Trade has picked up on a contested road in Western Sahara on Morocco’s border with Mauritania after tensions eased between troops and separatists, officials and truck drivers said Wednesday. Moroccan television said truck drivers were no longer being deterred by the presence of armed Polisario Front separatists who had been patrolling the road. “Their number … Read more
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, a renowned International Evangelist, on Tuesday asked Ghanaians to strive to develop Ghana like Malaysia, Singapore and other contemporary countries. “Although it is painful that countries that Ghana started within the 1960’s have made it to the top, Ghanaians should not rely on the gloom of the past, but should learn to … Read more
Polisario separatists have dismissed as “window dressing” Morocco’s announcement of a pullback from a zone of the contested Western Sahara that has raised tensions with their Algiers-backed movement. The foreign ministry in Rabat said Sunday that Morocco will “proceed from today with a unilateral withdrawal from the (Guerguerat) zone,” in what it said was a … Read more
It was annexed by Morocco in 1975 – a move resisted by the Polisario Front. Morocco is to pull out of a UN buffer zone in the disputed Western Sahara territory, an official statement says. The country says the former Spanish colony is part of its territory, while the Polisario independence movement wants a vote … Read more
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has called on the United Nations to take “urgent measures” following months of tensions with the Polisario independence movement in the disputed Western Sahara region. The king talked with U. N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, denouncing the Polisario Front, which for decades has sought self-determination for the desert region, according to … Read more
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Friday asked the United Nations to take urgent measures to end “provocation” by the Algeria-backed Polisario Front threatening the ceasefire in the disputed Western Sahara. Morocco insists that the former Spanish colony is an integral part of its kingdom, but the Polisario is demanding a referendum on self-determination. The two … Read more
Standard Chartered Bank has been named as the bank with the lowest interest on customer deposits. According to the Bank of Ghana’s latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report, Standard Chartered Bank offered 4.3 percent on deposits of its customers as at end of January 2017. The report which contained the rates … Read more
Standard Chartered Bank has been named as the bank with the lowest interest on customer deposits. According to the Bank of Ghana’s latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report, Standard Chartered Bank offered 4.3 percent on deposits of its customers as at end of January 2017. The report which contained the rates … Read more
Hundreds of migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta on Friday, days after Morocco warned the EU of fresh migrant trouble following a row over a trade deal. The Spanish civil guard — or paramilitary police — told AFP that “several hundred” migrants had stormed the border fence into the Spanish North … Read more
Government is set to clamp down on galamsey operations as a measure to restore water bodies in the country, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation announced on Monday. He said as part of plans to clamp down on illegal mining, the government would ban the dredging of water bodies and rivers … Read more
It has emerged that the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government did, purchase, three Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU), contrary to the Minority MPs position that they purchased only one. Questions over the purchase arose during the vetting of Energy Minister, Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, who revealed that Ghana purchased three Floating Storage Regasification Units at … Read more
The United Nations (UN) says there is the threat of terrorism on regional scale, not only the hit-and-run attacks of Boko Haram in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon but also the wider Sahelo-Sahara region. Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, said originally, militant groups … Read more
Latest: AfDB, Alliance for Financial Inclusion sign MoU to enhance access to financial services in Africa Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says the vote to readmit Morocco to the African Union (AU) shows a lack of ideology by some African leaders. Speaking to state media on his return home from the AU Summit in Ethiopia, Mr … Read more
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says the vote to readmit Morocco to the African Union (AU) shows a lack of ideology by some African leaders. Speaking to state media on his return home from the AU Summit in Ethiopia, Mr Mugabe said the lure of Morocco’s money had won over principle: Morocco has been working for … Read more
It is the morning after the night before and the cold chill of the night have lifted. At the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa it’s post mortem time and everyone is asking one question: how did the favourites, Amina Mohamed, of Kenya, and Abdoulaye Bathily, of Senegal, lose? Their people had walked around the … Read more
The African Union has decided to allow Morocco back into the fold after a 33-year absence, despite stiff resistance from some member states over the status of Western Sahara. After an emotional and tense debate, member states decided by consensus to leave the question of the disputed territory of Western Sahara for another day, and … Read more
The African Union has decided to allow Morocco back into the fold after a 33-year absence, despite stiff resistance from some member states over the status of Western Sahara. After an emotional and tense debate, member states decided by consensus to leave the question of the disputed territory of Western Sahara for another day, and … Read more
The North African kingdom quit the AU three decades ago The African Union formally admitted Morocco as a member on Tuesday, more than three decades after Rabat withdrew from the predecessor organisation. Morocco’s King Mohammed, who had been campaigning since last year to join, waved to applauding heads of state and delegates at the end … Read more
Morocco has been readmitted into the African Union on Monday since it left in 1984 after the organisation’s recognition of the independence of Western Sahara. The readmission was approved during the 28th AU Summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa after Morocco formally announced its wish to rejoin six months ago. According to Senegalese President Macky … Read more
African Union (AU) leaders have chosen Chad’s candidate as the next head of the AU commission. Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat beat Kenya’s top diplomat Amina Mohamed. The race is usually settled behind the scenes before the vote but this went to seven rounds of voting. Outgoing commissioner, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, stayed in … Read more