Niger's junta said Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bazoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite international calls for his release. The interim authorities said that Bazoum and ... Read More

The number of Ghanaians living in extreme poverty has increased since last year, with over a quarter of the population presently living on less than two dollars (GH¢24) a day, the World Bank Country Director, Pierre Laporte, has said.  Inflation over ... Read More

Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has given up his salary as president and will only receive a wage as commander of the republican guard. He became the interim president following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo in August this ... Read More

Mochizuki Hisanobu (right), Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, and Theresa Kpebu, District Director of Education, Techiman North, signing the agreement. Picture: ELVIS NII NOI DOWUONA The Japanese government has signed a grant agreement with four local government authorities to construct school blocks ... Read More

Rose Liliana Gomez Cardenas De Westonn, Ambassador of Peru to Ghana, proposing a toast to President Akufo-Addo (right)    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received the letters of credence of six envoys at the Jubilee House in Accra. They were the ... Read More

President Xi Jinping Chinese president Xi Jinping opened the Belt and Road forum in Beijing on Wednesday, with a message that China "can only do well when the world is doing well". China is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Belt and ... Read More

Moussa Faki The African Union Commission has fallen victim to cybercrime after fraudsters deployed artificial intelligence tools to impersonate the continental body’s head Moussa Faki. Mr Faki who is the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the secretariat of the African ... Read More

The nation is to host a maiden Africa Cinema Summit in November, this year, the first of its kind in Africa. The two-day event will commence on Tuesday, November 14, to Thursday, November 16, 2023, at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra. The summit ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Africa is now realising its potential and capacity, with the formerly side-lined continent harnessing its demographic dividend and natural resources and becoming an economic, political and social powerhouse, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday. The African ... Read More

President Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara appointed a new government of 31 ministers on Tuesday with many positions unchanged after unexpectedly removing the prime minister and his cabinet from office earlier this month. Robert Beugre Mambe, a close ally of ... Read More