Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin returns to the United States Thursday after wrapping up his first tour across the African continent as Pentagon chief. Austin started his tour in Djibouti, home to the primary U.S. military base on the African continent. ... Read More

Burkina Faso's military government said Wednesday it had foiled a coup attempt the previous day, almost a year after the country's leader came to power in a coup himself. In a statement read out on state television, it said "a proven ... Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced visa restrictions for individuals who he said were "undermining democracy" in Liberia ahead of the country's elections in October. THE TAKE Blinken in a statement released by the U.S. State Department did not ... Read More

Visitors to the 'PMC Wagner Centre', operated by founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, in St Petersburg, Russia, in November 2022 About 500 Wagner mercenaries who fought alongside Russian troops in Ukraine before fleeing to Belarus after ... Read More

Bilateral trade volume between Ghana and China reached an unprecedented high at 10.2 billion US dollars, last year, with Ghana’s exports to China surging by 60 per cent. Mr Lu Kun, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, who stated this, added that ... Read More

Donald Trump Donald Trump committed fraud by repeatedly misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars, a New York judge has ruled. The ruling, part of a civil case brought against the former president and his family business, said he defrauded ... Read More

Mali's military government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup, a government spokesperson said Monday. The presidential election scheduled for February 2024 is being delayed for "technical reasons" ... Read More

The United States said Tuesday it would halt assistance to Gabon after the military took charge last month. "The U.S. government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting the government of Gabon while we evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of ... Read More

Madam Maureen Malave, the Nutrition and Social Protection Lead for the United States Agency International Development (USAID) Ghana, says stunting among children in northern Ghana is too high. She said even though Ghana had made progress in health over the past ... Read More

Washington will "consider all future steps" regarding its military presence in Niger, following France's announcement that it will withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year, the US Secretary of Defense said on Monday. "While giving diplomacy ... Read More