Germany has announced a €65bn (£56.2bn) package of measures to ease the threat of rising energy costs, as Europe struggles with scarce supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The package, much bigger than two previous ones, will include one-off payments to ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo, left Ghana, on Saturday, 3rd September, to participate in the African Adaptation Summit to be held on Monday, September 5, at the GCA Headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was at the invitation of Ban Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the ... Read More

Africa’s nations must develop strategies to address climate change, which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. African officials and experts should sharpen the positions they will ... Read More

Zambian President elect Hakainde Hichilema addresses a press conference at his residence in Lusaka, Aug. 16, 2021. Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has pledged to improve the country's financial situation after it received a $1.3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. ... Read More

President Joe Biden Supporters of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said. "Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards," he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania. Top Republican ... Read More

Former UK envoy to Myanmar Vicky Bowman (R) and her husband, Burmese artist Htein Lin (L), were arrested last week (file photo) The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by ... Read More

Kenya's Supreme Court has ordered the recount of ballots cast at 15 polling stations during the August 9 presidential election. The order was one of several issued Tuesday as the court began hearing a challenge to the win of President-elect ... Read More

A World Food Program staff member looks on as the MV Brave Commander carrying wheat grain from Yuzhny Port in Ukraine to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa docks in Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2022. (Hugh Rutherford/World Food Program/Handout via Reuters) The first ... Read More

President Donald Trump Former US President Donald Trump may have concealed documents during an FBI search of his property in June, Department of Justice officials say. In a court filing, the department said "efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation". They ... Read More

A team of IAEA experts and inspectors leave the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 31, 2022. A team of inspectors from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog headed Wednesday to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to assess safety and security issues at the Russian-controlled ... Read More