Malawi’s president has pardoned a former minister of Homeland Security who was jailed in 2020 for corruption and placed on a U.S. travel ban. Uladi Mussa was among 200 prisoners released as an act of mercy during Easter. But critics say his pardon raises questions about the government’s commitment to fighting corruption. The Malawi government […]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community to give more emergency humanitarian aid to Somalia. Guterres, in his second visit to the country since 2017, said the Somali people deserve the solidarity of the international community to effectively respond to the drought and continue the fight against the militant group al-Shabab. “I call […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has doubled down on its plea to wealthier nations to support Ghana and other weaker economies to help such countries extricate themselves from the shackles of debt. The call also comes at a time when the fund has seen a $1. 6 billion shortfall in its funding in the face […]
The United Kingdom has included Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, and Cameroon among 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. This announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of practice for international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, which was published […]
The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push for immediate action on requests by Ghana and Zambia for restructuring their sovereign debts during the 2023 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank this week. “During the week, Secretary Yellen will also maintain urgency for the speedy resolution of Common […]
THE Paris Club, a group of bilateral creditors that helps with workable solutions to payment problems faced by debtor nations, will form an Official Creditor Committee this week to look into Ghana’s request for financial assurances. The assurances, which come with debt restructuring and further strategic lending, will enable the country to present its programme […]
There is almost nothing that the polarised politicians in Washington can agree on these days. Bipartisan co-operation is extremely hard to find. But there is one issue on which just about everyone sees eye to eye. And that is the value of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA), which ended 30 years of deadly violence in […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity, has launched some supplemental livelihood programmes for the youth in coastal fishing communities. The programmes aimed at equipping the youth with employable skills and boosting the local economies and to help reduce the over reliance on the seemingly […]
World Vision Ghana has introduced a livelihood adaptation measure targeting the improvement of women and men’s economic conditions, social and resources mobilization dubbed Savings for Transformation (S4T). The measure is under the Landscapes and Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN) Project is being implemented in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region and Kassena […]
A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support service Alarm Phone said Sunday, after a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Alarm Phone said on Twitter they had received a call from the boat, which departed from Tobruk, […]
