Ghana anti-LGBTQ bill could derail IMF support if it becomes law – Document
March 4, 2024 Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill could lead to a loss of $3.8 billion in World Bank financing over the next five to six years if it becomes law, derailing…
Ghana lawmaker says jailing LGBT offenders would encourage sodomy in prison
February 17, 2024 A Ghanaian legislator has asked parliament to replace jail terms for gay sex with non-custodial sentences including counselling, saying the anti-LGBT bill currently making its way through…
Africa seeks action plan on slavery reparations at Ghana conference
Nov. 15, 2023 Financial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday…
Germany’s Scholz says his country, EU to help boost West Africa security
Nov. 1, 2023 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said his country and the European Union as a whole were committed to boosting security in West Africa, and could provide training…
US Vice President Kamala Harris Promises Greater Investment For Africa
March 27, 2023 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday that the United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth as she began a week…
Ghana will not interfere in Nigeria’s internal affairs, politics – High CommissionÂ
August 15, 2022 The Ghanaian High Commission in Nigeria has said that President Nana Akufo-Addo did not write the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential flag-bearer, Bola Tinubu to step aside…
Mali Says It Will Work With Regional Bloc, AU, UN on Transition Timeline
Feb. 10, 2022 Mali’s transitional government has created working groups with members of West Africa’s regional bloc, the African Union and the United Nations to work toward a return to…
OSINBAJO DEPARTS FOR ACCRA TO ATTEND ECOWAS EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON POLITICAL SITUATION IN BURKINA FASO, MALI, GUINEA
Feb. 3, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbaja has departed for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating…
Africa Mali proposes five-year election delay to ECOWAS
Jan. 2, 2022 Mali’s interim authorities proposed to its West African neighbours that a transition back to democracy following a 2020 military coup be extended by five years, the foreign…
Buhari hosts ECOWAS leaders to dinnerÂ
Dec. 12, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening hosted leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to a pre-Conference dinner at the Presidential Villa, ahead of…