The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world’s distracted donors Sunday to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she calls “the ultimate failure of the international community.” The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, heard perhaps the starkest warning yet about the crisis: Excess […]
The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies as the cost of living continues to hit households, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The IMF said the economy will contract by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. However, the IMF also said that after the Autumn […]
Former President John Mahama has said he will support Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, in her bid to contest as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Ms Botchwey is hoping to succeed Dominica’s Patricia Scotland who completes her tenure at the end of 2023. “I’m hearing it for the first time that our Foreign Affairs Minister […]
Malta has officially opened its High Commission in the country. It is a reciprocal gesture after Ghana opened its diplomatic mission in Malta in August of 2014 headed by a resident High Commissioner. The move is expected to help tighten the bond of friendship between the two countries as well as help to improve trade […]
Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, on Saturday in support of the ruling junta, days after France confirmed its special forces there would withdraw, according to an AFP journalist at the rally. Packing Nation Square in central Ouagadougou, protesters held signs bearing slogans including “Down with imperialism,” “Down with French policy in […]
Tunisia looked set for an ultra-low election turnout again Sunday as a parliamentary election ended with critics of President Kais Saied saying the near empty polling stations reflected public dismay at his seizure of broad powers.The newly configured, and much less important, parliament is a central element of a political system Saied introduced last year […]
Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s running for US president in 2024 wasn’t a lark, or a ploy to avoid prosecution, as some have speculated. He’s hitting the road and laying the kind of groundwork necessary for a serious bid to recapture the White House. Nearly three months after announcing his campaign, the former president made […]
Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an “extraordinary” phone call in the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The then-prime minister said Mr Putin told him it “would only take a minute”. Mr Johnson said the comment was made after he warned the war would be an “utter […]
Australia Day, marked on January 26 every year, is an occasion to celebrate contemporary Australia and its people, reflect on what it means to be Australian, and acknowledge our history. It was on January 26, 1788 that the First Fleet of 11 convict ships arrived in Sydney Harbour from England, so beginning the first permanent […]
THE French Embassy is supporting the country to digitally transform the delivery and management of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Known as “Embedding digitalisation Innovations and circular economy in WASH (DICE-WASH)”, the project is expected to enhance service delivery and youth employability. The expected outcomes will include the use of digital solutions in water and […]
