includes transmitting HIV through gay […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – who is in Russia as part of a peace-seeking delegation – told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the war in Ukraine must stop. Ramaphosa laid out the 10 points of the African peace initiative that is seeking agreement on a series of “confidence-building measures” – even as Ukraine last week […]
MPs will decide later whether to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A year-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offences with his Partygate denials. It recommends he should have been suspended from the Commons for 90 days […]
The Japanese government says it remains steadfast in its mission to provide the needed aid to Ghana for sustainable growth. This is done through the Japan Development Cooperation Charter – which espouses cooperation aiming at self-reliant development through assistance for self-help efforts. “Japan continues to provide all these support to Ghana, because we understand how […]
Ghana’s economy is showing signs of stabilisation nearly a month into the implementation of the country’s $3 billion loan-support programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That was the preliminary findings of the IMF Mission team led by Stéphane Roudet, during their weeklong observation of Ghana’s ongoing Extended Credit Facility (EFC) programme with the Fund. “Against […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaian envoys to work effectively to aid the implementation of Africa’s common development agenda. They should strengthen diplomatic ties, liaising with the host governments, towards achieving the goals of the continent’s sustainable development agenda. They also ought to demonstrate commitment to resolving issues that threaten the continent’s progress. […]
A catastrophic food crisis looms in Sudan if fighting doesn’t stop, said Freydoun Borhani, team leader with aid organization Mercy Corps in Gedaref state, on the Ethiopian border. “Right now, it’s planting season in Gedaref state, for example. People there must buy seeds for plantation. The price of the seeds go very high. And this […]
