Prince Harry will come to the King's coronation, but Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will not be attending, says Buckingham Palace. There had been speculation about whether the couple would travel to the coronation - but it has now emerged that ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Ghana’s growth downwards in line with concerns that debt pressures and funding constraints would make it difficult for African economies to expand at full potential this year. The fund cut the ... Read More

Malawi's president has pardoned a former minister of Homeland Security who was jailed in 2020 for corruption and placed on a U.S. travel ban. Uladi Mussa was among 200 prisoners released as an act of mercy during Easter. But critics ... Read More

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community to give more emergency humanitarian aid to Somalia. Guterres, in his second visit to the country since 2017, said the Somali people deserve the solidarity of the international community to effectively respond ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has doubled down on its plea to wealthier nations to support Ghana and other weaker economies to help such countries extricate themselves from the shackles of debt. The call also comes at a ... Read More

The United Kingdom has included Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, and Cameroon among 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers.  This announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of practice ... Read More

The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push for immediate action on requests by Ghana and Zambia for restructuring their sovereign debts during the 2023 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank this week.  "During ... Read More

THE Paris Club, a group of bilateral creditors that helps with workable solutions to payment problems faced by debtor nations, will form an Official Creditor Committee this week to look into Ghana’s request for financial assurances. The assurances, which come with ... Read More

President Joe Biden There is almost nothing that the polarised politicians in Washington can agree on these days. Bipartisan co-operation is extremely hard to find. But there is one issue on which just about everyone sees eye to eye. And that ... Read More

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity, has launched some supplemental livelihood programmes for the youth in coastal fishing communities. The programmes aimed at equipping the youth with employable skills and ... Read More