Thousands of women in Africa will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of cuts to the UK's overseas aid budget, ministers have been warned. According to an internal assessment by civil servants, almost 200,000 more women will also face ... Read More

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday for a week‘s official visit on the invitation of the government of the Caribbean nation. He is the guest of honour for the Emancipation Day celebrations in that ... Read More

The British International Investment (BII), United Kingdom’s Development Finance Institution, has announced the establishment of a new platform, with commitment funding of $50 million to support 150 Ghanaian Small and Medium-size Enterprise (SMEs). The platform called Growth Investment Partners (GIP) will ... Read More

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has given Niger’s coup leaders one week to return the country to normal or face possible military intervention. The deadline comes after Niger’s democratically elected president was toppled by members of his presidential guard ... Read More

Donald Trump A judge in the southern U.S. state of Georgia on Monday refused efforts by former President Donald Trump to block a prosecutor from pursuing an indictment against him for trying to illegally overturn his pivotal 2020 election loss in ... Read More

President Joe Biden President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah next week and is expected to talk about his administration's efforts to combat climate change as the region endures a brutally hot summer with soaring temperatures, ... Read More

President Vladimir Putin The Russian government is to allocate more than $90 million as assistance to lower Africa’s debt burden.   The aid, announced at the Second Summit of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, is to help the continent to tackle ... Read More

As part of the sub-regional integration process of bringing governance to the doorsteps of the people, Winneba, will in September 2023 host the Extra Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, in Ghana. This would be ... Read More

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has expressed hope for a return to normality and reopening of borders with North African neighbor Algeria, which cut diplomatic ties nearly two years ago. "We pray to the Almighty for a return to normality and a ... Read More

Mohamed Bazoum The European Union and the United States have called for the military junta that seized power in Niger last week to halt their coup and return President Mohamed Bazoum to office. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday ... Read More