Nigeria has become the latest African state to repatriate some of its citizens from South Africa following a rise in anti-migrant sentiments in the country. A flight carrying 268 Nigerians has landed in Lagos after leaving Johannesburg on Thursday morning. The passengers were part of around 1,000 people who the Nigerian consulate in South Africa […]
The Acting Director of Private Sector and Industry at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Oluonye Peter Chukwudi, has assured that central governments across West Africa are taking steps to address insecurity, which continues to threaten the full potential of cross-border trade in the sub-region. Speaking at a press briefing ahead of the […]
The Executive Director of the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority, Dr. Simeon Koffi, has underscored the need for stronger regulatory frameworks to address emerging risks that could undermine the full potential of cross-border trade within West Africa. Addressing journalists at a press briefing ahead of the Fifth Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Trade and Industry in […]
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana has reached an agreement with Belarusian manufacturers of mining equipment to visit Ghana next week. Speaking at the maiden Ghana–Belarus Business Forum in Minsk, Belarus, President Mahama said investors who establish operations in Ghana gain access not only to a domestic market of 34 million people, but also […]
The European Union has announced an €11.5 million support package for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to strengthen efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak affecting parts of the continent. The funding comes at a critical time as health authorities grapple with more than 500 confirmed cases and 101 deaths linked […]
The International Justice Mission (IJM) has begun training 30 police officers in the Ahafo Region to strengthen efforts to combat forced child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector. The training is being accompanied by infrastructural support, including a fully furnished Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and a child-friendly interview room. Both facilities have been commissioned and handed over […]
The United States has extradited former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu to Ghana, where she is expected to serve a 10-year jail term following her conviction in absentia on more than 70 corruption-related charges. The U.S. Embassy in Accra described the extradition, the first from the United States to Ghana since 2009, as […]
The Government of Ghana has confirmed that the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, will address the Next Steps Conference on Reparatory Justice scheduled to be held in Accra. The announcement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in a post on social media on Tuesday. The conference, which is to be […]
President John Dramani Mahama has secured a major procurement arrangement with Belarus for the supply of 1,840 pieces of agricultural equipment. Addressing the first-ever Belarus-Ghana Business Forum in the capital, Minsk, yesterday, the President described the deal as a practical example of deepening economic ties between the two nations, and called on the private sectors […]
A Kenyan court has upheld the 2024 impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, barring him from holding public office. Three High Court judges dismissed Gachagua’s claims, including that the impeachment process was politically biased against him. The court however found that the Senate violated Gachagua’s rights when it failed to adjourn after he had […]
