President Vladimir Putin The world faces "probably the most dangerous" decade since the end of World War Two, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. In a wide-ranging speech on Thursday, he sought to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a move that has ... Read More

The world's top cocoa producers, Ghana and Ivory Coast, are boycotting meetings in Brussels this week of the World Cocoa Foundation on cocoa sustainability. Authorities in the two West African countries accuse multinational chocolate companies and traders of blocking measures ... Read More

In its latest report, the UN said that current commitments from governments around the world will in fact increase emissions by 10.6 percent by 2030 A new report by the United Nations has warned that the climate plans from governments ... Read More

The United Nations in Ghana has developed a new-generation Cooperation Framework that will allow the Organisation to commit $500 million towards development activities in the country from 2023 to 2025. The Framework, which is expected to be signed “shortly”, will serve ... Read More

Italy's coastguard said Wednesday it had rescued more than 1,000 migrants from two fishing boats in the Mediterranean overnight, while two bodies had been recovered. The two "complex" operations off the coast of Syracuse in Sicily, involving boats from Libya, followed ... Read More

President Putin watched the nuclear drills via video link Vladimir Putin has overseen annual exercises by Russia's strategic nuclear forces at a time of heightened tensions with the West over his eight-month-long war in Ukraine. Ballistic and cruise missiles were launched from ... Read More

shows Mr Obour and Prof Adinkrah-Appiah (standing first and second from left) and other officials of UMES The Sunyani Technical University (STU) has signed an Articulation Agreement with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), United States of America, for Pharmacy ... Read More

The 5th Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Blue Planet Symposium, hosted by Ghana, is underway with a focus on the global marine and coastal community. The five-day symposium, organised in Accra, is on the theme: “Local Action in Support of Global ... Read More

U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi speaks at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 25, 2022. Peace talks to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict began in South Africa on Tuesday, and Grandi urged both sides to find a route to peace ... Read More

Senegalese President Macky Sall opened the eighth edition of the International Forum of Dakar on Peace and Security with a speech on Oct. 24, 2022. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA) Policymakers from around the world met Monday and Tuesday in Senegal to discuss Africa's ... Read More