Approximately 50 African leaders are in Beijing for the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which started on Wednesday. On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested to the gathered African leaders that the relationships with all African nations holding diplomatic ties with ... Read More

Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described Africa's debt situation “as unsustainable and a recipe for social unrest". Speaking at the China-Africa cooperation summit in Beijing, he called for "deep reforms" to the “outdated, ineffective, and unfair international financial ... Read More

Barely two months after Britain’s new Labour government scrapped plans to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda, Germany has proposed adopting the scheme. Its migration commissioner, Joachim Stamp, said Thursday that the German plan would focus on migrants coming across the European ... Read More

The first batch of 100,000 doses mpox vaccine officially reached Congo's capital on Thursday, three weeks following the declaration of mpox outbreak in 12 African nations as a global emergency. Western partners, including the European Union and the United States, have ... Read More

The ECOWAS Commission has entreated all political actors and stakeholders in Ghana to adhere to the country's constitution and electoral laws to ensure transparent and peaceful elections in December this year. The commission expressed concerns about the growing misinformation and disinformation ... Read More

Virgin Atlantic is set to relaunch its services between Accra and London Heathrow.  For the first time since 2013, daily flights will resume from Kotoka International Airport in May 2025 providing much-needed competition and choice on the route.  A statement issued in ... Read More

Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital Kampala on Tuesday, his party said. Wine, ... Read More

Botswana, Africa's longest democracy, will hold its general election on October 30, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced Tuesday. Masisi will seek a second and final term after his ruling party endorsed his candidacy over the weekend. In a public address, Masisi said ... Read More

Major General Kenneth P. Ekman, Director, US Africa Command  Coordination Element, explaining issues to Graphic Online's Augustina Tawiah. Picture: DOUGLAS ANANE-FRIMPONG The United States of America (USA) has no plans of establishing a military base in Ghana, a top security envoy ... Read More

China and South Africa, whose top leaders met in Beijing, agreed to promote balanced trade and discussed boosting two-way investments between their industrial and commercial communities, a joint statement on Tuesday showed. President Xi Jinping and his South African counterpart Cyril ... Read More