As Ghana joins the global community to commemorate the 74th Anniversary of the United Nations on Thursday, October 24, her focus would be to encourage citizens to work towards a clean environment for healthy living. The celebration, therefore, be held under the theme “A Clean Environment for a Healthy Living, our collective responsibility”. A statement […]
The Russian president has welcomed thousands of African leaders to discuss politics and business “worth billions of dollars.” Unlike China, Putin has promised to refrain from ‘political or other’ influence. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi before the two leaders opened the first ever Russia-Africa Summit on Wednesday. The two-day event will see […]
Heads of state, 17 ministers, high-ranking government officials and prominent business leaders from Africa have confirmed their participation for the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF Africa), which takes place on November 18 -19 in Dubai. Among the high-level attendees taking part in the Forum are George Weah, President of Liberia; Danny Faure, President […]
Without an absolute majority in parliament, Trudeau will need to work with other parties in order to govern. Justin Trudeau was on course to win a second term as Canada‘s prime minister in an election seen as a referendum on the Liberal leader and his four-year-old government after a series of scandals. After polls closed, Canadian […]
The drive towards forging stronger ties between Africa and Russia has received added momentum as heads of leading news agencies from across the continent and their Russian counterparts gather in the Black Sea Resort of Sochi to discuss how the media could help promote greater understanding and cooperation. This comes amid growing Africa-Russia trade, which […]
A Qantas plane has flown more than 10,000 miles from the Atlantic coast of the US to the Pacific coast of Australia. The brand-new Boeing 787-9 flew non-stop from New York to Sydney in 19 hours and 16 minutes. The Boeing 787-9 took off from JFK airport at 9.27pm on Friday night, and landed at […]
Spain has recently adopted a new comprehensive strategy, III Africa Plan, which seeks to establish a balanced relationship with their African partners based on trust, dialogue and shared responsibilities around four common objectives. Under the first objective, ‘Peace and Security’, Spain is contributing actively to the fight against violent extremism and terrorism from the Horn […]
The experimental vaccine currently being used to prevent the spread of Ebola has been approved by European regulators. The vaccine, manufactured by US drug maker Merck, has been shown to be effective in protecting people from the deadly virus. The World Health Organization says the first fully licensed doses will only be available from mid-next […]
Five people have been arrested in Uganda after they were found hiding their children to avoid the measles, rubella and polio mass vaccination programme. The authorities are hoping to immunise 18 million children under the age of 15 over the next four days. The parents were arrested from their homes in the eastern Uganda district […]
Ghana has been ranked the seventh most charitable country in Africa and 38th in the world according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)’s World Giving Index. The most charitable country on the continent was Kenya, which was ranked 11th followed by Liberia 17th, Sierra Leone 20th, Nigeria 22nd, Zambia 32nd, Uganda 35th and Malawi 36th. The most generous country in the world over a […]
