Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools around the country. Tanzania’s Minister […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate was hanging in the balance on Monday ahead of a meeting of the executive committee of the governing party to discuss allegations he may have committed misconduct and violated the oath of office. The inquiry relates to findings that large sums of foreign currency were hidden at Ramaphosa’s private […]
Press freedom groups have condemned Burkina Faso’s halting of broadcasts by French media outlet Radio France International (RFI). Ouagadougou’s military leaders linked the ban to RFI reporting that the junta describes as false. Critics say the military is seeking to control news and information as it struggles against worsening insecurity. Burkina Faso is the second […]
The first shipment of grain as part of Ukraine’s own initiative to supply countries in need arrived Monday in Djibouti for delivery to neighboring Ethiopia amid the region’s worst drought in decades. Ukraine’s embassy in Ethiopia confirmed that the “Grain from Ukraine” shipment of 25,000 tons is separate from a United Nations World Food Program […]
Mr Hector Sucilla Perez, the Country Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), has pledged his commitment to support Ghana in its fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic. He made this known when he presented his letter of credence to Madam Shirley Ayorkor […]
Non-oil trade transactions between Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2022 hits $2.7 billion. This amounts to a 56 per cent increase over the $1.512 billion attained in 2019. Speaking at the UAE’s 51st National Day Celebration in Accra, Mr Amer Al Alawi, the country’s Ambassador to Ghana, said the achievement was a […]
Oil prices have risen after major producers agreed to continue to cut output and the G7 and its allies agreed to cap the price of Russian oil. Brent crude rose by about 0.6% to above $86 a barrel on Monday morning. On Friday, the G7 agreed to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 […]
Liberian President George Weah’s long absence from the country has raised eyebrows and prompted criticism, leading one opposition figure to ask if the West African nation is running on “autopilot.” Weah went abroad at the end of October for a string of political gatherings in numerous countries — and to watch his footballer son represent […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said his fate is in his party’s hands, in his first comments since an official report on a scandal over money stolen from his farm. Opponents have called for his resignation after a panel of legal experts concluded he may have broken the law. On Saturday, Mr Ramaphosa’s spokesman […]
The EU must address “distortions” created by a $430bn (£349bn) US plan to incentivise climate-friendly technologies, the bloc’s chief says. Some EU members have criticised the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), raising fears of a trade war. There are concerns that tax breaks may lure away EU businesses and disadvantage European companies. European Commission President […]
