Africa Archive

Heavy gunfire reported in Guinea’s capital Conakry Sunday near the presidential palace. Social media users shared the heavy gunfire ringing out over the city, and vehicles full of soldiers approaching the central bank, close to the palace. The situation has raised security concerns in

Engineers at the Libyan oil ports of Es Sider and Zueitina said on Saturday that production was normal despite the announcement by a group calling themselves people of the oil crescent region that they were blocking exports. The group said in

The European Union’s initiative to create its common defense force will likely gain new momentum in the wake of a messy Western pull-out from Afghanistan, EU’s foreign policy chief said Thursday, stressing a need for a rapid reaction force. As the foreign

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana has been ranked the number one university in the country and best university globally for research influence. The university also been recognise as the number one university in West Africa and part of

The government of Ghana through its initiative “Girls-in-ICT” has received GHC10 million from the telecommunication giant in the country MTN, to bridge the gender ICT divide. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation minister received the cheque on behalf