Ethiopia’s reformist prime minister, Abiy Ahmed has been hailed by the renown Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Global Thinkers that emerged over the past 12 months. Abiy, who took office in April last year, has implemented several reforms across the political, economic, diplomatic and social spheres. Over the last nine months, the 42-year-old […]
France has summoned Italy’s ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to impose sanctions on France for its policies in Africa. He said France had “never stopped colonising tens of African states”. Italy’s populist leadership has […]
The United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday presented office equipment including Lap and Desk top computers, an HP Printer and chairs to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP). Mr Niyi Ojuolape, the UNFPA Country Representative, who handed over the equipment said, it was to support the work of the Domestic Violence […]
The new U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, presented her credentials to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and has taken up her duties as Ambassador. Speaking from the ceremony at Jubilee House, Ambassador Sullivan thanked President Akufo-Addo for the warm welcome to Ghana and highlighted the U.S. – Ghana partnership focused on advancing economic […]
Police in Uganda said on Tuesday it had worked with immigration authorities to deport a French and a Rwandan executive working with telecoms group MTN, accusing them of planning to compromise national security. MTN Uganda, a unit of the South African telecoms firm, said its Chief Marketing Officer, Olivier Prentout, was detained at Entebbe airport […]
Liberia’s former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf along with ex-Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos and United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Raad Al Hussein have joined the illustrious Elders group. The Elders was founded in 2007 by South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, with a mandate to “support courage where there is fear, foster agreement where this is […]
Ethiopia’s determination to reform has seen up to 13,000 people who were previously charged with or convicted of terrorism and/or treason, pardoned over the past six months, state media said. Parliament in July passed a law allowing people convicted or facing charges of “treason, crime against the constitutional order and armed struggle’‘ to apply for […]
China’s President, Xi Jinping, is said to be planning a visit to Ghana this year to deepen bilateral cooperation between Ghana and his country, B&FT has reported. According to the local newspaper, its sources say the visit by the president of the world’s second-largest economy is to reciprocate President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s visit to […]
Ghana will soon be the first country in Africa and the second in the world to receive a licence and certification from the European Union (EU) to export timber products to its member countries, under the Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). This follows the successful assessment of the country’s forest governance structure, laws and active […]
The United Nations in Ghana, through its Acting Resident Coordinator, Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, expresses its strong condemnation, following the death of Ghanaian Journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, in Accra, on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. The United Nations calls for a prompt, thorough and transparent investigation into Mr. Hussein-Suale’s death and full accountability for those responsible. Failure to […]
