US President Joe Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes as evidence emerges of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. There is mounting international anger over the alleged killing of civilians in Bucha, a town near the capital Kyiv. “This guy is brutal,” Mr Biden said […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Thursday, March 31, 2022, for Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States of America, and for London in the United Kingdom. At the invitation of Bishop T.D. Jakes, President Akufo-Addo will deliver the keynote address at this year’s International Leadership Summit, on Friday, April 1 2022. Since […]
In October, Donald Trump announced he was planning to launch a revolutionary technology company. “I created Truth Social… to stand up to the tyranny of big tech,” he said. “We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter yet your favourite American president has been silenced.” The app launched on […]
Wilfred Tebah doesn’t begrudge the U.S. for swiftly granting humanitarian protections to Ukrainians escaping Russia’s devastating invasion of their homeland. But the 27-year-old, who fled Cameroon during its ongoing conflict, can’t help but wonder what would happen if the millions fleeing that Eastern Europe nation were a different hue. As the U.S. prepares to welcome […]
The government of Japan has donated 309,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Ghana in support of the country’s vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines which were manufactured in Japan were handed over to the Deputy Minister of Health, Madam Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah by the Ambassador of Japan to Ghana, Mr Mochizuki […]
Ghana’s quest to build robust irrigation infrastructure in the northern part of the country has received a boost with the receipt of a grant of €44.7 million from the European Union (EU) and France to implement the Agricultural Water Management Project (AWMP). The AWMP grant, comprising €39.7 million from the EU and €5 million from […]
The Nissan Motor Corporation, in collaboration with its local partners, has commissioned a $9 million assembly plant to produce vehicles in the country. The Nissan Assembly Plant in the Industrial City, Tema, which has the capacity to produce 11,593 units of vehicles per shift per annum, is a partnership between Japan Motors of Ghana and […]
In a ruling Thursday, Kenya’s Supreme Court blocked changes to the constitution initiated by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Six of the seven judges ruled constitutional amendments must come from ordinary citizens, not the president. Following the hotly-contested 2017 election that almost split the country apart, Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga unveiled a plan they called […]
Ethiopian authorities and rebels in the Tigray region are accusing each other of blocking aid deliveries to Tigray that had been agreed to a week ago. The ongoing fighting comes as the U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia visited the Afar region, where the aid trucks have been held up. Days after announcing a humanitarian truce, the […]
The United Nation’s children’s agency says some 2 million children have fled the fighting in Ukraine, with another 2.5 million driven from their homes within the country. In a statement released Wednesday, UNICEF, along with the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR), said children make up half of all refugees from […]
