Pierre Laporte — World Bank Country Director The World Bank has released $150 million to the government as additional funding to improve on flood resilience in the Odaw River Basin in the Greater Accra Region. The loan is to fund the Greater ... Read More

The ECOWAS Community Court’s 2023 International Conference on Zero Tolerance for Unconstitutional Change of Government, (UCG) in West Africa, has ended in Banjul, the Gambian capital with wide ranging recommendations, including the criminalisation of UCG and the creation of a ... Read More

Volker Perthes Sudan's army chief, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, has accused U.N. special envoy Volker Perthes of stoking a brutal conflict with paramilitaries, the latest in a series of apparent moves to bolster his war effort. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he ... Read More

President Mahammadu Buhari Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday defended his record on the economy and the outcome of a disputed presidential election, saying he was leaving a legacy of credible and fair votes, a day before he hands over ... Read More

Supporters of Turkish President wave a flag depicting Recep Tayyip Erdogan in front of AK Party's headquarter in Istanbul on the day of the Presidential runoff vote in Istanbul, on May 28, 2023. Incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won ... Read More

President Joe Biden U.S. lawmakers are examining the details of an agreement to increase the country’s borrowing limit ahead of votes expected in the coming days, as both President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urge them to approve ... Read More

Ecowas has launched a project to increase women's participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Known as “Support to national early warning and response mechanism in harnessing gender empowerment as a tool to strengthen human security”, the project is being implemented under ... Read More

The 60th anniversary celebration of the AU has been commemorated to recognise the vision and successes achieved towards an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena. The event which ... Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged African nations to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to increase trade among themselves to ensure the prosperity of their respective countries. He said the trade area would lead to ... 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 The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the head of the Wagner Group in Mali, ... Read More