French President Emmanuel Macron continued his African tour in Gabon after participating in the final session of the G20 summit in Johannesburg. This is the first state visit by the French president to Gabon since Brice Oligui Nguema took power in a coup that toppled the former leader, Ali Bongo. In his speech, Oligui Nguema […]
One of the daughters of Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president, has filed a criminal complaint against her sister, accusing her of recruiting men from South Africa and Botswana to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube alleged that Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, who serves as an MP, and two others tricked 17 men into fighting for […]
The G20 summit in South Africa, a gathering of the world’s major economies, has ended with a joint declaration committing to “multilateral co-operation”. The declaration, which covered climate change mitigation and economic inequality, was adopted despite objections from the US, which boycotted the meeting in Johannesburg. Speaking at the closing ceremony on Sunday, South African […]
The government of Ghana has announced that it has received official confirmation from the United States of America that the 15% tariff imposed on Ghana’s cocoa and selected agricultural exports has been fully removed. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed the development in a Facebook post on Monday, November 24, 2025, noting that […]
President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned 11 new envoys, charging them to promote Ghana’s image as a beacon of peace and stability in Africa. The newly commissioned envoys include: Mrs Theresa Adjei Mensah, Ambassador to the Czech Republic; Dr Felix Kumah Godwin Anebo, Ambassador to Senegal; Mrs Mona Helen Kabuki Quartey, Ambassador to Italy; Mr Kenneth Akibate, Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Mr Paul Evans […]
All mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from the draft deal under negotiation as the COP30 UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil enter their final stretch. Draft agreements at the meeting of nearly 200 countries usually go through multiple revisions as all parties must agree in […]
South African women’s rights groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand that gender-based violence (GBV) be declared a national disaster in a country where attacks on women have become commonplace. The campaign began with a viral social media movement and will culminate in a nationwide “shutdown” on Friday, ahead of the G20 Summit in […]
Experts in climate financing have called on governments, particularly those in Africa, to get the private sector actively involved in the design and implementation of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) policies to address climate change. They said the involvement of strategic private sector players in designing and implementing the NDCs would ensure that the related […]
The prime minister has arrived in Johannesburg in South Africa for a gathering of world leaders at the annual G20 summit. The summit brings together the 20 biggest economies, although Donald Trump has decided not to attend over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in the country. Sir Keir Starmer, whose critics […]
Twelve historical artefacts have been formally returned to Ethiopia after being kept by a German family for more than 100 years. The artefacts, originally collected in the 1920s by Germany’s then-envoy to Ethiopia Franz Weiss and his wife Hedwig, were handed over on Wednesday to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. The […]
