Abuja, NIGERIA: Reports coming in from our Lagos correspondent suggest that President Goodluck Jonathan’s government has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The ceasefire was reached after a meeting between the Nigerian and Cameroonian military top brass and representatives of Boko Haram. Details are scanty at this point but it […]
US President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, White House sources say. Officials say personnel from the American military will be deployed to offer support with several aspects of tackling the pandemic including overseeing the building of new treatment centers and helping train
By: Dauda Mohammed Suru ACCRA, Ghana: Ghana’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey says Ghana is going back to her roots to link up with all Pan Africanists within and out of Africa and on that basis would seek to re-direct its policies to achieve the objectives of Pan Africanism. Speaking on behalf of
By Isaac Dadzie If things go according to plan, over 300 delegates around the world will gather at the Accra International Conference Center on the 27th and 28th of October this year to deliberate on critical areas of interest relating to the development and liberation of the African people. The event is the 8th session
The deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey has called on Africans at home and abroad to reconsider approaches to working together for the development of the African people. In an emotionally charged statement at the launch of the 8th Pan African Congress on Wednesday, September 10, Mr Quartey
By Isaac Dadzie The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 8th Pan African Congress last Tuesday had a meeting with leaders of the Rastafari Community in Ghana. The meeting which took place at the LOC Secretariat in Accra discussed how to ensure maximum participation for the pending Congress, what can be done to shape the
Culled From www.africanglobe.net The recent US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC saw President Barack Obama host close to 50 African leaders to discuss opportunities for better business engagement. After a speech concerning the US’s commitment to Africa’s development through trade and business, Obama sat down with young Zimbabwean entrepreneur Takunda Ralph Michael Chingonzo (21),
Source: AFRICANGLOBE – Today, most of South Africa’s most fertile land is still in the hands of a few thousand White commercial farmers. The government now wants to buy land from those owners and redistribute it to Black people who were forced off it during White-minority rule. In 2014, 20 years after the end of
Source: www.cdc.gov Highlights The Guinean Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia, and the Nigerian Ministry of Health are working with national and international partners to investigate and respond to the outbreak. Guinea August 6, 2014, the Guinea Ministry of Health
The government of Uganda has issued a directive removing all 14 kings from the official list of recognized traditional and cultural leaders in the country. In a letter to Jacqueline Kaggwa, Managing Director of the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC), official publishers of the Uganda Gazette, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Mary
