Escort squadrons of the Chinese Navy Task Group 162 board a warship at Apapa harbour in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 4, 2023. A rare visit to Nigeria this week by the Chinese navy is once again raising questions about Beijing’s military ... Read More

President Salva Kiir says South Sudan’s long-delayed elections will happen in 2024 with him on the ballot for the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement party. Kiir, who has led South Sudan since it became independent from Sudan in 2011, accepted the endorsement of ... Read More

Yevgeny Prigozhin Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin - who led a short-lived rebellion in Russia last month - is in Russia and not Belarus, the leader of Belarus says. Prigozhin's whereabouts have been a mystery since the mutiny. Under the deal to end the ... Read More

The United States (US) Embassy in Accra Tuesday held a ceremony to commemorate the 247th Independence Day celebration of the US. The event, first in person since COVID-19 struck, brought together hundreds of dignitaries, including Government officials, public figures, traditional and ... Read More

President Joe Biden A US federal judge has limited the Biden administration's communications with social media companies which are aimed at moderating their content. In a 155-page ruling on Tuesday, judge Terry Doughty barred White House officials and some government agencies ... Read More

President Vladimir Putin Russia will continue to oppose Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin has said, following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. His address to a virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit was his first to an international meeting since last month's mutiny in Russia. Mr ... Read More

Dominic Nitiwul (2nd from left), Minister, Defence; Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (3rd from left), Minister, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Joao Gomes Cravinho (3rd from right), Portuguese Minister, Foreign Affairs; and Helena Carrieras (middle), Portuguese Minister, Defence, with other members of ... Read More

Senegal's President Macky Sall U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has praised Senegal President Macky Sall’s announcement that he would not seek a third term in next year’s election. President Sall announced his decision in a nationally televised speech, ending weeks ... Read More

This year’s celebration of the 63rd anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ghana and China coincided with the visit of the 43rd Escort Task Group of the Chinese Army Navy at the Tema port in Accra, for a five-day friendly exchange ... Read More

Dutch King Willem-Alexander marks 160 years since slaves were freed in former colonies The monarch of the Netherlands asks for ‘forgiveness’ for his nation’s colonial past, saying he felt a ‘moral duty to act’. Dutch King Willem-Alexander has formally apologised for the ... Read More