Ethiopia’s List of Banned Activities
Ethiopia has imposed severe regulations under a new six-month "state of emergency" as it faces unprecedented levels of unrest across the country, a first in the government's 25-year rule. The...
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UN Wants World Leaders To Break Down The Walls Of Poverty, Hunger
The United Nations has tasked all Governments and societies to break down the walls of poverty which today affects one billion people worldwide and the more than 800 million who endure hunger and...
South Africa ‘to Withdraw From War Crimes Court’
South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), media reports say. They say diplomats have notified the UN of the move, accusing the ICC of...
Agric Has Big Role In Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture,...
Russia Says Aleppo Escape Corridors Under Fire
12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the corridors set up for civilians to escape the besieged city and for rebels to...
EU Threatens Russia With Sanctions Over Syria
European Union leaders warned Russia at a summit on Thursday that they will consider sanctions over its role in the Syrian conflict if Moscow does not stop "crimes" in the devastated city of Aleppo....
South Sudan Rebel Leader Says He Could Return Next Month
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar says he could return to the turbulent country as early as next month, even if he has to enter the way he fled — on foot. He has begun speaking out again after a...
How the West Changed Its Mind On Libya’s Gaddafi
How the West changed its mind on Libya’s Gaddafi In the 42 years that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya, Western views went from considering him a cartoon villain to believing him a model of...
David Shinn Explains Ways To Engage Africa
Despite conflicts and instability in some parts, Africa’s fast growth and development, at least during the past decade, has attracted several external countries mainly from Asian region, European...
TV3’s Nina Abena Antwi-Kusi Shortlisted For UN Award On SDGs
TV3’s broadcast journalist, Nina Abena Antwi-Kusi, is up against five other Ghanaian journalists for a special UN award for promoting the Sustainable Development Goals through her story on...
George Weah Owes Ecobank US$3,887
Liberia Presidential hopeful and former international football star, George Manneh 'Oppong' Weah, has been accused of owing the local subsidiary of Ecobank US$3,887. The amount is a loan the Liberian...
Boko Haram Overruns Nigerian Military Base In Northeast
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a remote military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing, the army said Wednesday. Monday's attack comes...
Aleppo ‘humanitarian Pause’ To Take Effect
A "humanitarian pause" announced by Russia is to formally come into effect in Syria's city of Aleppo to allow civilians and rebels leave the city. Moscow earlier said air strikes by Russia and...
The Fall and Rise of Ghana’s Debt
Ghana is in a debt crisis. Despite having had significant amounts of debt cancelled a decade ago, the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year. 1 Such...
Ghana In Serious Debt Crisis
A new report, jointly published by seven organizations, has revealed that Ghana is in a debt crisis because the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year....
‘Thousands Flee’ Mosul Ahead of Battle
Thousands of people have fled the Mosul area and more are expected as Iraqi troops move on the city to liberate it from the so-called Islamic State (IS). Some 5,000 people have crossed the border...
Debt Crisis Hits Ghana
A NEW report, jointly published by seven organizations, has revealed that Ghana is in a debt crisis because the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year....
900 Civilians Flee City Ahead of Fighting
Some 900 people have fled the Iraqi city of Mosul and crossed the border into Syria, the UN refugee agency says. This is the first large group of civilians confirmed to have escaped since the Iraqi...
We Didn’t Summon Kofi Annan – Okyenhene’s Aide
The chief of staff of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council in the Eastern Region, Barima Yentumi Abodea, has debunked media reports that the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has summoned...
South Sudan’s Second City Scorched By Renewed Fighting
This used to be South Sudan's second largest city, a bustling center on the White Nile River of more than 120,000 people, many employed in the oil fields nearby. Today Malakal is rubble and almost...