A Nigerian court has rejected a request to extradite a suspended police officer to the United States after he was implicated by a social media celebrity in a fraud case. Deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari was suspended after he was implicated in the ... Read More

Sudanese journalists have formed the country's first independent professional union for decades, in what campaigners said was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup. "The victory is to regain our syndicate after more than 30 years in order ... Read More

Angola's President and leader of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) ruling party Joao Lourenco gestures after casting his vote in a general election in the capital Luanda, Angola, Aug. 24, 2022. Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared ... Read More

The British High Commissioner to Ghana has voiced her displeasure with Ghana’s 2022 press freedom ranking. In the yet-to-be-aired interview on JoyNews’ The Probe, on Sunday, Harriet Thompson said Ghana’s press freedom ranking is a shame.  “I think it is really a shame for ... Read More

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has trained 200 young Ghanaian entrepreneurs to enable them to tap into opportunities offered by Africa’s flagship free trade market agreement. The entrepreneurs operating Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) received training to leverage digital technologies ... Read More

The Chair and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova, says her outfit is willing to assist Ghana to put the country’s economy on a better footing. The Bulgarian economist made this known in a tweet on ... Read More

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson says the waiting times to get visas to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) is reducing. In a yet-to-air interview on JoyNews’ The Probe, she announced the return of the UK’s priority service and ... Read More

The Ocean Viking, a humanitarian ship of SOS Mediterranee, has rescued 268 people since Thursday during five rescues of migrants mostly found in overcrowded wooden boats between Libya and Malta, the NGO announced Friday. "Many have high levels of exhaustion and ... Read More

People inspect a damaged playground following an airstrike in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Aug. 26, 2022, in this still image taken from video. (Tigrai TV/Reuters TV via Reuters) The U.N. children's agency UNICEF on Saturday condemned an ... Read More

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director General of WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) boss, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has revealed he is unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region. "I have many relatives there. I want ... Read More