President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Tuesday inaugurated the renovated building of the Ghana Embassy in Paris, France, with an assurance that Ghana would continue to build on its relations with Francophone countries. He said the geographical, blood and historical ties ... Read More

Italian-Ivorian activist, trade unionist and newly elected member of Parliament Aboubakar Soumahoro, looks on during an interview with Reuters on October 5, 2022 When Aboubakar Soumahoro was a teenager in his native Ivory Coast, he used to clean shoes and ... Read More

Cameroon and Nigeria requested to join the Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), a joint body spearheading the interests of the two countries in the cocoa trade, the head of the initiative Alex Assanvo said on Wednesday. The initiative was set up ... Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Senegal's President and Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall in Sochi, Russia on June 3, 2022 can play in underpinning the energy security of nations and regions,” he told an energy industry meeting ... Read More

A new U.N. report finds migrants in Libya are subject to systematic human rights violations and abuse to compel them to accept so-called assisted returns to their countries of origin.Authors of the report say migrants in Libya are trapped in ... Read More

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine. The resolution was supported by 143 countries, while 35 states - including China and India - abstained. As well as Russia, four countries rejected ... Read More

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Bank of Ghana have constituted a five-member Consultative Committee to lead extensive stakeholder engagements across key segments of the financial sector for input on government’s negotiations with the IMF. The Committee, made up of ... Read More

The African Union Commission and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have called on governments, multilateral organizations to support the full implementation of Africa’s New Public Health Order to drive global health security. The New Public Health Order ... Read More

Ukraine’s defense minister is set to brief the latest meeting of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels on Wednesday, with NATO defense ministers also meeting there to discuss how to support Ukraine in its battle against a Russian ... Read More

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations, meeting Tuesday in a crisis video conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pledged Tuesday they “will stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes” after Russia continued its barrage of ... Read More