Rihanna Honoured At Harvard For Humanitarian Work
Grammy award-winning singer, Rihanna, received Harvard University’s Humanitarian of the Year award and a standing ovation for her charity work ...
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UN Security Council Visit To Draw Attention To Lake Chad Crisis
UN Security Council envoys on Thursday travel to Africa's Lake Chad region, where famine, the Boko Haram insurgency, climate change ...
ICC Hails Entry Into Force of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation ...
Japanese Delegation Visit GPHA To Explore Business Opportunities
A 40-member Japanese delegation led by the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana has visited the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). ...
We Deliberately Set ‘high Bar’ For Mo Ibrahim $5m Prize – Chair
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation says it has found no winner, again, for its prestigious Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African ...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership Again
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — drew a blank once again ...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership -- the world's biggest individual prize -- drew a blank once again ...
Former FIFA Secretary General Valcke Appeals 10-Year Soccer Ban
Former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke has appealed against his 10-year ban from all soccer related activities, the Switzerland-based Court ...
Akufo-Addo Backs 10 World Cup Slots For Africa
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has added his voice to the clamour by heads of Africa’s football associations for the ...
India Needs More Inclusive Growth
India's rapid economic growth has lifted 140 million people out of poverty in the past decade but many of its ...
Some Promises Kept But Tired Old Words Are Not Enough
If Gianni Infantino should be upset at scepticism enshrouding his first year as FIFA president then he need only delve ...
Polisario Dismisses Morocco Pullback As ‘window Dressing’
Polisario separatists have dismissed as "window dressing" Morocco's announcement of a pullback from a zone of the contested Western Sahara ...
Morocco To Pull Out of UN Buffer Zone
It was annexed by Morocco in 1975 - a move resisted by the Polisario Front. Morocco is to pull out ...
Crisis In Baringo As Kenya Red Cross Pulls Out
A humanitarian crisis is looming in Baringo County after the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) suspended its operations and withdrew ...
With Trump At Helm, US Takes Seat At UN Rights Council
The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of ...
Hayatou Hunts Chiyangwa
ZIFA and Cosafa president, Philip Chiyangwa might have plunged himself into hot water over his “birthday celebrations” gathering in Harare ...
Morocco King Urges UN Measures On Western Sahara
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called on the United Nations to take "urgent measures" following months of tensions with the ...
UN Warns Burundi’s President Over Fourth Term
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza against seeking a fourth term, saying such a move risks ...
Morocco Urges UN To End Polisario ‘provocation’
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday asked the United Nations to take urgent measures to end "provocation" by the Algeria-backed ...
UN Syria Talks Open As Blast Reflects Fragility of Truce
The first full day of a fresh round of Syria peace talks began in Geneva Friday as a suicide bombing ...