The government of the Central African Republic on Monday signed an "immediate ceasefire" deal with rebel groups aimed at ending violence in the strife-torn country. One of the world's poorest...
Guards check drivers' papers to keep out uninvited guests from gated compounds where Egypt's rich can escape the chaos of Cairo's streets in a country with a widening wealth gap. Built in the deserts...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the outlook for Pakistan's economy was "favourable", citing Chinese infrastructure investments among reasons for growth, but warned of risks to recent...
The International Monetary Fund has predicted that the African continent is expected to become the world second-fastest growing economy by 2020. With vast natural resources and short shipping lanes...
The economy grew by 4 percent in real terms in 2016, overcoming the low-growth environment that resulted from negative spillovers from Nigeria. Inflation turned negative in 2016 (-0.8 percent),...
The World Bank on Tuesday said it had approved a $520 million plan to help Afghanistan, which has been weakened by the Taliban insurgency and gradual withdrawal of US troops. Almost half of the...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has suggested that previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administrations managed the economy poorly. Addressing guests at a presidential lecture at the Academy of the...
Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has praised a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr Alex Ashiagbor, for his level of competence in the area of financial management. The former...
Political pundits, supporters and sympathizers of the NDC and leadership of the party have blamed the NDC's recent ( 2016) election defeat on a number of reasons. The former President John Mahama has...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the poverty and conflict driving a mass migrant influx to Europe. The idea is to team up...
The price of a pack of cigarettes doubled for Saudi Arabian smokers on Sunday under first-time tax measures to help the kingdom cope with a drop in oil revenues. Residents of the world's biggest oil...
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has said it is time for the nation at 60 years to start doing things in a better way to enable it to transform to an industrial economy. He said...
All things being equal, inflation will decline further to 11.2 per cent by the end of 2017, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has revealed, in tandem with...
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been named among the 100 most reputable people on earth for the year 2017. South African...
The leader of the media and publicity committee for the 38th anniversary celebration of the June 4 revolution, Mr. Kofi B. Kukubor has said the relevance of the celebration goes beyond a day's event....
Former German president Horst Koehler will be appointed new UN envoy for Western Sahara, tasked with restarting talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement, according to a...
Indian billionaire Anil Ambani insisted Friday that debt-saddled Reliance Communications had a bright future as he moved to reassure investors who are worried that the telecoms company is close to...
Megastar turned pariah Bill Cosby, who goes on trial Monday for allegedly drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004, joins a growing list of famous men charged with a sex crime. Here are five other...
It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Ghana, and to the third, 2017 Development Finance Forum. As we say in Ghana, “Akwaaba!” You are amongst a people who pride themselves on their sense...
China's yuan jumped to a near seven-month high Thursday, fuelling speculation that the government was pulling strings to prop up the beleaguered currency in response to last week's credit rating...
