‘Africa’s Most Acute Crisis’
An international conference in Oslo on Friday aims to raise $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) to help people affected by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in the Lake Chad region. Here are five things...
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WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Enters Into Force
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The TFA is a landmark global trade...
Helping the Boko Haram Displaced
Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to the outside world, as all the telephone lines have been blown up. But it is here that...
Civilians In the Crossfire of Boko Haram and the Military
The four women lay dazed on the beds of the clinic. The face of one of them was burnt. Another broke her leg during the Nigerian army offensive against Boko Haram Islamists in their village....
1.4 Million Children Face Famine In Four Countries
Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children's agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war...
Libya Officially Requests NATO To Help Train Its Armed Forces
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has confirmed the receipt of an official request from Libya’s United Nations (UN) backed government asking the group to help train the country’s...
Government Will Enforce Illegal Mining Law
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, says the government will roll out a programme to enforce the law on illegal mining. The programme,...
UN Warns of Terror Attacks Within African Sub Region
The United Nations (UN) says there is the threat of terrorism on regional scale. Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, who...
UN Warns of Terrorism Threats On Regional Scale In Africa
The United Nations (UN) says there is the threat of terrorism on regional scale, not only the hit-and-run attacks of Boko Haram in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon but also the wider Sahelo-Sahara...
Mahama Congratulates Quartey
FORMER President John Dramani Mahama has welcomed the news of Thomas Kwesi Quartey’s new role as Vice Chair of the Africa Union (AU) Commission. Mr. Mahama took to Facebook on Tuesday, January 31,...
Akufo-Addo’s Vote of Thanks At 28th AU Ordinary Session
VOTE OF THANKS DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 28TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION, ON JANUARY...
AU Swears In New Officers, Moroccan King ‘happy To Be Back Home’
The African Union (AU) swore into office new officials who were voted on Monday, January 30, 2017, the first day of the 28th Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Heads of State elected...
Former President Mahama Congratulates Quartey
Former President John Dramani Mahama has welcomed the news of Thomas Kwesi Quartey’s new role as Vice Chair of the AU Commission. Mr Mahama took to Facebook on Tuesday, January 31, to congratulate...
Akufo-Addo Urges New UN Secretary-General To Lead UN Reforms
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to take the lead in effecting reforms at the UN, so as to...
Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat Wins African Union’s Top Job
African Union (AU) leaders have chosen Chad's candidate as the next head of the AU commission. Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat beat Kenya's top diplomat Amina Mohamed. The race is...
Profile of the New AU Commission Chief
The African Union (AU) finally elected a new leader of its commission. Moussa Faki Mahamat won a close contest against his Kenyan counterpart, Amina Mohamed to emerge African Union Commission...
Akufo-Addo Urges UN Reforms At AU Summit [Photos]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on the new Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, to take the lead in effecting reforms at the UN, in order to promote and...
Chad’s Moussa Faki Is New AU Commission Chairperson
The African Union (AU) has finally elected a new Chairperson of its Commission. Chadian Foreign Minister, Moussa Faki, takes over from South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, who turned down a...
Ambassador Quartey Is New AU Vice Chair
Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, former Secretary to ex-President John Mahama, is to serve as Vice Chairperson of the AU Commission. In a twitter post, President Akufo-Addo wrote “Congratulations to Amb....
Ghana’s Kwasi Quartey Elected Deputy Chair of AU
Ghanaian Diplomat, Thomas Kwasi Quartey, has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Africa Union (AU). The former Secretary to Ex-President John Mahama’s appointment, was elected today ...