More than 90 people died when an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities said Sunday. The converted fishing boat, carrying about 130 people, ran into trouble as it tried to reach an island off Nampula ... Read More

Twenty American professionals who have volunteered to serve in Ghana under the US Peace Corps programme have been sworn in to start work in various parts of the country. The volunteers are to serve in the health and agriculture sectors, particularly ... Read More

Two of Africa’s emerging economies – Ghana and Kenya – have taken giant steps to consolidate trade relations as they seek to lead Africa’s economic renaissance.  The bilateral trade cooperation, initiated at the instance of Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ... Read More

Judith Suminwa  Women rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo have congratulated President Felix Tshisekedi for appointing Judith Suminwa as the first female prime minister in their country.  They've hailed the move as a big step towards gender equality and are ... Read More

The World Bank and Ethiopia have signed loan agreements totalling $1.72 billion to enhance electricity and water supply, as well as to facilitate the movement of food to markets, the finance ministry said on Friday. The bank will allocate $523 million ... Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron believes France and its Western and African allies "could have stopped" Rwanda's 1994 genocide but did not have the will to halt the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, the presidency ... Read More

Kenyan President, Dr William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto, has described Ghana’s democracy as a beacon of hope and an inspiration to many countries, especially with the emergence of unconstitutional governments from all directions. He explained that Kenya was proud of Ghana’s ... Read More

THE government expects the third tranche of US$360 million from its programme with the International Monetary Fund to hit the accounts of the Bank of Ghana by June this year, Minister of Finance, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has indicated. With the ... Read More

Ivory Coast contracts for the 2023/24 main cocoa crop between exporters and the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) that could not be completed due to a bean shortage will be postponed to prevent exporters from defaulting, a CCC note seen ... Read More

Children are being denied access to lifesaving humanitarian assistance in conflict zones around the world in a blatant disregard for international law, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday. “Let me be very clear: The Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the ... Read More