Thursday, November 21, 2024

AFRICA

China’s experience boosts Africa’s sustainable development

In spite of abundant resources, a large population, and a vast market, Africa is still the world's least developed continent, beset by continuous poverty and hunger. Sharing a similar underdeveloped past with Africa, China achieved its ambitious goal of eliminating...

South Sudan forces withdraw from VP’s home

South Sudan’s main opposition party said Tuesday they were withdrawing from a body overseeing the young nation’s lumbering peace process, dealing a fresh blow to its elusive quest for stability. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) — led...

Mozambique crisis: Sex-slave freeing Rwandan soldiers greeted as heroes

Rotting fruit lies beneath mighty mango trees in northern Mozambique – an area empty of the people who would usually pick them. Over the last four years, many villages and towns in Cabo Delgado have been abandoned – but in...

Zimbabwe vote in crucial by-elections

Zimbabweans cast ballots on Saturday in parliamentary and local authority by-elections seen as a yardstick of what is to come in next year’s general polls. The polls, which opened at 7:00 am, have generated so much interest that President Emmerson...

ECOWAS threatens Burkina Faso with financial, economic sanctions if…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened to impose financial and economic sanctions against Burkina Faso if the military government fails to set a timetable to return the country to constitutional rule. At an extraordinary summit in...

Defiant South African unions protest against Sibanye

Hundreds of striking Sibanye-Stillwater (SSWJ.J) workers blocked a major highway outside Johannesburg on Friday to press their demands for higher wages, and union leaders said they would not back down despite the gold miners no work, no pay policy. The National Union...

14 killed in machete attack in Ituri province

Fourteen people, including seven children, have been killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Red Cross has said, as a community leader blamed a notorious armed group for the bloody attack. The attack took place in a...

Sanctions placed on Sudan’s police over protest crackdown

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Sudan’s Central Reserve Police, accusing them of using excessive force against peaceful protesters demonstrating against last October’s military coup. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that the Central Reserve Police,...

Deadly attack at Zimbabwe opposition rally

At least one person was killed and 17 others injured in skirmishes at an opposition party rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, on Sunday. The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were attacked by a group of men armed with spears,...

China-Africa trade reaches all-time high in 2021 …Showing resilience amid pandemic

China-Africa trade has bucked the global economic downward trend and analysts believe it has contributed to the African economy’s resilience in the face of COVID-19 challenges. China has remained Africa’s largest trading partner for 12 consecutive years. According to the...
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“Ghanaians make up a notable portion of US visa overstayers.”

Ghana has emerged as one of the African countries with high visa overstay rates in the United States, according...
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