Anna Bjerde World Bank Managing Director for Operations, Anna Bjerde will be visiting Ghana from July 12 to 15. This is Anna Bjerde’s first visit to Ghana since her appointment as Managing Director on April 3rd, 2023. She will be accompanied by ... Read More

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a summit via video link at the Office of the President of Iran, in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2023. (Iran's Presidency/WANA/Handout via Reuters) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will embark Tuesday on a rare Africa tour ... Read More

Sudan appears to be in a civil war “of the most brutal kind” and the world needs a new forum for talks in pursuit of a cease-fire, the United Nations humanitarian chief told The Associated Press Monday. Martin Griffiths spoke as ... Read More

An unidentified armed group attacked a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Monday in the Central African Republic, killing a peacekeeper from Rwanda, the U.N. said. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said initial reports indicated the U.N. patrol returned fire and killed three of ... Read More

Spanish authorities rescued 86 people Monday from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal, after an aid group reported that three boats from the African country went missing with 300 people aboard. Spain's Maritime Rescue Service ... Read More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands with Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg looking on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden's bid to join Nato, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says. He ... Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin says. Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, was among 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ... Read More

The Zambia President, Hakainde Hichilema has assured the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) of his readiness to unlock all rigidities in Zambia to allow Jospong to transform the waste and technology sectors of his country. He expressed ... Read More

Madam Mme Bineta Diop, Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security, says the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre is the Centre of Excellence in Africa. “KAIPTC is the number one Centre of ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo (right) proposing a toast to Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia, at a dinner held at the Jubilee House in Accra. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO Ghana and Zambia have signed 10 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) during a three-day state visit ... Read More