President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described Ghana as the safest country in West Africa. He has thus asked Africans in the Diaspora to visit the country and experience Ghana in this Year of Return. Addressing the House of Assembly of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday, 12th June, 2019, President Akufo-Addo said “in today’s world, where sadly crime …

By Frank Amponsah The President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency David Arthur Granger said developing countries continue to look to Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo’s continued sterling leadership and stewardship in the protection of their gains, and in securing their future. He congratulated President Akufo-Addo on his investiture, and thanked him for his stewardship in his own country, and …

June 6 is gradually gaining notoriety as a day that leaves sour tastes in the mouth of many a football executive. Exactly a year yesterday when chief of undercover investigations, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, shook the foundation of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) with investigative documentary, Number 12, African Football Confederation (CAF) President, Ahmad Ahmad, was arrested in the morning in …

After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says.

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is resigning after weeks of mass protests, state media report. Mr Bouteflika, who has been in power for 20 years, had already dropped plans to seek a fifth term as opposition to his rule grew. The powerful Algerian army had called for the 82-year-old to be declared incapable of carrying out his duties. The ailing leader …

Details have begun to emerge of the final moments of an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed three weeks ago. An anti-stalling system on the plane, a Boeing 737 Max, has been blamed for the disaster which killed all 157 people on board. Soon after take-off – and just 450ft (137m) above the ground – the aircraft’s nose began to pitch …

The finding of an amicable solution to the conflict between Morocco and Western Sahara is back on the front burner of the African Union. To this end, thirty one countries including Ghana gathered in the Moroccan city of Marrakech to push for the implementation of resolution 693, which was passed by the AU in 2018 in Nouackchot, Mauritania.  Addressing the conference, Ghana’s …

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa may have hoped that joining the morning commute would mark him out as a man of the people ahead of elections in May. That plan has either backfired or worked, depending on how you view it. He and other passengers were stuck on a train for four hours on a journey that should have taken …

Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed on Sunday morning killing all 157 people on board. It’s led to a serious crisis for Boeing. The company manufactured the 737 Max 8 plane that was involved. The model has now been grounded globally as the pressure mounts in a search for answers. Current estimates of the number of 737 Max 8 and 9s …

The Government of Ghana has protested a CNN documentary for its poor reflection of efforts by government to address the detestable practice of child labour on the Volta Lake. Cable News Network CNN in the past week has been airing a documentary which highlights the history and impact of the practice but does not highlight the efforts of the state …