Yahya Jammeh West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday approved the creation of a special tribunal to try crimes committed in Gambia during the military dictatorship. The historic decision was announced at a summit of regional heads of state held in Nigeria's capital, ... Read More

THE British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the President-elect, John Dramini Mahama, at his office in Accra. During the meeting, High Commissioner Thompson congratulated the President-elect on his electoral victory and expressed her government's ... Read More

THE Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Ghana, Massimo Mina, has reaffirmed the European Union's commitment to implementing projects specifically aimed at combating gender-based violence against women and girls globally. Speaking at the "Women Speak" event in Accra ... Read More

West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping. “The authority decides to set the period from 29 January, 2025 to ... Read More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Ethiopia and Somalia early next year after brokering a deal to end tensions between the two Horn of Africa neighbors, he said on X Sunday. "I will visit Ethiopia and Somalia in the first ... Read More

The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libya experts to resolve contentious issues and put the country on the path to long-awaited national elections, the acting head of the U.N. mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Sunday. A political process ... Read More

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$ 5 million donation from the Republic of Korea to aid 187,000 drought-affected individuals in northern Ghana with food and nutrition support. The contribution comes amid rising food prices and crop ... Read More

Mr Kofi Asare, Executive Director, Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), has called for a concerted civil society effort to implement the ECOWAS Agenda 2050. “To enable the achievement of the objective of Vision 2050, it is imperative for member states to prioritise ... Read More

The United States has congratulated President-elect John Mahama on his successful election. In a statement, the US Secretary of State, Antony J. Bliken, also extended congratulations to Vice President-elect Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, who has made history as Ghana’s first female vice ... Read More

Major General Anita Asmah The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has announced the appointment of Major General Anita Asmah of Ghana as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). She will officially assume her ... Read More