As the European Union threatens to unravel in the wake of Britain's vote to leave, the African Union is pursuing a path of closer integration through the launch of a common passport that will grant...
Ghana has commenced the issuance of visas on arrival to African nationals as announced by President John Dramani Mahama in February this year.
The policy, which took effect July 1, allows citizens of...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS on Friday said notable progress has been made in its plan to establish a single currency by 2020 and the adoption of a single biometric identity...
The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
She was elected at the 49th ECOWAS heads of state...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Mugabe on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations which are commemorated annually on May 25, to mark the formation of the Organisation of...
Founder of the Progressive People’s Party Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has called for the revocation of the Au Day as a holiday in Ghana. According to the mogul, Africa cannot continue to be observing one...
After President John Dramani Mahama delivered his State of the Nation address two weeks ago, most of the discussions were on local and internal affairs, and this being an election year in the...
Al-Shabab militants have attacked a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. The gunmen used two car bombs to blast their way into the Sahafi hotel compound before storming...
Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama and the Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, have been installed the Chancellors of Ilorin University in Nigeria.
Also the University conferred on...
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa's youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is...
Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of protesters outside Burkina Faso's presidential palace on Wednesday after the presidential guard burst into a cabinet meeting and arrested the...
The African Union has been charged to make its position on the African migrant crisis known. The European Union has agreed to use naval forces to intercept and disrupt ships used by smugglers of...
Today Ghana joins other African states to commemorate African Union (AU) Day Today, with the theme "We are Africa".
On 15 April 1958, in Accra, African leaders and political activists gathered at the...
Nigeria's election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns.
The vote was scheduled to take place on Feb. 14, amid concerns that...
Burkina Faso's military colonel Lt. Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida has declared himself as the country's transitional leader amidst political unrest going on in Burkina Faso after the resignation of...
(Accra,GNA) – The Board of Directors of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has expressed concern about the Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of West Africa and called for intensified efforts...
The Pentagon has today confirmed that the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane, Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike earlier this week.
The...
The Accra Report is focused on keeping global attention on the #bringbackourgirls campaign, and with that in mind we continue to explore the harrowing element of sexual gender based violence (SGBV)...
The US president has told African leaders to look inward for solutions to the continent's economic problems instead of making "excuses" based on a history of dependence and colonisation.
Barack...
Ghana President , President John Dramani Mahama, the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), will host leaders of the...
