Pope Francis Pope Francis on Sunday called for the evacuation of refugees held in detention camps in Libya as fighting in the country escalates. Speaking after the Regina Caeli prayer at the Vatican, Francis said the already grave conditions of those ... Read More

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron. Pic credit: Morocco World News Following the over $1 billion that has been accumulated from donations across the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral, debates are ongoing over whether ... Read More

The 2019 edition of the United Nation’s World Press Freedom Day will take place in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. A move that is allied to reform efforts by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration. The main celebration of the UNESCO-led day will ... Read More

African leaders are meeting in Egypt on Tuesday where they will address developments in Sudan and Libya, in the first emergency summits since the two nations were rocked by popular protests and an invasion on the capital respectively. In Sudan, protests ... Read More

While media freedoms and the working environment for journalists across the world generally declined, there were glimmers of hope in Sub-Saharan Africa where Ethiopia and The Gambia had marked improvements in the 2019 Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders ... Read More

The South African government has been tasked to take strong action over its citizens involved in a recent flare up of xenophobic violence in the country. Two human rights groups are calling for urgent investigations, arrests and prosecutions of persons believed ... Read More

Ivanka Trump Ivanka Trump, daughter of the United States president and advisor at the White House on Sunday morning arrived in Ethiopia – the first leg of her two-nation African tour. On arrival at the Bole International Airport, she tweet: “Just ... Read More

The African Union Commission, AUC, on Wednesday confirmed receipt of two million dollars from the Chinese government. The amount was handed over via a cheque from the Ambassador of China to the AU, Liu Yuxi. It was received by the deputy chairperson of the AUC, ... Read More

Andrew Barnes - Australia’s High Commissioner to Ghana The Australian High Commission in Ghana, has provided one million Australian dollars (approximately GH¢3.7 million) grants under its Direct Aid Programme (DAP) to some NGOs and civil society organisations in the West ... Read More

Mr Albert Zeufack, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa, on Monday, urged African nations to embrace digital transformation to modernise their economies and reinforce economic growth, saying, “This is a game-changer for Africa”. He said for African nations to experience ... Read More