AFRICA NEWS

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled plans to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland, due to the ongoing energy crisis. crisis in his country, his spokesman has said. The country is facing its biggest ever power crisis with people experiencing rolling blackouts of up to six …

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice president and named a new PM to replace her, his secretary-general said. The announcements were made on Monday. Former Defence Minister Ossouka Raponda, 59, who had been appointed premier …

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again renewed his administration’s resolve to eliminate public sector corruption. The President maintains, he has not thrown his hands in despair in fighting the canker through strengthening anti-graft institutions, transparency in governance and the protection of the public purse. In a televised …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is working towards a debt cancellation programme for Ghana and other countries amid a global economic recession scare this year. The other countries are Ethiopia, Zambia, Chad, Lebanon, Surinam, and Sri Lanka. The move, Madam Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF Managing Director, said was …

Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, a professor of plant genetics at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) in Legon, Accra, and the winner of the 2022 Africa Food Prize at the AGRF2022 Summit in Kigali, Rwanda has been named in the 2013 list of 100 Most Reputable Africans. The list …

A court in Botswana has issued an arrest warrant for former President His Excellency Lieutenant General Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Kh for the possession of illegal firearms. The judge issued orders that Khama should be arrested on sight. The 69-year-old left the country last year and has been residing in …

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has commissioned the Savelugu Rice Processing Factory under the One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative in the Northern Region.     The factory which was funded by the African Development (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is expected to …

Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Boniface Gambila has confirmed he was summoned by the Burkinabe government over comments by President Akufo-Addo about the country’s alliance with Russia. Speaking on The Pulse on JoyNews, he stated that he was summoned to explain the intent behind President Akufo-Addo’s comment while speaking to …

As a form of expression of its disgust against the shooting of the military generals in 1979, the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the leadership of then General Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo threatened to cut gas supply to Ghana which had Jerry John Rawlings as head of state. …

The University of Ghana has been ranked Ghana’s topmost university for the year 2022, and ranked 1,124th in the world ranks. The ranking which was done by Webometrics.com is aimed at promoting web publication and their primary target is to support Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and …