On Friday (Dec. 01), South Africa's President urged world leaders, gathered for the COP28 in, to do more for vunerable countries that disproportionately bear of impact of the climate crisis. "African countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of ... Read More

More than 600 dignitaries and high-profile personalities from about 100 countries across the globe are arriving in Accra today to participate in the first United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting to be hosted on the African continent. The Minister of Defence, Dominic ... Read More

Ghana and Germany have signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation at the end of bilateral discussions in Berlin.  The agreement focuses on climate and energy, good governance and sustainable economic development, with Germany committing €145.9 million to help address pressing issues ... Read More

Nigeria is calling for the release of ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum and for the military junta to allow him to leave for a third country, its foreign minister said. Nigeria is current chair of the regional group Economic Community of ... Read More

A two-day training programme has been organised for stakeholders in the Securities and supply chain industry, to combat tobacco trading in the country through unauthorised and unapproved routes. The training, sponsored by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat ... Read More

The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is reviewing the training Policy for its standby Force in order to strengthen peace support operations. To this end, a review workshop on the draft training policy of the ECOWAS ... Read More

Henry Kissinger, a ruthless practitioner of the art of realpolitik who had an outsize impact on global events and who won a premature Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war that kept going, has died. A cunning, erudite strategist whose transformative ... Read More

The next summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), in crisis after a series of recent military coups, will take place on December 10 in Abuja, the Côte d'Ivoire presidency announced on Thursday. "The next ordinary summit" of ... Read More

Angolan President Joao Lourenco U.S. President Joe Biden hosted the president of oil-rich Angola for the first time Thursday, with the leaders focusing on a $1 billion, U.S.-funded rail development that aims to connect the oil-rich nation’s ports to the continent’s ... Read More

Antony Blinken - US Secretary of State U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday there is "strong bipartisan support" for Ukraine in the United States and "no sense of fatigue" among NATO allies continuing their support as the country enters ... Read More