Kampala, May 29, (dpa/GNA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has signed a law making homosexual acts illegal, according to Parliamentary Speaker Anita Annet Among.…
Africa
AfDB ends 2023 annual meetings with call to build resilient Africa
By Francis Ntow Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 27, GNA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) ended its 58th annual meetings on Friday, with…
Africa Day: Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister to lead historic celebrations in Rabat
By Edward Acquah Rabat (Morocco), May 24, GNA- The Kingdom of Morocco will this morning hold a raft of events in Rabat to commemorate the…
Ghana holds positive talks with AfDB for stability fund support – Dr Amin Adam
By Francis Ntow Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 24, GNA – Ghana’s discussions with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for liquidity support into its…
Ghana, four others sign $8m MoU to increase domestic revenue
By Francis Ntow, GNA Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 24, GNA – Ghana and four Governors of the Board of Directors of 15 Constituencies…
Fighting continues in Sudan despite agreed ceasefire
Khartoum, May 23, (dpa/GNA) – Fighting between two rival military units in Sudan continued on Monday night despite a renewed ceasefire agreement between the…
Green growth: Africa must find capacity for its own development
By Francis Ntow Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 23, GNA – Africa must find the capacity to be autonomous and finance its own development,…
Africa not risky for private sector climate change, green growth investment – AfDB President
By Francis Ntow Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 22, GNA – Dr Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB) has made a compelling…
Hundreds arrive in Egypt for 2023 AfDB annual meetings
By Francis Ntow Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 21, GNA – Hundreds of people have arrived at Sharm El Sheikh, an ecotourism and resort city in…
Climate and green financing take centre stage at 2023 AfDB annual meetings
By Francis Ntow Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 21, GNA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is intensifying its efforts to mobilise domestic…
Ghana to host second Extra-Ordinary Session of Community Parliament in Winneba
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Abuja, May 13, GNA – Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Leader of the Ghanaian delegation to the Community Parliament in Abuja…
Number of people internally displaced in Sudan doubles amid fighting
Geneva, May 9, (dpa/GNA) – Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan have fled their homes as fighting continues between rival forces, according to…
At least 20 Nigerian churchgoers abducted and held hostage by gunmen
Lagos, May 9, (dpa/GNA) – Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria, and are holding 20 worshippers hostage in an unknown location, a church…
ECOFEPA urged to establish mentorship programmes to support next generation
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Abuja, May 08, GNA – Dr Bola Preye Ayo, Chief Executive Officer and Lead Partner, Trillion Global Presidential Consulting, has called…
14 migrants found dead off Tunisia’s coast
Tunis, May 8, (dpa/GNA) – The bodies of 14 migrants have been recovered off the Tunisian coast over 24 hours, Tunisia’s civil defence said…
Max Air plane two tyre burst during landing for Abuja airport
Abuja, May 8,(BBC/GNA) – Max Air plane had a two tyre burst during landing at Abuja on Sunday. The Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in…
UN says more than 12,000 people from Sudan sought refuge in Ethiopia
Nairobi, May 5, (dpa/GNA) – More than 12,000 people have fled to the Ethiopian border town of Metemma, since the beginning of the fighting…
Asian shares mixed on bank contagion worries
Sydney, May 5, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – Asian stocks ended Friday’s session on a mixed note as investors fretted about the health of US banks and…
Illegal fishing in Indian Ocean causing big economic losses, WWF says
Cape Town, May 4, (dpa/GNA) – Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing of certain areas of the south-western Indian Ocean is resulting in losses amounting to over…
Heavy rainfall and flooding kills 130 people in Rwanda and Uganda
Kigali/Kampala, May 4, (dpa/GNA) - At least 127 people have died in flooding after heavy rainfall in Rwanda, according to official figures. Rescue teams are working in…