The United Kingdom (UK) government, on Wednesday, unveiled a £200 million sexual and reproductive health rights programme for women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa. This is to help prevent up to 30,600 maternal deaths, 3.4 million unsafe abortions and 9.5 million unintended pregnancies. The programme, expected to reach 10.4 million women and girls, comes under […]
Kenya this week rolled out a campaign using the world’s first vaccine against malaria to inoculate more than 400,000 children against the mosquito-borne disease. Health officials say malaria kills more than 12,000 Kenyans each year and more than half a million people in sub-Saharan Africa, most of them children. The mass vaccination campaign comes as […]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday assailed Russia’s year-long invasion of Ukraine as a violation of international law as he arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on extending grain shipments from the war-torn country and securing the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. “The sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity […]
Around the world, progress on women’s rights is vanishing before our eyes. The latest forecasts estimate that on our current track, it will take another 300 years to reach full gender equality. Today’s cascading crises, from the war in Ukraine to the climate emergency, affect women and girls first and worst. And as part of […]
South Africa’s ruling ANC party has brushed aside criticism of a large donation it accepted from a mining company linked to a Russian oligarch under U.S. sanctions. Viktor Vekselberg is an investor in United Manganese of Kalahari Ltd, which last year donated $826,000 to help fund the ANC’s electoral conference. Critics say the donation undermines […]
Operations to defend the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut will go on, and are backed by senior generals, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Western analysts suggested at the weekend that Ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its troops, as Russian forces close in on the city. Moscow has been trying to take Bakhmut for […]
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has urged the country’s partners to extend a strong hand of support to help overcome current macroeconomic challenges. The minister made the call at a farewell dinner for a Chinese delegation from the China Exim Bank that was in Accra to engage the government as part of moves to […]
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria acknowledged in a statement Sunday that following the African nation’s recent election, “there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories.” Mary Beth Leonard urged that “the legally established process for resolving challenges to the election be allowed to take its course.” “As much […]
China’s foreign minister says US-China relations have “seriously deviated” while warning of potential conflict. “Containment and suppression will not make America great. It will not stop the rejuvenation of China,” said Qin Gang. Mr Qin, China’s former ambassador to the US, held his first press conference as foreign minister on Tuesday. The spy balloon saga has heightened […]
Mr Charles Abani, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, has urged the government and parliament to expedite the reenactment of the persons with disabilities bill to bring it into compliance with international standards. He said the message in the bill would have an impact on the lives of people with disabilities (PWDs) and called for it […]
