With fireworks displays, packed rallies, and town-to-town caravans, Senegalese political parties are wooing voters in a parliamentary race that will decide the extent to which the new president will be able to implement his agenda. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been ... Read More

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud looks on during a meeting at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, Dec. 13, 2022. Political leaders in Somalia agreed Wednesday on a framework for the country’s first national one-person, one-vote elections, a government statement ... Read More

About 73 per cent of children live in multi-dimensional poverty, meaning they lack the necessities, such as food, water, shelter, education and health care they need to survive and thrive, the UNICEF Ghana Office, has disclosed. It said there were at ... Read More

Guinean authorities dissolved dozens of political parties and placed two major opposition parties under observation late Monday, as the transitional government has yet to announce a date for elections. The West African country has been ruled by a military regime since soldiers ousted ... Read More

Morocco's King Mohammed VI welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco on Monday, kicking off a state visit with a series of bilateral agreements, including major investments in renewable energy and transportation. Macron's trip to Morocco — his first in six ... Read More

Fighters from the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors group and the United Nations said. It was the group's latest attack against ... Read More

The United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Ghana and around the world.  The Department of State is announcing a new visa restriction policy today that will restrict U.S. visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss Ms Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has lauded Ghana on its debt restructuring process. Ms Georgieva also applauded the country for reaching a Staff-Level Agreement with the Fund’s Mission team on its ... Read More

John Dramani Mahama, presidential candidate of Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in a handshake with the U.S. Ambassador Virginia Palmer The presidential candidate of Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, met with 24 members of the diplomatic ... Read More

More than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50% increase from a decade ago, and they fear the world has forgotten them amid an escalating backlash against women's rights and gender equality, top United Nations ... Read More