Denmark said it will close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso as part of its new strategy for cooperation with Africa. The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that military coups in both countries had limited “the scope for action in ... Read More

Three in four Ghanaians are at risk of  drinking water contaminated with faecal matter, a study by UNICEF Ghana has found. It said a sample of various sources of  water collected across the country, which included improved and unimproved, right through the household level to ... Read More

Kamala Harris The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost quaint idea of electing the first woman to the White House. However, inside it, too, is the urgent and determined refusal ... Read More

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Sudan's de facto ruler, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said Saturday his government would not join peace talks with rival paramilitaries in Switzerland, vowing instead to "fight for 100 years." "We will not go to Geneva ... we will ... Read More

It was another dramatic night on the central Mediterranean Sea on Friday with NGO Doctors Without Borders rescuing nearly 200 migrants in five operations. One of the survivors said they had spent four days stranded at sea after the boat they ... Read More

Pakistanis in Ghana have been called upon to contribute their quota to consolidate the existing relations between the two countries. The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Ghana, Farhat Ayesha, commended the Pakistani diaspora in Ghana for contributing to the development of ... Read More

China's President, Xi Jinping Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong said on Friday that now is "the right time" to deepen cooperation between China and Africa, ahead of an upcoming China-Africa summit in Beijing next month. Chen told a press conference on ... Read More

Botswana announced the discovery of the largest diamond found in the southern African country and the world's second largest. The exceptional 2,492-carat stone was presented at viewing ceremony Thursday (Aug. 22). The as-yet-unnamed diamond was presented to the world at the office ... Read More

The Somali government threatened to suspend Ethiopian Airlines flights to Somalia unless concerns over "violations of Somali sovereignty" related to destinations served by Ethiopian Airlines are resolved. In a statement, the Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) said it had previous correspondence ... Read More

The resurgence of the Mpox virus, also known as monkeypox, is now a concern for many countries, with several cases reported across multiple regions. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been the epicenter of this new resurgence. So far, at ... Read More