AFRICA NEWS

The 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS heads of state and government will be held in Accra on 3 July 2022, at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel to commemorate the end of Ghana’s President,  Nana Akufo-Addo second year as chair of the bloc.   Akufo-Addo will host his …

Protesters have stormed Libya’s parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set fire to part of the building. Images posted online showed thick columns of smoke as the demonstrators burned tyres outside.   There have been rallies in other Libyan cities against continuing power cuts, rising prices and political …

According to Luc Christiaensen, a lead Agriculture Economist with the World Bank, Africa’s food import bill has more than tripled, reaching about US$35 billion a year. Perusing the article further, one notices that much of this imported food could be produced locally, creating much-needed jobs for the bulge population of …

Africa’s Internet economy has the potential to reach 5.2% of the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, contributing nearly $180 billion to its economy, according to a report from Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The report titled e-Conomy Africa 2020, pointed out that the internet economy in …

Yaw Annor has been named in FIFA’s list of top 10 goal scorers in 2022 after his spectacular performance in the just-ended 2021/2022 Ghana Premier League season.   Ashanti Gold striker Yaw Annor is the seventh player with the most goals in 2022, according to a chart released by the Federation …

The President of Ghana,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 23rd June 2022, at the invitation of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the BioNTech vaccine manufacturing plant in Kigali, Rwanda. “As I said in Marburg, the Pan-African Vaccine Manufacturing Project fits …

Burkina Faso’s military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January. Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was accompanied by another former president, Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo. Officials said the meeting showed Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba’s desire for reconciliation and that the country’s security …

The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers after the latter was named in a US $150 million corruption scandal involving government contracts. The vice-president has not yet responded to the allegations.   A report by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) …

The leadership of the Economic Community of West Africa met in Accra on Saturday to find a lasting solution to the political situation in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso. At the meeting which was the sixth extraordinary meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and government on the political …

Families of the 44 Ghanaians who were murdered in Gambia alongside some other West African nationals appear to be getting closer to securing justice and reparation. A white paper signed off by Gambian President Adama Barrow appears to clear earlier doubts about the commitment of the Gambian Government to prosecute …