Moroccan climate experts are warning that the severe heatwave the country is currently experiencing will continue. They say temperatures are reaching as high as 47 degrees Celsius in many regions and will likely last until at least Friday. "Dry and hot desert ... Read More

Sudan's military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack Wednesday on an army graduation ceremony he was attending in the country's east, the military said. The attack that killed five people was the latest twist in the conflict Sudan ... Read More

Donald Trump falsely questioned Kamala Harris' race during an appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago that quickly turned hostile on Wednesday. The Republican former president and presidential candidate claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian ... Read More

The United States Embassy in Accra has announced a change in its visa services operations.  Effective August 26, 2024, the Embassy will transition to a new visa services provider which will be made known on the US Embassy website.  Consequently, access to ... Read More

Rosemary Mbabazi (left), Rwandan High Commissioner to Ghana, and Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Deputy Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, proposing a toast The Rwandan High Commission in Ghana has commemorated the 30th anniversary of Rwanda’s liberation from discrimination and ... Read More

Guinea's transitional authorities on Monday presented a draft of a new constitution that will reduce and set presidential term limits and potentially allow current military leader Mamady Doumbouya to participate in the next presidential election. The junta that took power in ... Read More

France has backed Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled. In a letter to King ... Read More

The African Union (AU) has endorsed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision for a continent-wide financial institution and the acceleration of mobile money interoperability across the continent.  The adoption came during the AU Mid-Year Coordination meeting held in Accra last week. ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed a Ghanaian health expert, Dr. Khalifa Banda, to its prestigious Technical Advisory Group on Emergency Preparedness and Response (WHO EPR-TAG). Dr. Banda, a global health expert, is the only Ghanaian and youngest member of ... Read More

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from his longtime political home, the African National Congress, after throwing his support behind a rival political party and campaigning for it ahead of May's game-changing elections. Zuma was a member of ... Read More