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

Led by Gambian prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, the ICC said in November that all legal criteria had been met to open a war crimes investigation into the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Pic credit: Foroyaa Newspaper The United States has ... Read More

President of Rwanda, H.E Paul Kagame As Rwanda marks the 25th anniversary of 1994 genocide this year, Rwandan people who helped the innocent during the 100-day bloodbath are optimistic about future development of the central African country. The annual commemoration of ... Read More

A preliminary report into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane last month says the aircraft nosedived several times before it crashed. Pilots "repeatedly" followed procedures recommended by Boeing before the crash, according to the first official report into the disaster. Despite ... Read More

Ivanka Trump White House adviser and daughter of the United States president, Ivanka Trump will visit Ivory Coast and Ethiopia over a period of four days this month. Donald Trump’s daughter will be promoting the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative ... Read More