Mr Lefhoko Kesamang, Senior Social Welfare Officer at the African Union Department of Social Affairs, has called on the Government to start the process to ratify the Social Protection Protocol, which seeks to protect the vulnerable by providing their basic ... Read More

Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, attends a "thanksgiving" ceremony in Entebbe, Uganda, May 7, 2022. Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda's leader are raising concern he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently ... Read More

Alpha Conde Guinea's military government this week announced plans to prosecute ousted President Alpha Conde and 26 of his former officials for murder, rape, kidnapping and other crimes. Guinea's coup leader also proposed a three-year transition back to civilian rule. In 2010, ... Read More

Olena Zelenska, left, and Jill Biden met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod US First Lady Jill Biden has met her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Ukraine as Washington announced further sanctions on Moscow. The two first ladies met ... Read More

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has asked  Governments and Development Partners to increase investment in the education, recruitment, deployment, retention and protection of midwives as the World celebrates the International Day of  Midwives ... Read More

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Ghana, Irchad Razaaly, has urged local companies to incorporate renewable energy into their energy sources to address their power needs. He said renewable energy provided cleaner and environmentally friendly domestic electricity and also offered opportunities ... Read More

Karine Jean-Pierre President Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as his new top spokesperson - the first time a black, or openly gay, person has held the role. Ms Jean-Pierre, 44, has served as the administration's principal deputy press secretary since Mr Biden ... Read More

Tanzania’s president has called for a review of the East African country’s media laws and regulations, saying she wants to ensure measures “to protect journalists and open more space for freedom of expression and the media.” Samia Suluhu Hassan delivered her ... Read More

John Steenhuisen While South Africa’s African National Congress-led government has refused to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine — preferring to take a neutral stance and calling for mediation — the Democratic Alliance Party’s John Steenhuisen isn’t mincing his words. He said seeing ... Read More

Russia pledged to observe a cease-fire Thursday in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where its forces have controlled all but a steel plant complex where Ukrainian troops are holed up along with civilians the United Nations is working to evacuate. Russia ... Read More