While soaring oil prices hit consumers worldwide, their misfortune means a fortune for others. There will certainly be a “significant boost in government revenue” for some oil-producing African countries as oil prices hit their highest levels since 2008 after the U.S bans imports of Russian oil, the African Energy Chamber tells VOA. “Nigeria, Angola, Libya, […]
Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapon attack in Ukraine – and “we should all be on the lookout”, the White House has said. Press secretary Jen Psaki said Russia’s claims about US biological weapon labs, and chemical weapon development in Ukraine, were preposterous. She called the false claims an “obvious ploy” to […]
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has begun her trip to Poland and Romania, giving her a chance to negotiate directly with Polish leaders on the issue of fighter jet transfers to Ukraine. The topic has exposed disagreements within the Nato alliance. On Tuesday, Poland’s offer to provide the US with MiG-29 fighter jets as an intermediary […]
Ghana and South Korea have underscored the need to collaborate and seize the opportunity to deepen their cultural and tourism ties. Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, both countries still consider the need to tap into their comparative advantage and reserves to forge closer collaboration in tourism, sports, and culture. This was the […]
Kenyan women were in the streets of Nairobi Tuesday in protest of motorbike taxi drivers who allegedly assaulted a woman last week. The protesters, organized by the Federation of Women Lawyers, gave the capital’s police chief a petition seeking assurance of their safety and protection from all forms of harassment. A video widely circulated on […]
Women account for most of Africa’s agricultural workforce and acutely feel the burdens of climate change, but too often their voices go unheard in farming- and climate-related policymaking and programs. That’s just one of the assessments a United Nations official shared in light of Tuesday’s U.N. observance of International Women’s Day. “Women make up 80% […]
Ms Mia Amor Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, says, her Island country offers opportunity for Ghana and the rest of Africa to connect to the Caribbean for commercial benefits. She said the 15-member States community with a combined market of 18 million people presented access to important business, investment and market opportunities to Ghana […]
As the world moves ahead to mark International Women’s Day, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards. All of us are paying the price. The cascading crises of recent years have highlighted how women’s leadership is more crucial than ever. Women have heroically confronted the COVID-19 pandemic as doctors, nurses, and public health and […]
Namibia’s Supreme Court has ruled that a government ministry must reconsider a same-sex couple’s appeal for residence rights. Namibia Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Shivute said Monday that the Ministry of Home Affairs should look again at an application for resident status from Mexican national Guillermo Delgado. Delgado, who is in a same-sex union with […]
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said a small amount of progress had been made during a third round of talks Monday between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators. The talks discussed establishing safe corridors that would allow civilians to flee the war, but Mykhailo Podolyak said there was no major breakthrough that could help end […]
