Truckers and thousands of sympathizers blocked Ottawa streets for a second day Sunday to protest Canada’s vaccine mandates, as reports of vandalism and harassment by some demonstrators sent tempers flaring. “This afternoon, a large presence of police continues throughout the downtown core and the movement of protestors and trucks continues to be managed,” the Ottawa […]
Ugandan traders welcomed Rwanda’s announcement Friday that it will reopen its border after being closed for three years. The Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that following last week’s visit by Ugandan Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba — who is also President Yoweri Museveni’s son — the Gatuna border post will be reopened Monday. In February […]
Some of the nurses and doctors at the biggest hospital in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region are having to beg for food to feed themselves, one of the medics has told the BBC. They have not been paid for eight months, forcing them to find other ways of supporting their families, he said. The doctor’s account […]
The United States of America’s Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken has touted Ghana’s key position in global and regional security and deepening economic ties for post-COVID-19 recovery and growth. The Secretary of State made this assertion when he and the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Ms Molly Phee met with Vice President Dr. […]
The United States will soon ship more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the African nations of Kenya and Morocco, the White House told VOA on Wednesday. “As the president has said, America will be the arsenal of vaccines in our fight against COVID-19,” a White House official told VOA. “We […]
Reports that Russia is connected to this week’s coup in Burkina Faso have made their way to the Pentagon, though U.S. defense officials decline to say whether the allegations have merit. Burkinabe soldiers went on national television late Monday, announcing they had deposed President Roch Kabore due to “the continuous deterioration of the security situation […]
The BBC has begun the search for a future star of African journalism with the launch of the seventh BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The search for the next worthy winner of the Komla Dumor award launched with an online event on 26 January 2022, featuring an exclusive interview with Komla Dumor’s family. The […]
The UN secretary general has mourned as a “true pioneer” Ghana’s first female brigadier general, Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, who died on Monday. Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Brigadier-General Edjeani-Afenu for making history in peacekeeping as the first female deputy force commander of a UN mission in Western Sahara. During her more than 40 years of […]
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, while contributing to a debate at the UN Security Council in New York, USA, has called for drastic action by governments to prevent domestic inequalities that lead to urban migration. He said inequalities created fertile grounds for conflicts and should be avoided at all cost. Vice President Bawumia was speaking […]
President Joe Biden will honour his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House says. She would replace the liberal justice, Stephen Breyer, who is expected to retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term in June. His retirement plans are yet to be officially […]
