Month: May 2025

 The Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali&his accompanying delegation were received by H.E. President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, the President of Iraq at Al-Salam Palace this afternoon during the Chairperson's visit to attend the 34th Arab League Summit Baghdad. The meeting focused on advancing Iraq - Africa relations&exploring opportunities for strategic cooperation with the AU Commission.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Union (AU).    

 An eleven-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has been officially inaugurated at a brief but significant ceremony at the Ministry of Finance, with a strong call to urgently reverse the fortunes of the ailing cocoa sector. The new board is chaired by Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and includes key figures such as the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson; Governor of the Bank of Ghana, […]

 The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Ronald Lamola, has arrived in France to co-chair the Ninth Forum for Political Dialogue alongside the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, Mr Jean-Noël Barrot. This bilateral engagement will enable the two Ministers to review progress and discuss key issues of mutual interest, further strengthening the strategic partnership between South Africa and […]

  The 9th Session of the Ministerial Forum for Political Dialogue between the Republic of France and the Republic of South Africa was held in la Celle Saint-Cloud, France, on 16 May 2025. The French and South African delegations were led respectively by Their Excellencies Mr Jean-Noël BARROT, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, and Mr Ronald Ozzy LAMOLA, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of […]

 The Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced an ambitious government plan to acquire 200000 hectares of land for cocoa plantations as part of efforts to revive Ghana’s struggling cocoa sector and restore production levels to 1 million metric tonnes. Speaking at the inauguration of a new eleven-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) at the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Forson stressed the urgent need […]

 The long-awaited Galana Kulalu food security project is now ready for full operationalisation, President William Ruto has announced. This follows the completion of construction works on the siltation basin and canal for the Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project. Two years ago, President Ruto directed the construction of key infrastructure, including an intake, pump station, inlet canal, reservoir, outlet canal, and off-take reservoir. The Sh519.4 million infrastructure is now fully built and […]

 “I thought I would not survive,” says Abel Kanivete, from Angola's Cuanza Sul province on the country’s West coast. “There were so many people in the cholera treatment centre. I was afraid the nurses could not care for everyone, but they did, and I am alive because of them.” Kanivete is one of the more than 18 000 Angolans affected by the current cholera outbreak, declared in late January 2025. In […]