The UK's offshore oil and gas sector "is listening" to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, according to a leading industry figure.
Oil and Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie has told a conference climate change "is a real and pr…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Takoradi constituency has opened an ultra modern party office.
The office block, funded by party members, would also be used as a training center for upcoming politicians within the party.
The Wes…
The Paramount Chief of Saboba, Bowan John Mateer Sakojim IV, has joined the call for peaceful coexistence between Konkombas and Anafos, widely known as Chokosis, in Saboba and Chereponi, in the Northern and North East regions respectively.…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has appealed to the people of Saboba and Chereponi to put aside their differences and live in harmony with each other.
Accompanied by the Minister for the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery; Deputy Inspector Ge…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he wants to see an end to Female Genital Mutilation by the end of his time in power in 2022.
He was speaking to the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, Canada, and his official Twitter accoun…
Sudan's military leaders say they are scrapping all existing agreements with the main opposition coalition and will hold elections within nine months.
The announcement came as the military faced mounting international condemnation for t…
The National Peace Council (NPC), with the support of technical experts, will within four weeks, present a working document on a road map for the eradication of political vigilantism.
The road map, which will inculcate the input of the …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has, in a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, stated that the United States is wary of the growing economic power of China hence the heightened trade war with the Asian giant.
…
Mozambique: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets the child cyclone survivors who’ve lost everything
Mr. Bloom danced and sang with young children and spoke to them about their hopes and dreams
UNICEF is supporting familie…
The report shows that progress has been most marked in eastern and southern Africa
A new report from the United Nations Secretary-General, Galvanizing global ambition to end the AIDS epidemic after a decade of progress, has been present…
The companies participating represent an array of industry sectors and have the potential to establish a footprint or expand existing investments in the largest consumer market in the world
For the first time, Egyptian companies will tr…
Investigations, monitoring needed
Sudan’s forces violently attacked protesters, bystanders, and medical workers on June 3, 2019, reportedly killing at least 35 people and injuring hundreds, Human Rights Watch said today. The forces atta…
This initiative came as a result of an analysis of conflict drivers in The Gambia conducted by the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office
In an effort to strengthen the psychosocial reintegration of returnees and promote universal …
Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has outlined a framework to help member countries investigate and prosecute corruption offences, which cost the global economy around $2 trillion a year.
The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks f…
The project aims to contribute to the stabilization of the communities in northern Niger and to prevent a regional crisis
At the request of local authorities and community members, IOM last month installed 55 solar lamp posts in the Bil…
The European Union on Monday called on Sudan’s military leaders to allow people to protest peacefully and urged a speedy transfer of power to civilians.
“We are following the evolution of the situation very closely, including regarding …
Canada has announced that it is shutting its embassy in the Venezuelan capital Caracas temporarily.
The reason, it says, is that President Nicolás Maduro's Venezuelan government has "taken steps to limit the ability of foreign embassies…
India is reeling from an intense heat wave with temperatures crossing 45C in many parts of the country.
Churu, in the northern state of Rajasthan, is India's hottest city - temperatures there soared to 50.8C on Sunday, the meteorologica…
Three senior members of Germany's embattled Social Democratic Party (SPD) are set to take over on an interim basis after its leader quit.
Outgoing SPD leader Andrea Nahles has resigned over her party's poor performance in the European e…
The La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) Department of the National Commission fo r Civic Education, in a bid to improve on sanitation and health, have marked this year's Citizenship Week with a cleanup exercise across the Municipalit…
The Upper East Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on MrMartin Alamisi Amidu, the Special Prosecutor, to initiate criminal investigations into the construction of "dugouts under the guise of One-Village, On…
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has advised chiefs to prioritise the education of their people since it is the key to development.
He said the era of guns were over and that education was the means by which natio…
A number of chiefs and people in the Upper West Region have hailed President Akufo-Addo's Government for implementing programmes that continue to transform their lives.
At separate mini durbars on Saturday, the chiefs and people of Tani…
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are meeting the Queen on the first day of their state visit to the UK.
The pair are at Buckingham Palace for a private lunch and welcome ceremony.
Mr and Mrs Trump are due to lay…
Parliament has passed the State Interests and Governance Authority Bill, 2019, into law to allow for the establishment of an Authority to oversee the state's interests in State-owned Enterprises (SoEs), joint venture companies and other en…
Security personnel are registering Burkina Faso nationals who have pitched camps in two communities in the Sissala East Municipality in the Upper West Region as refugees.
