Congo--Brazzaville has welcomed a bailout from the International Monetary Fund worth nearly $450m (£340m).
The oil-rich country suffered from the drop in crude prices in 2014.
By 2017 its debt had risen to almost 100% of GDP.
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Mr Malik Anabila Afegrah, a Patron of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has donated a brand new pick-up vehicle to the Bolgatanga East Constituency branch of the party.
The Patron further presented food items including rice, cooking oil, c…
The Volta Regional Executive Committee, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lifted ban on campaign activities for the 2019 parliamentary primaries.
Mr James Gunu, the Regional Secretary in a press release signed and copied to …
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), on Wednesday inaugurated a Social Audit Committee (SAC) to track the Assembly's expenditure and monitor execution of physical infrastructural projects.
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The Duke of Sussex, who was last year appointed to be Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, today joined a policy dialogue at Commonwealth headquarters, focused on the implementation of youth policy in the 53 countries of the Commonwealth.
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Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) contributes to the work of the African Union Commission (AU) in mediation, preventive diplomacy, and dialogue interventions
This engagement is part of the Centre’s vision t…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) jointly with Heartland Alliance International and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched the Task Force on 9 July
n a bid to better respond to trafficking in persons in Borno St…
Kenya's interior ministry has said it has not renewed the licenses of 27 betting companies including the country's biggest, SportPesa.
In a letter to telecoms company Safaricom, the government says that the companies have not met the "o…
The authorities in Nigeria say agricultural insecticides, which have been linked to recent cases of people killing themselves, will no longer be sold in shops from September.
Most of these high-strength insecticides can easily be bought…
The UN has asked authorities in Malawi to free two protest organisers who were arrested on allegations of stealing money from Aids programmes.
Gift Trapence and Macdonald Sembereka were arrested on Tuesday. Both men say it is a ploy by …
Mr. Andrews Teddy Ofori, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has refuted allegations of non-performance by the Municipal Assembly, saying that the Assembly was doing well.
He said his accusers failed to substantiate the allegations, w…
Seven people, including six tourists, have been killed in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece on Wednesday night.
Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki.
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The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, has said monetisation of politics is undermining the country’s democratic culture.
He said it had also become a danger to the very survival of Ghana in te…
At a UN-organised ceremony, nine traditional chiefs in Cameroon's Northern region were congratulated after appointing 123 women to decision-making roles for their first time in their chiefdoms.
It is hoped that the move will mean that t…
In Mozambique, it’s ‘a matter of the heart’ says Guterres, lauding the cyclone-struck nation’s ‘undeniable moral authority’
More aid and more support will be needed from the international community in Mozambique to respond effectively
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The project known as Burundi Counter-Trafficking 2019-2022 will reinforce the government’s efforts to combat human trafficking and other cross-border crimes
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with the Gov…
Latest health data from DRC point to around 115,000 cases of suspected measles in the country
Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a region that’s in th…
President John Magufuli urged Tanzania’s women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children as a way to help boost the economy into a regional powerhouse, a step critics said would instead worsen inequality and poverty.
“When you h…
The authorities in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, have announced that they will provide free uniforms and free exercise books to all pupils in state funded schools from September at a cost of $10.4m (£8.4m).
There are 600,000 pupils w…
The Central Region is making progress in its fight against teenage pregnancy as a trend analysis indicates that the prevalence has reduced by nearly 2,000 over the last five years.
From 13,355 cases recorded in 2014, it reduced to 13,01…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “working through” a bout of shaking that first occurred in mid-June and struck for the third time on Wednesday, though she insisted she was fine and that “just as it happened one day, so it will…
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Youth Organiser for the Duta Electoral Area, Foga Nukunu, has announced his intention to contest in the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries in the Ketu South constituency of the…
Dr Serebuor Quaicoe, the Director of Elections of the Electoral Commission (EC), has insisted that the nation is not ready for electronic voting due to so much suspicion among the political parties in the country.
“When the elections ma…
Stakeholders at a day's meeting on Disaster Risks Reduction advocate for increased investment in disaster risks prevention mechanism to help build a sustainable resilience community.
According to them, it was better to prevent disasters…
Dr Andrew Arkutu, Managing Director of the Lashibi Funeral Homes Limited has called for the adoption of cremation as an option for the disposal of dead bodies instead of burial
He said apart from the cost of burial being higher, cremati…
The Director of Political Affairs at the Presidency, Mr Frank Asiedu Bekoe, has called on critics of the government to do objective criticism and give credit to the government when credit is due.
