Barack and Michelle Obama have unveiled their first batch of projects in development with Netflix. The diverse seven-title run from the Obamas Higher Grounds Production company addresses social and political activism. It includes a film on early slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, adapted from David W. Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography. The former US president said he […]
Liberia’s President and former international football star George Weah, has resumed working from his official office, exactly two weeks after he abandoned it because two snakes were found in the building where it is located. The building had to be thoroughly fumigated before the president was advised to return on Wednesday. One of the first […]
The Government of Ghana and United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a new strategic partnership to deepen and strengthen the existing ties and open up new areas for co-operation. The two nations agreed to focus their collective efforts in three main areas, including building economic development and mutual prosperity by leveraging on the work of the […]
The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) has been held successfully in Beijing from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday, 27, under the theme: “Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future”. Nearly 5,000 foreign guests from more than 150 countries and more than 90 international organizations came to China. They included […]
Mr Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, said one factor that could aid African nations to crackdown on corruption was by strengthening and sustaining media freedom. This, he said, would enable the media to play complementary roles in the development process. He lauded Ghana for being the beacon of democracy […]
Pope Francis on Sunday called for the evacuation of refugees held in detention camps in Libya as fighting in the country escalates. Speaking after the Regina Caeli prayer at the Vatican, Francis said the already grave conditions of those in the camps had worsened due to the conflict under way. “I invite you to join […]
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will visit Ghana today, Monday April 29, for a two-day official duty aimed at boosting trade and bilateral relations towards Ghana’s drive to self-development. In furtherance of this, he would be joined by the Africa Deputy Trade Commissioner, Martin Kent and a business delegation from the UK, […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a “very important opportunity” to the world. With such a huge volume of investment for international cooperation brought about by the BRI, it is a “very important opportunity for enhancing the capacity to implement the sustainable development goals and an […]
Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation. In a video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the “core values of the nation… our very democracy, everything that has made America America, is at stake”. The 76-year-old enters a crowded race for the 2020 Democratic nomination. He […]
Following the over $1 billion that has been accumulated from donations across the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral, debates are ongoing over whether the large sum could have been spent on other causes, including helping the poor and vulnerable in conflict-ridden societies. In Africa, many leaders have been sending their condolences since the […]
