German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country is interested in a major gas exploitation project in Senegal as he began a three-nation visit to Africa on Sunday that also is focused on the geopolitical consequences of the war in Ukraine. Senegal is believed to have significant deposits of natural gas along its border with Mauritania […]
The President of Mozambique, Mr Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, arrived in Accra last Sunday for a four-day state visit. He was received at the Jubilee Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Minister of Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery and the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Abu Jinapor. […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday May 20, 2022, called on new UAE leader, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi to commiserate with him and the people of the UAE, following the death of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. The Vice […]
Pyongyang has not responded to offers of help and inquiries from the US, South Korea, the WHO and UNICEF. Like no other country, North Korea could do with help against COVID-19. The country’s population is unvaccinated and susceptible to disease due to chronic malnourishment. Its dilapidated healthcare system lacks supplies of basic drugs and equipment. […]
Eight new cities are being created for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with at least one in every UK nation – and on the Falkland Islands and Isle of Man. Milton Keynes in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Bangor in Northern Ireland and Wrexham in Wales all get the title. It is a first for places in […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the late President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as “a great friend of Ghana and a distinguished servant of his people”. “The entire people of Ghana and the government join me and my wife and family in expressing our sincere condolences […]
The World Health Organization says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province has contracted the disease. It becomes the second case of wild poliovirus confirmed in southern Africa this year, following a case in Malawi in mid-February. In a […]
A total of 1.39 million children in the Tigray region are currently missing out on education because of Ethiopia’s civil war, according to the United Nations. While journalists are banned from entering Tigray, VOA was able to access the neighboring Amhara region, where schools are beginning to reopen, after Tigrayan forces that occupied much of […]
Finland and Sweden have officially applied for membership in the NATO military alliance, spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the announcement Wednesday at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, flanked by the ambassadors from both countries after receiving their formal application letters. “This is a good day at a critical moment […]
The fall of the Ukrainian port of Mariupol to Russia appeared imminent Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the city’s sprawling steel plant, and hundreds of Kyiv fighters who had been holed up there turned themselves over to Russian forces in a deal reached by the warring parties. The capture of Mariupol, a prewar city […]
