Africa Archive

Ghana is one of the leading producers of gold globally, with the West African country producing 2.8 million ounces of gold in 2020, according to the Ghana Chamber of mines. The country slumped to second place behind South Africa on the

In Nigeria, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that over 20,000 adolescent girls have been retained in schools and safe places, while over 5,500 women and girls are living with obstetrics fistula in Nigeria. UNFPA’s country representative, Ulla Mueller,

This year’s Africa Climate Week (ACW 2022) in Libreville, Gabon, ended last Friday, having helped build important regional momentum in the fight against climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt in November. The event brought together

At least 33 people were killed following a militia attack on a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a respected monitor said Saturday, raising an earlier reported death toll. Kivu Security Tracker, the monitor, tweeted that at least 33

Al-Qaida-linked terrorist group al-Shabab killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region in Somalia on Saturday morning, state media and local officials said on Saturday. The attack comes two weeks

Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Friday held a productive meeting with an Australian mining firm, Cassius Mining Limited in Perth, Australia, over alleged threats by the mining firm to sue Ghana for $395 million in

The Malta High Commission in Ghana is set to facilitate business partnership between SME GrowAfrica and the Malta Chamber of SMEs to explore business opportunities in both countries. SME Africa is a Ghanaian organisation which seeks to promote and empower SMEs

The U.N. political chief warned Tuesday that failure to resolve Libya’s political crisis and hold delayed elections poses a growing threat in the country, pointing to violent clashes a few days ago that killed at least 42 people and injured 159