The two communities are Bank and Pido.
According to the Munici…
The Member of Parliament for the Bawku Central Constituency, Mr Mahama Ayariga says he won't be able to honour a court summons by the Office of the Special Prosecutor because Parliament will be sitting on that day.
Mr Ayariga in a let…
International partners pledge $1.2 billion to help cyclone-hit Mozambique recover, ‘build back better’
The world body’s support to the Government’s efforts included contributing to the coordination of international support
Th…
The Local Government Workers Union (LGWU) says Ghanaians who engage in unprovoked attacks on public servants at the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies should desist from such acts otherwise it will undermine the nation…
Quaker Service Australia’s (QSA), along with their implementing partner St Jude Family Projects, use a two-year model that allows women to drive their own empowerment
In rural Uganda, women farmers are building food security through Qua…
Chinese and U.S. defense chiefs held “constructive” talks on Friday but were expected to clash over China’s growing global security role at a weekend Asia security summit.
A U.S. military report on the Indo-Pacific region, to be release…
Zimbabwe mining companies can pay for electricity in foreign currency to guarantee supplies, the energy minister said on Friday, a day after he indicated there could be deeper power cuts in the country because of low dam water levels.
P…
The report of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the Vigilante and related Offences Bill, 2019, was not presented, as scheduled, to Parliament on Thursday.
Mr Ben Abdallah Banda, Chairman of the Committe…
Mr Justice Yaw Ofori, the Commissioner of Insurance, has urged insurance companies to avoid setting premiums at very low prices with the intention to achieve new customers or drive competitors out of the market.
Speaking at the launch o…
The policy, which came into effect at midnight on Wednesday, aims to create a tariff-free continent that would grow local businesses, boost intra-African trade, spur industrialisation and create more jobs.
Last July, during a joint pres…
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in West Africa and the Sahel Regions, has started a regional consultation to scrutinize performances with respect to the principles relating to the promotion and protection of human rights.
Ms …
Sudanese security forces have attacked a pro-democracy protest outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, activists say.
Gunfire has been heard, and medical sources say at least 13 people were killed and dozens others i…
Ethiopia promotes effective early childhood interventions to ensure all children survive, develop and reach their full potential
Ethiopia builds national capacity to better integrate and scale up early childhood development intervention…
Norway has supported the energy sector in Mozambique for many decades and will increase its support for the reconstruction of climate-resilient energy infrastructure
‘The cyclones Idai and Kenneth caused massive devastation. Mozambique …
UAE-Jordan Strategic Partnership in Government Modernization Launches One Million Jordanian Coders Initiative
The Jordanian capital Amman witnessed the launch of the One Million Jordanian Coders initiative under the patronage and in the…
Senior government representatives from across Asia and the Pacific on Friday called for greater efforts to advance equality and empowerment for over four billion people across the region.
Over 800 delegates attended the 75th Session o…
UNFPA strongly believes that durable solutions to forced displacement should include women and adolescent girls’ empowerment
“African countries have a long record of keeping their borders, doors and hearts open to refugees and internall…
Mr. Philip Smith spoke on the theme: “Accelerating the sustainable development of Northern Ghana in the context of peace, security and Ghana Beyond Aid", in Tamale, Ghana.
Your Excellency, the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu B…
Congo (Brazzaville) and Rwanda continue with their plans for developing centers for nuclear science and development
Russia and Congo have signed the intergovernmental agreement of the cooperation in the peaceful uses of atomic energy. I…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed Government’s commitment to prioritise the needs of the people of the Central Region with massive road infrastructure and industrial development.
He said the Government had made allocat…
US President Donald Trump has launched a fierce personal attack on former special counsel Robert Mueller, describing him as "totally conflicted".
He said the man who led the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US elect…
Recent attacks on churches in northern Burkina Faso are likely to be the work of jihadists whose activities are growing in the region despite a military operation to contain Islamist militancy.
The country's foreign minister says tackli…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new cabinet in which, for the first time in the country's history, half of all ministers are women.
In another unexpected move, one of the women is from the opposition.
He appoi…
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a second term as India's prime minister after his party won a landslide majority in the recent election.
Thousands were invited to the ceremony in Delhi, including regional leaders and Bollywood stars…
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement legally came into effect at midnight, but the countries that have signed up have until July to work out the details of how it will work.
It is only from then that we'll start to see what diff…
