Joseph Boakai At 78, Joseph Boakai is Liberia's new president and the country's third democratically elected head of state. The former vice-president under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took his revenge on incumbent president George Weah, who defeated him in 2018. Presenting himself as an ... Read More

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated on Saturday that she opposed the "forced displacement of Palestinians" during a meeting in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Von der Leyen expressed gratitude to Egypt for its crucial role in ... Read More

Olaf Scholz Leaders from more than a dozen African countries are heading to Germany for the G20 Compact with Africa conference, which aims to help bolster private investment in the world's poorest, but fast-growing, continent. Underscoring renewed interest in Africa, European Commission ... Read More

Sudan has informed the U.N. chief of the "immediate" end of the United Nations political mission in the war-torn country, according to a letter circulated in the Security Council. In an official letter in Arabic dated Thursday, accompanied by an English ... Read More

South Africa has requested that the International Criminal Court in The Hague investigate alleged Israeli war crimes in its war with Hamas. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement while on a state visit to Qatar, where he said he had ... Read More

Rosalid Rwaru, Bio Foods Products Head of Sustainability, sorts yoghurt packed in plastic bottles on a conveyor belt at the Bio Food Products, in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 16, 2023. A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the ... Read More

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin slipped unannounced into Kyiv on Monday in a brazen display of Western solidarity to reassure Ukrainian leaders that the United States will continue to support their country’s fight against Russia’s invasion. Austin was greeted at the ... Read More

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) have commenced a weeklong pest risks analysis training workshop for officers from National Plant Protection Organisation in the sub-region and the Sahel. The training ... Read More

Madam Virginia E. Palmer - US Ambassador to Ghana Madam Virginia Palmer, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, has cut the sod for a new state-of-the-art maternal and child centre at the HopeXchange Medical Center in Kumasi.  The new maternal and child centre will ... Read More

Madam Virginia Palmer, United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, has joined local officials in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, to open a new American Corner secretariat in the region. The American Corner Kumasi will be a cultural and information center that provides free ... Read More