The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats, the U.N. migration agency reported Wednesday, citing delays by nations in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along the dangerous sea route […]
Prince Harry will come to the King’s coronation, but Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will not be attending, says Buckingham Palace. There had been speculation about whether the couple would travel to the coronation – but it has now emerged that Prince Harry will attend alone. Prince Harry will join more than 2,000 guests at […]
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Ghana’s growth downwards in line with concerns that debt pressures and funding constraints would make it difficult for African economies to expand at full potential this year. The fund cut the country’s growth forecast to 1.6 per cent for 2023 this month, down from 2.8 per cent in […]
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 […]
