David Malpass The World Bank Group President, David Malpass, has expressed disappointment over Ghana and Nigeria’s decision not to sign up for the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI). Established in May 2020, the DSSI expired at the end of December 2021. The DSSI, ... Read More

THE Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sarata Conatey has met with experts from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which has the secretariat in Accra, Ghana. The meeting forms part of ... Read More

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there is a “very narrow window now to prevent genocide” in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. Tedros, who previously served as Ethiopia’s health minister and foreign affairs minister, has ... Read More

One of the prime minister's most senior advisers has been suspended, the BBC understands. Jason Stein, a special adviser to Liz Truss, is to face a formal investigation by the Propriety and Ethics Team, which is responsible for standards across government. It ... Read More

Police say they had to intervene because they feared for the man's safety The United Kingdom has summoned a top Chinese diplomat over violence at a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, where a man appeared ... Read More

The death toll from heavy flooding in Nigeria has now surpassed 600, with more than 1 million people displaced from their homes. The flooding has covered farms and roads and slowed shipments of food and fuel. Authorities are struggling to ... Read More

President Joe Biden U.S. President Joe Biden is to announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve on Wednesday, part of a response to recent production target cuts announced by OPEC+ nations. He is ... Read More

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, says the escalating hostilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are taking a devastating toll on the civilian population and must stop. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. U.N. rights chief Volker ... Read More

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken talk about national security, diplomacy and the evolution and importance of technology to students at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022. U.S. Secretary of State Antony ... Read More

Shire became home to thousands of people fleeing fighting elsewhere Ethiopia says its soldiers have seized three towns in the northern Tigray region from forces it has been fighting in the 23-month civil war. It has promised to take "maximum care" to ... Read More