WTO members made history yesterday when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General.
History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General
When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be...
…. lauds Ghana’s role in the continental trade initiative
The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, has lauded Ghana’s role in the coming into being of the continental trade initiative.
He, therefore, noted that it is a testament to the country’s longstanding principle...
The Colombian national is currently under detention in the African country.
Efforts by his lawyers to get him extradited amidst harsh treatments he is facing from the Cape Verde government has so far yielded little results.
Social media users have joined in the advocacy for the release of Alex Saab with...
Lawyer Femi Falana, the counsel representing Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab in the ECOWAS Court of Justice has challenged the assertions made by Cape Verde that the plaintiff does not have a diplomat status.
Presenting their case before the court on Friday, February 5, 2021, Mr. Falana stressed that Mr. Saab’s...
There is evidence that the death rate for those infected with COVID-19 in Africa is on the increase.
And although the overall number of new cases has fallen in some countries, it remains persistently high in others, with many of these cases possibly linked to new variants of the virus.
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Amazon announced Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO almost 27 years after he founded the company to sell books to customers over dial-up modems.
Amazon wasn’t the first bookstore to sell online, but it wanted to be “Earth’s biggest.” When it first launched, a bell would ring in the...
An ILO global programme that seeks to improve the productivity of SMEs, launched in Ghana during 2011, is coming to a close with the implementation of Phase III which ends this year.
Funded from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD),...
Though the year 2020 in retrospect has been a turbulent one, the month of November will forever be fondly remembered for scientific breakthroughs and sophisticated advances toward viral remedies.
On Monday, November 9, 2020, Pfizer - the American multinational pharmaceutical company - announced to a weary public that their mRNA...
Lawyers and advocates seeking the release of Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab have expressed worry over the blatant disregard of the rights of the man.
Mr. Alex Saab, who is also an ambassador, is under house arrest in Cape Verde, where heavily armed soldiers have been stationed at the residence.
His lawyers...
Travel restrictions, supply chain disruptions and risk aversion since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have slammed the brakes on mining exploration in Africa, jeopardising the minerals supply pipeline.
Inward investment will be a key focus at the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba virtual conference to be held on...