Africa Finance International

Ghana’s president slammed for taking IMF loan yet asking Africa to stop ‘begging’ the West

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo cannot call on African leaders to stop begging from the West while he is doing the same, said former Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani, in response to Akufo-Addo’s recent advice to African leaders against “begging” from the West. “If we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will […]

Africa Europe Headlines International

Ghana’s president: Europe should compensate Africa for slave trade

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged European nations to pay reparations to Africa for damage wrought by the historic slave trade. Speaking at the recent Reparations and Racial Healing Summit in Accra, Ghana’s leader said compensation for the trauma of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is long overdue and compared Africa’s lack of reparations to the […]

Africa Headlines International

First Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum held in Accra

The First Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum was held in Accra, Ghana, this week with the participation of scores of high level delegates, including seven former African Heads of State, and Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS). The forum, […]