Africa Archive

Zimbabwe has officially declared 21 February to be Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, thereby making the former president’s birthday a public holiday, the Herald newspaper reports. New President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to form a cabinet this week. There is speculation

An Accra High Court has sentenced Yaw Anokye Frimpong, the 22-year-old man, accused of killing the two African-American women at Akwamufie in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, in May 2015 to death by hanging. Frimpong was found guilty by

The eight-member committee tasked to investigate the circumstances leading to the sale of over 5million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has completed its work. The Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko disclosed this Thursday

The governments of Ghana and Denmark have pledged to deepen trade relations in the agriculture, maritime and railway sectors in order to boost trade and investment between the two countries. At a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the West African

Emmerson Mnangagwa is to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president, following the dramatic departure of Robert Mugabe after 37 years of authoritarian rule. The former vice-president – who returned from exile on Wednesday – will be inaugurated at Harare’s stadium. His