News24 | Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ law will hit it financially, US warns
Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill – passed by its parliament this week – may hurt the country’s economic prospects, the US has warned.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 02:52
Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill – passed by its parliament this week – may hurt the country’s economic prospects, the US has warned.
MTN’s Ghana subsidiary was forced to block more than five million subscribers from its network as the country’s communications authority finalised a process to register all SIM cards.
Cameroonians are grappling with a fuel price hike as well as soaring food costs.
THE drive to construct and deliver 19 bridges to dozens of rural communities in the Eastern Cape by April 2024, has made some meaningful progress.
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, says he wants neighbouring Rwanda treated as the world did Russia: with heavy sanctions.
Ghana’s parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by rights activists.
The peril commercial ships face in the Red Sea is now compromising the delivery of medical supplies to war-ravaged Sudan, leaving humanitarian organisations worried about their ability to deliver aid.
Mozambique’s government confirmed Tuesday that tens of thousands have been driven from their homes by a wave of jihadist attacks in the restive north, but rejected calls for a state of emergency.
The world’s oral cholera vaccine stockpile has run dry, while 16 countries, most of them in Africa, suffer outbreaks of the waterborne disease.
Crisis talks called by Senegal President Macky Sall entered their second day Tuesday aimed at setting a date for a presidential election he postponed, while civil society tried to mobilise support for a vote in the next few weeks.
The highly addictive pain medication Tramadol is being sold as a street drug
The repressive regime is forcing opposition parties to put their heads together and get creative
The withdrawal of three states from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will do no favours for the bloc in its fight against terrorism while those countries literally pay the cost—not much shy of R2 billion.
Authorities loyal to the army in war-ravaged Sudan have blocked cross-border aid to the western Darfur region, a move decried by aid workers and the United States.
At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured during a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in northern Burkina Faso, a senior church official said.
A prohibition would reduce alcohol consumption but it will also cost people their jobs and state income
Both sides in Sudan’s civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes including indiscriminate attacks on civilian sites like hospitals, markets and even camps for the displaced, the UN human rights office said.
The Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI) is set to collaborate with Ugandan scientists to develop a vaccine for foot and mouth disease (FMD), which has been endemic since 1953.
The UN Security Council has called on Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to “walk back from the brink of war”, while imposing sanctions on six rebel leaders operating in the eastern parts of the DRC.
Somalia’s cabinet and lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a defence deal with Turkey, with Mogadishu locked in a dispute with Addis Ababa over a maritime agreement it says threatens its sovereignty.
The government of Zimbabwe has issued a warning to the media about reporting on matters linked to the security sector with care.