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Tag: Ghana
Washington hails ‘record’ year for US-Africa ties post-2022 leaders summit
The United States had delivered more than 40% of commitments made at the United States-Africa Leaders Summit (USALS) one year ago, which hosted about 50 ... Read More
Accra Reparations Conference calls for Africa united front to redress slave trade injustices
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for a united front with African leaders on demands for reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonial-era damages, as they ... Read More
African countries divided over Israel-Hamas conflict
African nations have been divided over which side to support in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, but African leaders have still unanimously called on ... Read More
Illegal fishing major maritime threat in Gulf of Guinea, costing West Africa $26bn
The West African sub-region annually loses $26 billion to illegal fishing and illicit trade in marine resources, a senior Ghanian official has warned, echoing a ... Read More
AfCFTA to boost remittances by making cross-border transactions cheaper
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has potential to increase cross-border remittances by migrants, according to a new report by World Bank, even as ... Read More
Kenyan and Ghanian activists among 2023 ‘Alternative Nobel’ prize laureates
Sweden’s Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, has in 2023 honored work of two women activists from Africa to provide safer abortion ... Read More
EU planning new military-civilian operation mission in West Africa — report
Despite setbacks from military coups in Mali and Niger, the European Union is planning to launch a new military-civilian mission in Africa in the fall, ... Read More
Niger gives Mali, Burkina Faso permit to intervene in event of ECOWAS military operation
Niger, led by a junta, Thursday August 24 indicated that Mali and Burkina Faso can intervene military on its soil should the country be confronted ... Read More
AU, ECOWAS at odds over Niger intervention as ECOWAS military chiefs meet in Ghana
As West African military chiefs are set to meet Thursday (17 August) in Ghana to coordinate a possible intervention aimed at reversing Niger's coup, the ... Read More
Ghana approves ‘minerals of the future’ policy to develop lithium mining, production
Ghana’s government has given the nod to a pioneering green-minerals policy that is aimed at helping the West African country manage the exploitation and production ... Read More