USAID in partnership with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Tuesday, launched ‘Phase two’ of the ‘SERVIR’, a satellite imagery technology, to empower regional and national actors to use earth observation and earth science for development gains. SERVIR-West Africa, hosted by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), provides earth observation data […]
US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor Donald Trump and his supporters of undermining democracy, ahead of next week’s midterm elections. “Make no mistake, democracy is on the ballot for all of us,” Mr Biden, a Democrat, said, referring to threats by some Republicans candidates to refuse to accept the outcome should they lose. […]
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Ebola’s arrival in the Ugandan capital highlighted the high risk of further spread of the deadly virus, calling on neighboring countries to boost their preparedness. Since Uganda’s health ministry first declared the outbreak on September 20, the country has registered more than 150 confirmed and probable cases, including […]
A surprise deal has been reached in the Ethiopian civil war with both sides agreeing to halt their two-year conflict which led to thousands of deaths and warnings of a famine. The African Union (AU) has called it a new “dawn”, AFP news agency says. The agreement between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces should […]
The German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull, has urged Ghana to use its Presidency of the United Nations Security Council to promote human rights and also help bring an end to the war in Ukraine. An end to the war in Ukraine, he said, would be a big push for the global economic recovery efforts […]
The World Bank has charged Ghana to improve its debt sustainability and creditworthiness to support the country’s climate actions and national development agenda. The Bank said it was important for the government to broaden its tax base, including the introduction of carbon taxes and reduce expenditure. The Bank also asked the government to have a […]
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said its troops had made a strategic withdrawal from the eastern military base of Rumangabo, ceding ground in the battle against the M23 rebel group. U.N. troops have been supporting Congolese forces in the fight against the M23, which launched a new offensive […]
Nigerian authorities on Monday dismissed recent terror warnings by foreign missions for the capital, Abuja, as “false” and “irresponsible.” Heads of Nigerian security agencies made the comments to journalists after an emergency security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. But security experts are urging Nigerians to take the warnings seriously. Top government officials including the national […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in reference to its press release of August 18th, has provided an update to the public on the stranded Ghanaians at the Al Tawadi Medical Centre in Dubai. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the Ministry, […]
Burkina Faso’s defense minister on Tuesday declared the country was fighting for “survival” in its seven-year-old battle with jihadists as he urged the public to throw themselves into the campaign. “If, for a long time, the fight against terrorism has been seen as a combat pertaining only to the defense and security forces, it is […]
