The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana has expressed concern about the rapid deterioration of the security situation in the Sahel.  It said based on the 2024 Global Terrorism Index, the Sahel region now accounted for 47 per cent of ... Read More

Donald Trump It is difficult to try to predict the decisions that US President-elect Donald Trump will make when he returns to the White House. But one thing seems unlikely to change: his dislike of patient, principled diplomacy as a means to ... Read More

The U.N. political chief accused allies of Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces on Tuesday of “enabling the slaughter” that has killed more than 24,000 people and created the world’s worst displacement crisis. “This is unconscionable,” Rosemary DiCarlo told the U.N. ... Read More

The new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus is spreading rapidly among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi, with cases more than doubling since a public health emergency was declared in mid-August, Save ... Read More

Leaders from Arab and Islamic nations have called for a move to suspend Israel’s membership in the United Nations, aiming to intensify international pressure over the ongoing conflict in Gaza and Lebanon. This proposal marks a significant shift in strategy, underscoring ... Read More

With less than a week to go before Senegal's snap legislative elections, the opposition and the government are battling for control of the capital, Dakar. Activists from the opposition coalition are canvassing door-to-door across the city --- while government supporters are ... Read More

Major General Emmanuel Kotia (left), Director-General, Ghana Boundary Commission, and Konate Diakalidia (right), Executive Secretary, Cote d’Ivoire Boundary Commission, displaying copies of the communique Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire have reached an agreement to conduct  regular joint inspections along the two countries' ... Read More

As part of efforts in enhancing regional security cooperation, senior officials of Ghana’s security and intelligence agencies, led by the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona and other senior military ... Read More

President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called "total support" for Africa, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism. The speech was read out at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign ... Read More

The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) is taking place from November 11 to 22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, bringing global attention to urgent issues surrounding climate finance. With trillions needed to support poorer nations in adapting to and mitigating climate change, ... Read More