Dr. Anisa Ibrahim was 5 years old when her life was uprooted by the grisly consequences of a gruesome civil war. Fleeing Somalia in 1992 with her family, Ibrahim sacrificed a year of her childhood in refugee camps in Kenya. “There were so many people in small quarters, all of us were fleeing the downstream […]
Africa for centuries has been a place where the world’s super powers like to deepen their presence hoping to secure some of it’s territories and resources. That led to slavery and colonization and their impact have been devastating for years and do not seem to have ended just yet. Since the beginning of the 20th […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo says Ghana wants her relations with the Russian Federation to be characterised by increased trade and investment co-operation, and not by the export and import of raw materials. In a statement Thursday at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia being held on the theme; “For Peace, Security and Development”, President Akufo-Addo said […]
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 […]
