Ghana and Belarus have taken a major step toward strengthening bilateral relations after signing three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at expanding cooperation in trade, agriculture and economic development during President John Dramani Mahama’s state visit to the Eastern European nation. The agreements were signed in Minsk following a tête-à-tête meeting between President Mahama and […]
Ghanaian nationals evacuated from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks have made the country proud after passing extensive security screening without a single person being linked to criminal activity, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed. The Minister said the outcome had vindicated Ghana’s longstanding reputation as a nation of law-abiding citizens […]
Nigeria’s army says it has freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno. The operation took place in the Mandara mountains, part of the militant group’s stronghold. Two infants “succumbed to exhaustion” due to the challenging mountainous terrain and the hardship they endured during their prolonged captivity, an army spokesperson, Haruna Sani, said. […]
A group of 150 Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid growing worries about xenophobia are due to arrive by road in their home country on Monday, the Malawian authorities have said. The repatriation follows violence in South Africa’s Western Cape Province where there were reports a week ago of door-to-door intimidation, as well as the deaths […]
The leaders of Ukraine and its close European allies – the UK, France and Germany – have set out out five conditions for reaching a “just and lasting” deal to end the war with Russia. In a joint statement after talks in London, Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron […]
On the second day of his state visit to Belarus, President John Dramani Mahama visited the industrial city of Brest to explore opportunities for transforming Ghana’s agricultural sector. The President, who was received by the Governor of Brest, Piotr Alexsandrovich Parkhomchik, and senior officials from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, toured one of the country’s largest […]
The United States Government has donated three Freightliner heavy-duty trucks, valued at more than US$600,000, to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to enhance its engineering, construction and humanitarian response capabilities. The donation, made under the African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI), was presented on Thursday at the Ghana Armed Forces Engineers Training School (ETS) near the […]
Madam Natasha Quist, the Regional Director for West Africa, AGRA, has underscored the need for coordinated financing and stronger investment partnerships to drive rice production and agricultural transformation across West Africa. She said while significant progress had been made in identifying investment opportunities and strengthening regional coordination, the region’s biggest challenge remained connecting viable agricultural […]
Nigerian activists and civil society campaigners protested in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday demanding the rescue of pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oyo State. They want urgent government action to secure the release of those kidnapped from three schools in the state and the killing of a teacher during an attack last month. […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto has again defended his government’s decision to let the United States build an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans about 200 kilometres north of Nairobi. He was speaking during a one-day state visit to South Africa where he held talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa. “The American government has supported us in this […]
