The U.N. says an estimated 60 million people in southern Africa are food insecure due to the El Nino-induced drought -- and the problem is not only in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, countries that have made international appeals for help. In ... Read More

South Africa’s African National Congress party said Thursday that it has a broad agreement with the main opposition and other parties to form a coalition government and end a political deadlock after the ANC lost its 30-year majority in an ... Read More

The World Bank has approved a $250 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and a $10 million grant from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme for a 4-year Ghana Energy Sector Recovery Programme for Results (PforR). The PforR will ... Read More

The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is supporting the creation of marine protected areas (MPAs) to help replenish Ghana’s fisheries and support local livelihoods. A marine protected area is a portion of the sea where ... Read More

The government has reached an agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Official Creditor Committee (OCC), co-chaired by China and France, on the restructuring of some US$13 billion external debt. “The MoU formalises the agreement in principle reached with ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), says, the agreement reached between Ghana and its Official Creditor Committee (OCC) will be helpful in the approval of the country’s US$360 million third tranche.  In a social media post on Wednesday, she ... Read More

U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi speaks at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 25, 2022. Peace talks to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict began in South Africa on Tuesday, and Grandi urged both sides to find a route to peace ... Read More

The European Union (EU) and the Government of Ghana have commissioned 670 kilometres of feeder roads in the Upper West Region, constructed at €35 million, to improve access to farmers and healthcare facilities in the local communities. About 235km of the ... Read More

South Africa’s third largest political party has asked the nation’s top court to block the sitting of the newly elected parliament later this week, saying the May 29 election was marred by fraud. The National Assembly is scheduled to meet Friday ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General The United Nation's secretary-general has included Israel's military and Hamas on the annual blacklist of perpetrators who harm children. "I am appalled by the dramatic increase and unprecedented scale and intensity of grave violations against children in ... Read More