The United States is taking its security partnership with Nigeria into a more specialized phase, with American military personnel training Nigerian forces to operate unmanned aerial systems as the US seeks to strengthen one of its most important security relationships in Africa. The latest training at Operating Location Bauchi focused on members of the Nigerian…
Africa’s electricity crisis is no longer simply a question of connecting people to the grid. It is increasingly a question of whether the continent can finance the scale of infrastructure needed to power its economic transformation. The latest Africa Sustainable Development Report cited on Semafor identifies inadequate investment as the central constraint behind Africa’s persistent…
Kenya Airways is facing another difficult chapter in its long-running effort to restore financial stability, after the national carrier reported a pre-tax loss of 15.92 billion shillings ($123.08 million) for the first half of 2026. The latest figure represents a significant deterioration from the 12.17 billion shillings loss recorded in the same period of 2025….
Kenya Airways is facing another difficult chapter in its long-running effort to restore financial stability, after the national carrier reported a pre-tax loss of 15.92 billion shillings ($123.08 million) for the first half of 2026. The latest figure represents a significant deterioration from the 12.17 billion shillings loss recorded in the same period of 2025….
For Emmanuel Akuoko, the moment he realised he no longer belonged in South Africa was not during a pr0test or a confr+ntation. It was when children began asking him when he was going back to Ghana. “More and more often, when you walked around, a little child could simply ask you, ‘When are you going…
Two Ghanaians have taken the f+ght against xenophobia in South Africa to the highest criminal court in the world. Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, a former Government Spokesperson on Governance and Security, and security analyst Emmanuel Kotin have petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a preliminary investigation into the repeated att+cks on foreign nationals, especially…
The Ghanaian government has declined a planned state visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, citing concerns over the killing of a Ghanaian national and reported xenophobic attacks targeting Ghanaians in South Africa. The decision follows the death of 40-year-old Bashiru Isak, who Ghanaian authorities say was killed during demonstrations linked to renewed attacks against…
A Member of Parliament in Lesotho, Machesetsa Mofomobe, has criticised South Africa over the ongoing anti-migrant protests, calling for South Africans living in Lesotho to be treated the same way Basotho nationals have allegedly been treated across the border. Speaking during a public address, the lawmaker condemned the anti-immigrant demonstrations and accused South African authorities…
Government has begun arrangements to repatriate the body of a Ghanaian national who was shot dead during anti-immigrant demonstrations in South Africa, as it steps up diplomatic efforts to seek justice over the killing. In a statement issued on July 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said plans were underway to return the body of…
Government has intensified diplomatic pressure over the killing of a Ghanaian national during xenophobic attacks in South Africa, insisting the African Union must urgently act on a long-standing petition against the violence. In a statement issued on July 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was expecting the African Union Commission to treat Ghana’s…
