Moscow, Oct 26 (RIA Novosti/GNA) – Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Moscow on Monday to take part in the upcoming third Russia-Africa…
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s Houthis continue to trade attacks
Cairo, Oct 25, (dpa/GNA) – Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, continued to trade attacks over the weekend, with Saudi civil defence authorities…
Chinese smartphones help narrow digital divide in Africa
Addis Ababa, Oct. 23 (Xinhua/GNA) – Millions of mobile phones are assembled annually at Transsion’s factory located on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the…
Yemen’s Houthis claim fresh attacks on Saudi oil facilities, airports
Cairo, Oct 22. (dpa/GNA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia on Thursday, claimed responsibility for fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting airports, an oil facility and…
Austria, Switzerland confirm release of women kidnapped in Niger
Vienna, Oct 22. (dpa/GNA) – An Austrian woman and a Swiss woman kidnapped in Niger in 2025, have been freed, the two countries’ foreign…
Four killed in attacks on Saudi airport, oil field
Cairo, Oct 22. (dpa/GNA) – Two people were killed and eight others injured in an attack on the airport in the Saudi Arabian city…
Benin, Ghana, Rwanda advance cross-border digital ID pilot
KIGALI, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – Benin, Ghana and Rwanda, have established initial connectivity to the Smart Africa Data Exchange (SADX), a trusted infrastructure that…
Egypt sends over 3,400 tonnes of aid to Gaza
CAIRO, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC), on Wednesday dispatched a new humanitarian aid convoy to the Gaza Strip, carrying more…
Algeria, Niger sign military cooperation protocol
ALGIERS, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – Algeria and Niger on Wednesday, signed a military cooperation protocol during a working visit by Nigerien Defense Minister, Salifou…
Houthis intensify attacks on airport, oil terminal in Yemen’s Hadramout
ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) — Yemen’s Houthi group, intensified attacks on the government-held southeastern province of Hadramout on Wednesday, launching drones and ballistic…
Thousands flee escalating hostilities in southeastern DRC: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – Escalating violence in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced thousands of people to flee their…
Uganda says no active Ebola cases reported after Nigerian patient’s transit
KAMPALA, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – Uganda has reported no confirmed active Ebola cases, following reports that a Nigerian woman who tested positive for the…
Africa faces most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak on record as DR Congo cases near 10,000
KINSHASA, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – Africa is grappling with “the most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history”, according to the Africa Centres for Disease…
Ebola outbreak rebounds in DR Congo as cross-border spread heightens concerns: WHO
KINSHASA, Oct. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have rebounded, after a brief decline, while the virus’s…
Airlines still avoiding Riyadh after deadly Houthi attack on airport
Cairo, Oct 20 (dpa/GNA) – Major airlines are still avoiding the Saudi capital Riyadh, more than a week after a heavy Houthi militia attack…
Ghana develops five-year plan to advance reparations agenda
By Francis Ntow, GNA Special Correspondent, Bangkok ‎Bangkok, Oct. 20, GNA – Ghana has developed a five-year action plan to advance reparations through diplomatic…
IMF warns 12 per cent aid cut leaves Africa little room to absorb shocksÂ
By Francis Ntow, GNA Special Correspondent, Bangkok Bangkok, Oct 20, GNA – The IMF has warned that Sub-Saharan Africa faces a second year of…
Saudi Arabia reports more interceptions, warns Yemen’s Houthis
Cairo, Oct 18. (dpa/GNA) – Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday, that it had intercepted more drones and missiles, which it said were fired by…
Egypt pledges support to Saudi Arabia as Yemen’s Houthis up attacks
Cairo, Oct 18. (dpa/GNA) – Egypt on Sunday, moved closer to offering military backing to Saudi Arabia, which is locked in an escalating feud…
First Deputy Speaker urges Ghanaian delegation at WCI forum to forge strategic partnership Â
By Seth Danquah, GNA Special Correspondent, Instabul Istanbul (Turkey), Oct. 16, GNA – Mr Bernard Ahiafor, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has urged members…
Saudi Arabia reports 20 Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport in two weeks
Cairo, Oct 15. (dpa/GNA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia has attacked Riyadh’s international airport 20 times in the past two weeks, according to Turki al-Maliki,…
Namibia embarks on compulsory mass vaccination drive to contain FMD outbreak
WINDHOEK, Oct. 14 (Xinhua/GNA) – Namibia has launched a compulsory vaccination drive in the Karasburg State Veterinary District, the epicenter of an ongoing foot…
Kenya confirms second Ebola case
NAIROBI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua/GNA) – Kenya confirmed a second case of the Ebola disease, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which is linked to the…
Former Congo president Kabila forms alliance to challenge government
Goma, Oct 13. (dpa/GNA) – Former Congolese president, Joseph Kabila, has formed a political and military alliance aimed at challenging the government in Kinshasa.…