KINSHASA, April 28 (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it is not funding any security units tasked with policing or guarding mines in Democratic Republic of Congo after Kinshasa announced plans to launch a paramilitary force to secure mining sites. Congo’s General Inspectorate of Mines (IGM) said in a statement on Monday that…
DAKAR, April 28 (Reuters) – Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the U.S., a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters, the latest stumbling block to the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul foreign aid. The government of President John Dramani Mahama balked at terms requiring the sharing of sensitive health data, the source…
The Hong Kong women’s football team made it home safely on Friday night after several anxious days stranded in Dubai following the US-Israel attacks on Iran, with members expressing relief at their return but disappointment about having to withdraw from a tournament. Twenty-seven players and staff landed in Hong Kong via Bangkok, where they had…
Hong Kong should focus on connecting its capital markets with African financial centres so that companies and Belt and Road Initiative projects on the continent can raise funds in the city, according to a council that advises the government on development strategy. In addition to being a funding source for commercial enterprises and infrastructure projects,…
Two decades ago Sampson Boamah did something unusual for a Ghanaian high school student: he became a Mormon. Back then the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the American Christian sect is formally known, was on the fringes in Africa. Many viewed it as “the white people’s church”. On his first mission in…
While development practitioners debate whether smartphones have rendered Community Information Centres obsolete, new research from Ghana reveals a more complex truth: CICs aren’t competing with mobile technology—they’re complementing it in ways that are crucial for equitable development. The conventional wisdom suggests that with Ghana achieving a 55% mobile adoption rate and 10.7 million people accessing…
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Eleven West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana were sent to their home countries over the weekend despite safety concerns, their lawyer told a court in Ghana on Tuesday. The U.S. had deported a total of 14 West African immigrants to Ghana under controversial circumstances. Although Ghanaian authorities earlier…
Raiven, left, and Sylvie wear Kwame Adusei Kayco jumpsuits, Stuart Weitzman shoes. Nana Kwame Adusei moves inconspicuously around his light-flooded Fashion District studio and atelier in a flowing white shirt, wide black shorts, baseball hat pulled low and tabi boots, observing as much as he is guiding. It’s a shoot day, and Adusei is adjusting…
MADRID (AP) — Iñaki Williams is taking pride in becoming the first Black captain for Athletic Bilbao at a time when he said the “far-right is fashionable.” The 31-year-old Williams, one of the first Black players to ever join the club, will take over as the squad’s main caption this season. Advertisement Athletic historically has…
La Liga giants Barcelona have announced a renewal of the loan terms of Abdul Aziz Issah. Attacker Aziz Issah, for those not familiar with his name, linked up with Barcelona last summer, as part of a loan deal from Dreams FC in his home country of Ghana. Advertisement The 19-year-old was immediately called up to…