President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led Algeria since 1999State TV then reported that this would be with immediate effect. Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is resigning after weeks of mass protests, state media report. Mr Bouteflika, who had been in power for 20 ... Read More

Mr Iain Walker - British High Commissioner to Ghana Mr Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner, has reiterated the United Kingdom's commitment to promoting Africa's prosperity and security. "The UK Government believes that it is in our national interest to promote ... Read More

Ms Ndiaye is a close ally of the French president - and now the government's spokeswoman The newest member of the French government has been a citizen of France for less than three years - but now, she will speak ... Read More

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has raised the country’s minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($116) a month from 1,200 pounds, he said at an event on Saturday celebrating women. Sisi said the raise would apply to all Egyptian workers and ... Read More

Africa must develop a strategy to reap the demographic dividend that the continent’s youthful population offers, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Thus, African leaders ought to leverage the continent’s vast wealth to develop and empower their respective youth populations, ... Read More

Paul Kagame - Rwanda President About 1,500 participants, including Africa's top CEOs, international investors, experts and high-level policy makers, are meeting in Rwandan capital city Kigali from Monday to discuss major topics and key challenges for Africa's private sector. The topics ... Read More

Barack Obama - Former US President Former United States president Barack Obama on Wednesday called upon Americans and citizens of the world to help families affected by the floods in the Midwest of the country, and Cyclone Idai in Southern ... Read More

Ghana has been ranked the fourth happiest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ranking contained in the World Happiness Report released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations on March 20, saw Ghana improve her ranking to 99 from ... Read More

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has encouraged investors in India to constructively engage their African counterparts for business development as they gear up towards taking their destinies into their own hands to assume their rightful places in the comity of ... Read More

Data from black boxes retrieved from the Ethiopian Airline that crashed on March 10 suggests the incident is similar to what caused a Lion Air flight accident in October 2018. The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, reported that Ethiopian transport minister, Dagmawit ... Read More