Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Ethiopia and Niger this week as the Biden administration accelerates a push to engage with Africa to counter China's growing influence on the continent, the State Department said. Blinken is visiting Addis Ababa and ... Read More

A Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Thomas Mbomba has urged Commonwealth Member States to reaffirm their commitment to forging a sustainable and peaceful common future.  "Let us work together, in the spirit of cooperation to build a more ... Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris The Vice President of US, Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff will visit Ghana later this month as part of her first trip to the African continent since becoming United States Vice President. Harris will first visit ... Read More

President Mokgweetsi Masisi The presidents of Botswana and Zimbabwe are to discuss scrapping passport requirements between their countries to allow for the easier flow of people and goods. Addressing ruling party supporters over the weekend, Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, said he will ... Read More

Mr Jan Fury, the Czech Ambassador to Ghana, has inaugurated an international greenhouse gas monitoring and global change research station for the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani. The Bia Tano station is a joint scientific research project ... Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has held talks with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan (the official workplace and office of the Amir) in Doha today (Sunday, March ... Read More

Cyril Ramaphosa - South African President A corruption watchdog group said in a preliminary report that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was not involved in a cover-up concerning the theft of a large amount of cash he had stuffed into ... Read More

Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday, but a U.N. migration official called the number not credible. Tommaso Foti, ... Read More

Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to travel to Russia to meet with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter said, which would be sooner than previously expected. Plans for a visit come as ... Read More

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron The UK will give France almost £500m over three years to help stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. The cash was announced at a summit in Paris between UK Prime Minister ... Read More