The International Monetary Fund (IMF) eventually approved the long-awaited $3 billion Extended Credit Facility for Ghana in the last week, but the country’s economic crisis won’t be over soon. In its full report, the IMF has among other things projected that ... Read More

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference following the Group of Seven (G7) leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. Wrapping up a three-day summit with allies of the Group of Seven leading democracies, U.S. President Joe Biden ... Read More

A defiant Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted Bakhmut "is not occupied" by Russia after a Moscow-backed mercenary group had claimed control. Ukraine's president was speaking during a scene-stealing visit to Hiroshima, Japan, for the G7 summit. Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin had earlier claimed ... Read More

Over four terrifying hours last weekend, masked gunmen affiliated with one of Sudan's warring factions raided one of Khartoum's oldest churches, shooting at church officials and searching for cash, gold and women, two witnesses said. The raid was one of many ... Read More

A photo agency that took pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex during what the couple said was a dangerous car chase has refused to hand over the images to them. Backgrid told BBC News it had rejected a legal ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss After 10 months of discussions and negotiations, Ghana has finally received approval from the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a three-year budget support programme aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability. The extended ... Read More

A convoy of United States embassy staff has come under fire in southeast Nigeria, an attack that killed two employees and two police officers. Gunmen also kidnapped three individuals – two other police officers and a driver – during the attack ... Read More

Mr Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, a Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has called for an increased trade relations between Ghana and Pakistan. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and copied to ... Read More

A high-powered delegation from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Hunan Sub-Council, Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources to discuss trade and investment opportunities.  The visit also aimed ... Read More

Dr. Edna Adan Ismail Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female genital mutilation and strived to improve women's health care in East Africa, was named Tuesday as winner of the 2023 ... Read More