AU Launches All-Africa Passport Granting Visa-Free Access to All 54 Member States
As the European Union threatens to unravel in the wake of Britain's vote to leave, the African Union is pursuing ...
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Ghana Becomes First AU State to Start Issuing Visa on Arrival to African Nationals
Ghana has commenced the issuance of visas on arrival to African nationals as announced by President John Dramani Mahama in ...
ECOWAS to Establish Single Currency and Biometric Identity Card by 2020
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS on Friday said notable progress has been made in its plan to ...
Liberia’s President Ellen Sirleaf, Becomes First Female ECOWAS Chair
The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West ...
Putin Congratulates Mugabe on Africa Union Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Mugabe on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations which are commemorated annually on ...
Let’s Get Rid of African Union Holiday – Nduom
Founder of the Progressive People’s Party Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has called for the revocation of the Au Day as ...
Why Ghana’s New Visa-Free Policy Might Be Bad in an Election Year
After President John Dramani Mahama delivered his State of the Nation address two weeks ago, most of the discussions were ...
Al-Shabab Attack Kills 15 in Mogadishu Hotel in Somalia
Al-Shabab militants have attacked a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. The gunmen used two ...
President Mahama Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree and Made Chancellor of Ilorin University in Nigeria
Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama and the Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, have been installed the Chancellors of ...
Profile of Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa's youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served ...
President and Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Taken Hostage By Presidential Guard
Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of protesters outside Burkina Faso's presidential palace on Wednesday after the presidential guard ...
African Leaders Charged To the African Migrant Crisis
The African Union has been charged to make its position on the African migrant crisis known. The European Union has ...
Ghana Joins African States To Celebrate African Union Day
Today Ghana joins other African states to commemorate African Union (AU) Day Today, with the theme "We are Africa". On ...
Boko Haram Violence Forces Nigeria To Postpone Elections
Nigeria's election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns. The vote was ...
Lt. Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida Declares Himself As New Leader of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's military colonel Lt. Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida has declared himself as the country's transitional leader amidst political unrest ...
Media Foundation for West Africa Board calls for intensified Ebola response
(Accra,GNA) – The Board of Directors of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has expressed concern about the Ebola ...
US Confirms Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane Killed
The Pentagon has today confirmed that the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane, Ahmed Abdi ...
The Political Underlining Cause and Ideology of Sexual Gender Based Violence: #Bringbackourgirls
The Accra Report is focused on keeping global attention on the #bringbackourgirls campaign, and with that in mind we continue ...
Barack Obama To African Leaders – ” Stop Making Economic Excuses!”
The US president has told African leaders to look inward for solutions to the continent's economic problems instead of making ...
Ghana President John Mahama Hosts 2-day Ecowas Summit in Accra
Ghana President , President John Dramani Mahama, the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ...