Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations human rights council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing. It was expelled from the UN's pre-eminent human rights body last April after its forces ... Read More

Burkina Faso's military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing "untruthful" articles that reported tension and discontent within the country's armed forces, it said in a statement. Jeune Afrique's suspension marks the latest escalation in a crackdown on ... Read More

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center left, his Kenyan counterpart Aden Duale, center right, and others pose for a photo after the signing of a bilateral defense cooperation agreement, in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 25, 2023. The United States and Kenya signed ... Read More

Jeroen Verheul, Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana Mr Jeroen Verheul, the Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, has emphasised the need for the Government to prioritise the agriculture sector and create a conducive environment for its flourishing.  Ambassador Verheul emphasized that agriculture served as the ... Read More

Harriet Thompson - British High Commissioner to Ghana The cultural,creative arts industries and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are key to the country’s economic transformation, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has said. She said according to a research by ... Read More

From left: Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration;­ Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support; Catherine Pollard, UN Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, at the joint ... Read More

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock joined a growing chorus of critics of the European Union's new migration deal with Tunisia, saying human rights and procedural faults ruled it out as a blueprint for the future. Her letter to the EU executive ... Read More

Processes are underway to set up Africa’s first-ever lithium refinery in Takoradi in the Western Region. The $500-million refinery is being established by a consortium of CAA Mining Ltd, Livista Energy, based in Luxembourg, and its Ghanaian subsidiary, Livista Ghana Ltd. The ... Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron French  President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. The announcement is a significant, ... Read More

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he held an impromptu meeting in Ireland's Shannon airport with the head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and that they discussed Russia-funded armed groups. "We discussed our common security challenges, namely ... Read More