Development lender British International Investment said on Monday it had agreed a $100 million finance facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to boost trade finance, farming and food security in the region. The finance will ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia aims to pass legislation to let foreigners own real estate as part of the country's broader plan to open up the economy and attract investors, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on state TV late on Saturday. Currently ... Read More

People in Senegal waited Monday for results of the country’s presidential election, after voters went to the polls Sunday to choose a successor to outgoing President Macky Sall. The vote was largely peaceful, after being delayed for a month amid Sall’s ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres assailed Israel on Sunday, contending that “horror and starvation stalk the people of Gaza” and that only Israel can remove the obstacles to getting more aid into the Palestinian enclave. “Let me ... Read More

Ghana and Malawi have signed an agreement to waive visas for holders of ordinary, diplomatic, and service passports of both countries. The agreement took effect on February 7, 2024. It forms part of efforts by the two countries to deepen bilateral ties. The ... Read More

U.N. humanitarian officials said Wednesday that nearly a year into Sudan’s civil war, almost 18 million people are facing crisis levels of food insecurity — and tens of thousands of children are at particular risk of death from malnutrition. “Areas with ... Read More

After delay and uncertainty, Senegal is set for presidential poll this Sunday (Mar. 24). In the alleyways of Dakar’s fabric market Wednesday (Mar. 20), supporters of Ousmane Sonko's protege Bassirous Diomaye Faye and Senegal's only female presidential candidate, Anta Babacar were ... Read More

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo, his sixth trip to the Middle East since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. President Al-Sissi stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire, deploring ... Read More

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under its Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEFSGP) has awarded grant of about $180,000, to eight Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ghana. This is to enhance biodiversity management, governance, and sustainable livelihood activities of ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss Ghana should make sure the debt relief deal it negotiates with commercial creditors do not undermine the country's efforts to recover from its economic crisis, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva told President Nana Akufo-Addo. The comments were ... Read More