Jeremy Hunt - United Kingdom Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 ... Read More

Pope Francis 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 ... Read More

Jeremy Hunt 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 ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General 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 ... Read More

Joe Biden 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 ... Read More

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron. Pic credit: Morocco World News 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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Faye Mooney had been working in Nigeria for a non-governmental organisation 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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More