AKWAABA Forum Comes Off Today
The AKWAABA Forum, designed to address challenging issues in the tourism and hospitality industry will come off this morning at the Alisa Hotel, 9:30am. The forum which is part of the Citi Business...
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The True Story Behind the ‘Plastic Rice’ Videos
Since the beginning of May this year, social networks across Africa and its Diaspora have been saturated with photos and videos showing horrified people demonstrating the presence of plastic in food...
Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave C. Africa
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse, the United Nations announced on Wednesday....
Investigative Videos! The True Story Behind the ‘Plastic Rice’
Since the beginning of May this year, social networks across Africa and its Diaspora have been saturated with photos and videos showing horrified people demonstrating the presence of plastic in food...
#CitiBizFestival To Host Tourism Forum On June 22
The next outdoor event on the calendar of the Citi Business Festival is the AKWAABA Forum, designed to address challenging issues in the tourism and hospitality industry. The forum which will come...
Inside Senegal’s Premier League Football Incubator
Long before Sadio Mane and Diafra Sakho battled for Premier League supremacy, the two footballers made their mark at a Senegalese club increasingly recognised as a west African pipeline to the top of...
Congo To Withdraw UN Peacekeepers Accused of Misconduct
More than 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse and other misconduct, UN officials said...
AKWAABA Forum Comes Off This Week
The next outdoor event on the calendar of the Citi Business Festival is the AKWAABA Forum, designed to address challenging issues in the tourism and hospitality industry. The forum which will come...
Abandoned Migrants Saved In Saharan Desert
Troops in northern Niger have rescued 92 migrants who were on the brink of death in the Sahara Desert, an army statement has said. Traffickers abandoned the group, which included women and children,...
Ghana Receives 100 Million Euros From Germany’s ‘Compact For Africa’
Ghana has been named as one of the three countries in Africa to benefit from the Germany’s “Compact with Africa” Programme which would enable Ghana improve conditions for sustainable private...
Migration Crisis In Numbers – IOM Releases Staggering Figures
IOM Rome spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo reported that when IOM last released figures (13 June), over 3,000 migrants arrived in Italy after having been rescued since last weekend. He said new rescues...
Danger, Extortion, Suffering On Migrant Route To Europe
Extortion, corruption and fear; violence, hunger and sometimes even death: for west African migrants dreaming of reaching Europe, the road to get there can be an absolute minefield. Whether it's The...
The Migrant Crossroads of Hope… and Broken Dreams
Wild-eyed with matted hair after four days in the searing Sahara sun, Ibrahim Kande climbs out of the pick-up truck he has ridden from Libya back to dusty Agadez in central Niger. Currently the...
Equatorial Guinea Coach First Nations Cup Victim
Equatorial Guinea coach Esteban Becker has become the first casualty of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying after a 3-0 loss in Senegal at the weekend. A national football federation spokesman in...
Israel, New Zealand Restore Ties After Settlements Row
Israel and New Zealand will restore ties after a row over Wellington's backing of a UN resolution in December condemning Israeli settlement building, a statement said Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister...
Friend Or Foe? Taiwan’s Disappearing Allies
Panama walking out on its relationship with Taiwan to establish ties with rival China is the latest in a spate of diplomatic dumping that is leaving Taipei increasingly isolated. Beijing still sees...
Ghana Receives EUR100 Million From Germany’s ‘Compact With Africa’ Programme
Ghana has been named as one of the three countries in Africa to benefit from the Germany’s “Compact with Africa” Programme – a programme that will assist Ghana improve conditions for...
Ghana Receives EUR100m From Germany’s ‘Compact With Africa’ Programme
Ghana has been named as one of the three countries in Africa to benefit from the Germany’s “Compact with Africa” Programme – a programme that will assist Ghana improve conditions for...
Merkel’s G20-Africa Meet Aims To Reduce Poverty, Migrant Influx
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...
AU Chairman Calls For ‘dialogue’ In Gulf Crisis
African Union chairman Alpha Conde on Sunday put himself forward as a mediator in the crisis between Qatar and other Gulf countries, urging dialogue after several African nations also recalled their...