The World Bank has denied claims of suspending funding for two key projects in Ghana, totalling US$400 million over the government’s dismissal of some staff.  “No World Bank financed portfolio in Ghana are currently suspended,” Mr Kennedy Fosu, the External Affairs ... Read More

Madam Virginia E. Palmer - US Ambassador to Ghana U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has reaffirmed the strength of the partnership between Ghana and US despite an ongoing review of U.S. foreign aid programmes. Speaking in an interview with Joy News on Thursday ... Read More

The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General has expressed concern over Niger’s decision to withdraw from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNTJF)  fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa. Leonardo Santos Simão, who is also head of the United Nations ... Read More

President Mr Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday arrived in the South Sudanese capital of Juba for a visit. Museveni’s visit to Juba comes amidst tension in the oil-rich east African nation after Riek Machar, who serves as one ... Read More

Niger's military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil and finance, as well as several senior army officers, convicted or accused of ... Read More

In a significant shift in the region's diplomatic and security landscape, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will visit Moscow this week to deepen their strategic ties with Russia. Scheduled for April 3-4, this marks the first AES-Russia ... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a historic set of tariffs, including a 34% levy on Chinese imports and a 20% tax on European Union goods, marking a sharp escalation in global trade tensions. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump declared ... Read More

African Union mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for urgent talks aimed at preventing a return to civil war. The intervention follows the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar last week, a move that has ... Read More

Guinea’s military Junta has announced it will hold a constitutional referendum on the 21st September 2025.    It’s hoped the vote will put the country back on the path to civilian rule following several broken promises by the military pledging to organise the ... Read More

United States President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs Wednesday, saying “our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other nations. The aggressive rhetoric came as Trump showed a willingness to dismantle a global economic system that the United ... Read More