Africa Archive

The government of Ghana has secured a whooping $130 million for the upgrade of five polytechnics and technical universities as well as 10 technical institutes in terms of training facilities, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced.

Movie icon Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also an environmentalist dedicated to the protection and wellbeing of all earth’s inhabitants, has kicked against plans by President Akufo-Addo and his government to mine bauxite in the Atewa forest reserve in the Eastern Region

More than 50 people, mostly children, were injured by a man who broke into a kindergarten in southwest China and sprayed them with corrosive liquid, local authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, a 23-year-old surnamed Kong, entered the kindergarten by climbing a

Ghana has been ranked the fifth most visa-open country on the African continent by a new report published by the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank. According to the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index, African travellers from 18 countries require

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised concerns over the health crisis in Ghana’s prisons and called for urgent and comprehensive healthcare for inmates in various prisons across the country. It has identified overcrowding, drug abuse, poor diet and hygiene, infections

Far-right Vox is projected to become the third-largest party in Spain’s parliament after Sunday’s national election. It made its debut in parliament as recently as April, marking the first time a far-right party won more than one seat since the country’s

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation soon after the country’s military chief urged him to step down. “Our great desire is for societal peace to return,” said Morales, whose vice president, Alvaro Garcia Linera, was also resigning. The embattled leader,

Maarif International School has commenced its operation in Ghana’s capital Accra. A ceremony marked under the auspices of the Turkish Embassy and Turkish Maarif Foundation. The school will operate Nursery and KG departments with the view to scale into the primary