The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) law, set to take effect in December 2024, poses significant challenges to Ghana's forest commodities industry, participants attending a workshop for women in the forest sector have learnt.  The commodities to be affected are cocoa, coffee, ... Read More

Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Nigeria to support the Invictus Games, helping wounded veterans, including Nigerian soldiers in a 14-year battle against extremists. Invited by the military, the royal couple landed in Abuja early Friday 10TH May, said defense spokesman ... Read More

Chad's state election body said on Thursday interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with more than 61% of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner. Chad's junta ... Read More

What's the future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa? When that question is entered into the AI platform ChatGPT, it answers that it "holds immense potential for transformative impact across various sectors," notably health care, agriculture and education. Human experts tend to agree, ... Read More

A Nigerian investigative reporter has spent more than one week in police detention without being brought to court for allegedly violating the country's cybercrime laws, his employer said, in a case that press freedom groups have condemned as an affront ... Read More

The Ghanaian-European Centre for Jobs, Migration and Development (GEC) of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ghana, has provided skills training and start-up support for 40 young people in the country after skills training.  The graduates, comprising 22 males and 18 ... Read More

The Asantehene with the Trinidad and Tobago PM, Keith Christopher Rowley. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, departed his country yesterday evening for London en route to Ghana, where he has been invited to attend the celebration of ... Read More

The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued as soon as Thursday, four sources familiar with the matter said. The move is aimed at reducing illegal ... Read More

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has signed a controversial new constitution that eliminates presidential elections, a statement from his office said late Monday. It's a move that opponents say will allow him to extend his family's six-decade-long rule. Under ... Read More

Mthuli Ncube Zimbabwe’s finance minister speaking to reporters in Harare in this file picture. (Columbus Mavhunga/VOA) Faced with an inability to access offshore credit lines — due to defaulting on previous loans — the government of Zimbabwe is appealing to its ... Read More