The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid – with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year – would not have been possible without climate change, according to an analysis released on Thursday. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have endured five failed […]
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says Ghana’s debt structuring should be a “sad lesson” for African countries to build fiscal buffers during economic prosperity. She said African countries must be deliberate with building fiscal buffers to cushion their local economies and make them resilient to uncertainties and shocks […]
In an effort to promote cultural exchange and mutual learning among civilizations, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa celebrated Spanish Language Day on April 26 at the Commission’s headquarters in Addis Ababa. The pomp and fanfare event offered a variety of spaces in which interaction was encouraged to ask and learn about the rich […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the country will quit the International Criminal Court, which in March issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ramaphosa made the comments at a joint press conference with visiting Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. Ramaphosa said there had long been a feeling in the governing African National […]
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, has urged the Ghana government to expedite the process for ratifying the Fisheries Subsidies agreement that was adopted in Geneva in June 2022. She said the ratification would help Ghana as a developing country access a $20 million fisheries fund meant for helping developing countries […]
Amid the ongoing violence in Sudan, 82 Ghanaian nationals have been evacuated from that country to safety, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has said. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, copied to the Ghana News Agency Monday said the Ministry in collaboration with the its Missions […]
The Third Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) opened in Accra on Tuesday. The high-level meeting, convened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will discuss strategies for strengthening peace and security in the fight against maritime-related crimes in the GGC region. The session […]
Russia has threatened to scrap the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which enables the safe export of grain from Ukrainian ports onto the world market. The threat comes as members of the G-7 group of rich nations are reportedly mulling further sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due […]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is set to visit Ghana today (Tuesday, April 25), as part of her efforts to reinforce support for Sub-Saharan Africa. During her two-day visit, she will meet with policymakers, business leaders, and civil society representatives to discuss making globalisation work for Africa. The visit […]
In the past one week, the Republic of the Sudan has been gripped by a deadly conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, resulting in avoidable casualties. Khartoum, the capital, has been the epicentre of the clashes with civilians being most affected. A number of Ghanaian nationals, particularly students, have […]
