Tag Archives: # AFRICA

Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, looks on while he stands behind Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou during a photo opportunity after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the Malian military junta, looks on while he stands behind …

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured. The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just south of Marrakesh. King Mohammed VI declared three days of national …

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a new generation of farmers to resolve the yawning gap of food insecurity. He decried the current situation where approximately 40 million Africans according to a U.N report go to bed without food even though the continent has the largest population of …

Africa’s strategic priorities and global role A Chatham House Lecture by H.E. John Dramani Mahama, Former President of the Republic of Ghana. Thank you, Alex Vines, and Chatham House for the invitation. I am happy to have been able to join you from Brussels where I had very productive discussions …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the African diaspora to help change the African narrative, which has been characterised largely by a concentration on disease, hunger, poverty and illegal mass migration. Speaking at the Young African and Diasporan Leaders’ Summit, being held on the sidelines …