African Journalists HangOut

23/09/2020

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (Ghana) at the :
• We've all gone down together. We should all rise together. If the answer to COVID-19 lies in finding a vaccine, that vaccine should be made available to the whole world, rich and poor alike developed and developing, all races and all beliefs.
• We should focus our attention on the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, (…) Ghana believes that the effective implementation of the seventeen (17) SDGs remains critical to making the multilateral system relevant in addressing the global challenges we face.
• We, in Ghana, live with the grim reality that the majority of the abducted slaves from the continent were transported to the Americas and Caribbean through the forts dotted along our coastline. We owe it to their descendants to find a safe haven in Ghana, if they should need it.


Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC, USA

21/09/2020

Beyond Return

04/09/2020

How have African economies fared over the past 50 years and what lessons can our countries learn from each other?
Economist and former UN Under-Secretary-General, Dr. KY Amoako, explains the key lessons in a new book.
He shares more in this interview: https://bit.ly/2EUAcTW

28/08/2020

Recent events have put the spotlight on the dangers of racism and prejudice.

Following this year's Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery, we delve into the dangers of modern slavery: https://bit.ly/2EHathI

23/08/2020

18/08/2020

Mali: African Union & UN Secretary-General condemn mutiny in Mali, following arrest and detention of President Ibrahim Boubacar. His Prime Minister Boubou Cisse has also been detained. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bamako in jubilation at the apparent coup.
On Tuesday soldiers from a key barracks in Kati, outside of Bamako went on rampage and blocked the main road connecting the capital. Several top officials were also reportedly detained.
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres called for "immediate and unconditional release" of the president and the PM.
African Union Commission President Moussa Faki Mahamat tweeted: I strongly condemn the forced detention of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of , the Prime Minister and other members of the Malian govt, and call for their immediate release.

16/08/2020

It's been 6 months since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Africa. As it stands (WHO):
• Over 1 million infections, with South Africa recording nearly half that figure
• Cases are rising slowing, instead of rapid
• Majority of cases in populated urban areas, but WHO warns growing cases in rural areas
• 14 countries perform over 100 tests per 10 000 population
• All countries can now diagnose COVID-19, with 14 performing over 100 tests per 10 000 population
• Oxygen production increased considerably, with oxygen plants rising to 119 from 68 at the onset
• While progress has been made, governments to step up response, esp. at local levels

13/08/2020

set out to plant 5Billion trees this year. Today, it announced achieving the target and plans to plant more, under its initiative, to fight degradation, Climate Change & sustain the ecosystem.

07/08/2020

31/07/2020

On : We celebrate all the great black women of excellence. Let's raise a glass to the exemplary women who broke the proverbial glass ceiling in a stubborn patriarchal women.

29/07/2020

President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been cleared of charges of corruption and nepotism. It follows a review by a panel of experts. The US insisted on the investigation, despite an internal audit which cleared Dr. Adesina of wrongdoing.

"The panel concurs with the committee in its findings in respect of all the allegations against the president and finds that they were properly considered and dismissed by the committee," the panel stated.
This paves the way for his reelection later this year.