International

The war in Ukraine and rising inflation have pushed an additional four million children across eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty. The United Nations Children’s agency UNICEF said in...

African countries must discard the water privatisation agenda being pushed by Bretton Woods Institutions, a civil society group has warned. Florence Ifeanyi-Aneke, head of non-profit New-Life Community Care Initiative (NELCCI),...

The island nation of Mauritius is set to host the 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) from 9-11 December, its Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr. Renganaden Padayachy, said...

Heavy gunfire rang out from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso's capital on Friday and a large blast was heard near the presidential palace, according...

Abidemi Rufai, sacked aide of Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a United States district court for fraud. In May 2021, Rufai...

Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says Nigeria needs help to tackle its debt burden. The AfDB president said this on the sideline of the...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris, on Friday, received Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the White House. Osinbajo is in Washington DC to seek partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition...

Ghana's currency, '' the Cedi'', is the second worst-performing currency in the world, according to Bloomberg. The cedi fell by 35 percent against the US dollar in 2022, making it...

BY HASNAINE YAVARHOUSSEN Each year, humanity continues to push our planet past the point of no return. Earth Overshoot Day represents the date when humanity has consumed all the biological...

Israel and Turkey say they will return to full normalisation of relations, including reinstating ambassadors and consuls-general following a steady improvement in diplomatic ties. Yair Lapid, the Israeli prime minister,...