The Ethiopian government has said it intends to integrate all regional special forces either into the national army or the federal or regional police, a move likely to be perceived as an attempt to diminish the autonomy of individual regions. Ethiopia’s 10 regions currently enjoy a degree of autonomy, ranging from having their own armies […]
A new report by researchers from Johns Hopkins University is giving China better than expected marks for its performance in helping to restructure the crippling debt loads carried by some African countries. The report is based on a detailed evaluation of Beijing’s participation in the Debt Service Suspension Initiative, or DSSI, an international vehicle for […]
Ghana and The Netherlands have begun exploratory talks on the renegotiation of the 32-year-old Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) between the two countries. The BIT was signed in 1989 and operationalised in 1991 and the renegotiation is to review it to conform to current global economic dynamics. Speaking at the opening of the exploratory talks in […]
The husband of the Vice-President of the United States of America (USA), Douglas Emhoff, has advised students to be mindful of the choices they make as they climb the academic ladder. He noted that every choice came with consequences, stressing that to live a joyful, enriched and fulfilling life they needed to make more conscious […]
South Africa’s government has revoked a national “state of disaster” declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis. On February 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa invoked disaster regulations to fight the crisis that included daily rolling power cuts by state utility Eskom due to frequent breakdowns at its ageing coal-fired power stations and years of corruption. The […]
The United States Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), Ghana jointly hosted a roundtable on “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Innovation” at the Google AI Research Center in Accra. A statement issued by the US Embassy in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the event focused on developments in industry, […]
The European Union (EU) has signed a €5 million grant agreement with DEK Vaccines Limited to support Ghana’s vaccine manufacturing project. The grant, made available by the European Investment Bank, will among others serve as a seed-fund for the development of the vaccine manufacturing unit at DEK Vaccines Limited. It would also cover project-related expenditures, […]
The U.S. is trying to wreck Russia’s planned summit with African countries as part of efforts to isolate Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday. Lavrov told the news site Argumenty i Fakty that Moscow was different from Western countries in its relations with Africa in that “we never tell […]
Donald Trump has said the US is “going to hell” in a defiant address after pleading not guilty to falsifying business records to hide damaging information ahead of the 2016 election. The former president was charged with 34 felony counts in a Manhattan court on Tuesday. These relate to a hush money payment to porn […]
Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday called for parties outside parliament to be involved in talks on electoral reform and the high cost of living, at odds with President William Ruto’s plan for negotiations to be held only within parliament. Odinga warned of fresh protests if the government did not take demands of the […]
