The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has called for a strong collaboration between Ghana and Egypt to help boost the trade ties between both countries. “Statistics from the GSA indicated that a total of 1,220 metric tonnes of commodities were exported from Ghana to Egypt in 2021. Cocoa products constituted the largest of the export (834 […]
THE Commissioner of Insurance, Dr Justice Yaw Ofori, has urged motor insurance companies to collaborate with the Ghana National Bureau of the ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme to ensure the speedy processing and settlement of cross-border claims. That, he said, would be in accordance with the protocols and harmonised convention for motor victim compensation under the […]
The United Nations warned Tuesday that Somalia is at risk of another famine, as consecutive droughts have withered crops and killed scores of livestock, and grain imports from Ukraine and Russia have dramatically dropped due to their war. “Somalia is certainly heading toward a famine, if action is not taken now,” U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has no preferred candidate from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to succeed him, his spokesman has said on the eve of the party’s primaries to pick a flag bearer for next year’s elections. Buhari, who is constitutionally barred from contesting, will step down in 2023 after eight years in office, […]
Mali’s military rulers have proposed the restoration of civilian rule in two years, following an August 2020 coup and a failure to meet an earlier deadline for elections that led to crippling sanctions. Military leader Colonel Assimi Goita signed a decree read out on state television on Monday saying that “the duration of the transition […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a criminal investigation after a revelation that he failed to report the theft of about $4 million in cash from his farm in northern Limpopo province. An account of the theft is contained in an affidavit by the country’s former head of intelligence Arthur Fraser, who has opened […]
Russia’s UN ambassador has stormed out of a UN Security Council meeting after the European Council president blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for causing a global food crisis. Charles Michel said Russia was using food supplies as a “stealth missile” against the developing world, forcing people into poverty. The Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia accused Mr […]
South Africans have condemned Irish airline Ryanair for making them take a test in the Afrikaans language on UK flights, calling it discriminatory. The country has 11 official languages, and many say they cannot understand Afrikaans – a language which was imposed during white-minority rule. The quiz contains questions on South African general knowledge. Ryanair […]
West African leaders Saturday failed to agree what action to take against military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, postponing a decision for a month, insiders at the meeting said. They decided to wait until the next ECOWAS summit July 3, a senior source in the Ghanian presidency told AFP, asking to remain anonymous. […]
It is the new gold rush, and China is leading the hunt as prices surge. Only it’s not gold everyone’s looking for, it’s lithium. Many say the future of electric vehicle production and, more broadly, combatting climate change, depend on the rare metal. Prices for the “green metal” have seen an almost 500% increase in […]
