France and Burkina Faso have officially marked the end of French military operations in the West African nation, the Burkinabe armed forces said Sunday, after a flag-lowering ceremony at the French special forces’ camp a day earlier. In January, Burkina Faso gave France one month to withdraw its troops as it ended a military accord […]
An eight-member delegation from the Committee on Legal Affairs of the German Parliament (Bundestag) paid a study visit to the Parliament of Ghana last Thursday. The legislators engaged in a joint meeting with their colleague Ghanaian MPs on the joint committees on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee, Subsidiary Legislation Committee and the […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that African countries are being denied needed debt relief, noting that because of a lack of financial support, the African continent is facing a very difficult situation. Speaking at a news conference held at African Union headquarters after the opening of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, […]
Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) have renewed their commitment to preserve and protect biodiversity. The two countries renewed their position at the Nature Action – Private Sector Mobilisation summit organised by the UK government in London last Friday. It was to catalyse and demonstrate delivery of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The Kunming-Montreal framework […]
The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, the Ministry for the Interior and its agency, the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB), and other stakeholders are putting together a contingency plan to respond and support asylum seekers trooping to Ghana from neighbouring Burkina Faso. Details of the response plan will emerge after a stakeholders’ forum to be organised […]
President Kais Saied of Tunisia ordered Europe’s top trade union official to leave the North African country after she addressed protesters at a demonstration organized by an influential labor union. Authorities accused Esther Lynch, the Irish general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, of making statements that “interfered with Tunisian internal affairs” during a […]
The African Union insisted Sunday it had a “zero tolerance” policy toward unconstitutional change as it maintained its suspension of four military-ruled countries. The Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali as well as Sudan were sanctioned by the Pan-African body after coups in recent years, but the AU said Sunday it was ready […]
Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Antonio Pedro, has urged African nations to accelerate implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in order to become more resilient and globally competitive. “Only through an accelerated and effective implementation of the AfCFTA can Africa build sufficient shock absorbers to build resilience,” […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country’s territory in a potential peace deal with Russia. In a BBC interview to mark a year since Russia’s full-scale invasion, he warned conceding land would mean Russia could “keep coming back”, while Western weapons would bring peace closer. Mr Zelensky also said […]
THE Kingdom of the Netherlands has joined forces with the MDF West Africa, the Ghana Innovation Hub and other private sector partners to drive entrepreneurship in the country. Known as the Orange Corners (OC) Ghana Acceleration Programme, the initiative also has Fidelity Bank, Emergent Payments, Friesland Campina, Vivo Energy Ghana and Meridian Port Services (MPS) […]
