The 2023 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) on Monday opened in Marrakech, Morocco.  This is the second time that an African country is hosting the meetings of the two global finance institutions.  Kenya ... Read More

Madam Shlomit Sufa Madam Shlomit Sufa, the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ghana, has expressed gratitude to Ghana for “strongly” condemning the surprise attacks on Southern Israel by Hamas militants. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, Madam Sufa ... Read More

The ECOWAS Commission has launched a sensitisation campaign for women small scale cross-border traders as part of the regional integration agenda. The three-day programme, launched in Tema on Monday, has delegates from eleven West African countries, including Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, ... Read More

The United Nations has criticized Israel’s decision to stop all deliveries of food, water, electricity and fuel to the Gaza Strip.  It is forbidden under international humanitarian law to deprive people of what they need to survive, UN High Commissioner for ... Read More

The first French soldiers left Niger on Tuesday in an overland convoy under local escort, possibly to Chad, just as the United States announced the withdrawal of its aid to the country, which has been ruled by a military regime ... Read More

Liberians went to the polls Tuesday to choose their next president, as well as 73 legislators and 15 senators. Thousands of voters queued up at polling stations despite delays and procedural issues in Liberia’s fourth national election since the end of ... Read More

The United States has officially designated the July military takeover in Niger as a coup, a decision that limits U.S. military aid and coordination with a country the Pentagon has called a critical counter-terrorism partner in the region. “We’re taking this ... Read More

Malawi has started distributing free corn and cash to more than 4 million people facing food shortages largely because of the impact of Cyclone Freddy, which washed away thousands of hectares of crops in March. The move is in response ... Read More

The European Union (EU) has urged Ghana to strengthen its market access capacities to excel as a regional hub for vaccine production. Mr Timothy Dolan, Team Leader, Macroeconomic and Trade Sector -EU Delegation to Ghana, said this was crucial as Ghana ... Read More

The United States Government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced $60 million initiative to improve educational accountability in Ghana.   A statement by the US Embassy Ghana said the initiative, Strengthening Accountability in Ghana’s Education System (SAGES), ... Read More