According to him, the government had p…
A dental hygienist from the United States of America (USA), Mrs Felicia Williams, has advised Ghanaians to take oral healthcare very seriously.
According to her, studies had proven that poor oral health could lead to variety of health p…
Former National Chairperson and leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Samia Yaba Nkrumah says she was certain about contesting for the Jomoro Parliamentary seat in 2020.
In a radio interview on Tuesday, Ms Nkrumah said she was …
The 32nd West African Health Organisation (WAHO) Day was marked in Accra yesterday with a call on member states to pool resources to combat the health challenges confronting the sub-region.
WAHO was established by the heads of state and…
Over the past few months, bricks of cocaine with a street value of millions have been washing up in eastern coastal provinces in the Philippines.
In the latest incident, seven suspected cocaine bricks were found floating near a beach in…
Police arrested Gift Trapence – Vice Chairman of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition – and McDonald Sembereka – a coalition member – on 9 July
In response to the arbitrary arrest on allegations of fraud of two of the key figures involv…
‘Beyond reasonable doubt’, international court convicts notorious DR Congo rebel leader of war crimes
The Chamber found the commander directly liable for perpetrating acts of murder
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday, f…
Nigeria won an important victory before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), in a decision handed down on July 6, 2019, in a case brought against the African state by Switzerland.
The Tribunal’s Order on Provisiona…
Opposition leaders in Sudan say its military rulers are being exploited by foreign powers, eager to take advantage of the country's natural resources and strategic location.
A power-sharing deal has recently been reached between the mil…
Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration escalates.
The US president had branded him "a very stupid guy" after emails emerged where the ambassador …
A judge in Brazil has ordered mining giant Vale to pay compensation for all damages caused by the collapse of the Brumadinho dam in January.
The collapse was Brazil's worst industrial accident.
The judge did not set a figure for the …
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has sued the publisher, Editor of the Africawatch Magazine, and the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, for defamation.
The suit is in relation …
The 2Million March, a social media movement that has been mounting pressure on Parliament to disband the proposed construction of a new Parliamentary chamber, has decided to suspend its "Dropthatchamber" street protest.
The group had pl…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government has, over the last two and a half years, acted to correct the fundamentals of the Ghanaian economy, which, prior to his assumption of office, were in considerable disarray.
Acco…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has donated 48 brand new motorbikes to the 48 assembly members of the West Akyem Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region to enhance their mobility.
The West Akyem Municipal Chief…
Set Independent Inquiry into Protester Killings, Abuse
Sudanese leaders should facilitate the establishment and cooperate with the work of an effective international investigation into the killings of and abuses against protesters since…
The Ada West District Assembly in the Greater Accra Region, has held the first ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the district assembly at Sege, the district capital, with a call on the assembly members to help improve the living st…
The Ministry of Defence yesterday announced plans to charge journalists and media houses for “publishing defamatory information about the Ethiopia National Defence Forces”
The Ethiopian government risks rolling back the great progress i…
Members of Parliament (MPs) have welcomed the choice of Ghana by the African Union (AU) to host the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
They said Ghana had the capacity and democratic credentials to champi…
Promises by world leaders to raise global education standards by 2030 are unlikely to be kept, warns the United Nations' education agency.
Unesco says on current trends, 30% of adults and 20% of young people will still be illiterate in …
Dozens of worn plastic train seats and dilapidated wooden lockers that were destined for the dump in Ghana have ended up in a Manchester art gallery, in a work by one of Africa's most exciting young artists.
When hundreds of hard, scrat…
The Oxfam reports highlights growing inequality in West Africa
The aid charity Oxfam says that inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa but accuses many governments in the region of ignoring the issue, despite economic growth.
A…
South African President Mr Cyril Ramaphosa has commended and assured the Chinese technology giant Huawei of the governments' unflagging supports.
Mr Ramaphosa said the Huawei would be a critical partner of his government's strategy to u…
A study by the People’s Action Against Corruption (PAAC), a coalition of civil society groups against corruption, has revealed that informal payments in the public healthcare sector is discouraging many people, particularly the poor ones i…
Nigeria has the highest number of children out of school in the world, according to a report by UN's cultural and education agency Unesco.
It estimates that at least 10 million Nigerian children, mostly girls, are missing out on educati…