The 2019 edition of the United Nation’s World Press Freedom Day will take place in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. A move that is allied to reform efforts by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration. The main celebration of the UNESCO-led day will take place in Ethiopia between 1st to 3rd of May. Many media rights watchers […]
African leaders are meeting in Egypt on Tuesday where they will address developments in Sudan and Libya, in the first emergency summits since the two nations were rocked by popular protests and an invasion on the capital respectively. In Sudan, protests that started in December last year continue even after the military toppled president Omar […]
A British woman was one of two people shot dead by gunmen who stormed a holiday resort in Nigeria. The British High Commission confirmed the death of the woman, who was named by her employers as Faye Mooney. A Mercy Corps statement said Ms Mooney, who was working in Nigeria, was “tragically killed” by gunmen while […]
While media freedoms and the working environment for journalists across the world generally declined, there were glimmers of hope in Sub-Saharan Africa where Ethiopia and The Gambia had marked improvements in the 2019 Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The 2019 World Press Freedom Index categorised the media climate in more than three-fourths […]
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Shi Ting Wang says his government would aid the Ghana government to urgently repatriate any Chinese found to have been engaged in illegal mining popularly called “galamsey”. Mr Shi said the Chinese Embassy and its government were sometimes surprised as to how some Chinese arrested for illegal mining were […]
Scores of Rwandans from all parts of the country converged on Accra last Saturday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the genocide that tore their country apart, leaving close to a million people dead. Organised by the Rwandan Community in Ghana, in collaboration with the Rwandan High Commission, the annual ceremony was for the participants […]
The South African government has been tasked to take strong action over its citizens involved in a recent flare up of xenophobic violence in the country. Two human rights groups are calling for urgent investigations, arrests and prosecutions of persons believed to be behind the attacks that lasted about a week, March 25 – April […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter of the United States president and advisor at the White House on Sunday morning arrived in Ethiopia – the first leg of her two-nation African tour. On arrival at the Bole International Airport, she tweet: “Just landed in Addis Ababa – the diplomatic capital of Africa and the continent’s highest city!” Ethiopia […]
Ghana is to host the State of Israel Agricultural Innovation Summit in June to create enabling environment for dialoguing and exploration of grounds for technological transfer, Mrs Ayelet Levin-Karp, Head of Trade and Economic to Ghana stated in Accra on Thursday. “Israel has become a super power and endowed with Agricultural Innovation Technologies, which has […]
The African Union Commission, AUC, on Wednesday confirmed receipt of two million dollars from the Chinese government. The amount was handed over via a cheque from the Ambassador of China to the AU, Liu Yuxi. It was received by the deputy chairperson of the AUC, Kwesi Quartey. “I had the honour and privilege to receive once again, on behalf […]
