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Two years ago, world leaders convened in Addis Ababa for a remarkable first—the global community met to agree on ways to finance the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the objective of virtually eliminating extreme poverty. The development needs of today, and through the year 2030, are enormous. With that recognition, we are no longer talking about the billions of dollars needed to support our renewed development goals—we are talking about the trillions.

Ghana’s contingent at the 2013 FIFA Under 20 World Cup held in Turkey received heroic welcome on their arrival in the host country. Also,...

A few years ago, I had the privilege of being a part of an international conference in Accra. At one of the group sessions,...

Eight Month into pregnancy, I felt desperate for help, I needed help to be able to care for my two other children, I needed...

Sidi Tiemoko Toure has clear expectations concerning the G20 Africa Partnership Conference to be held next week in Berlin. "I will ask them to help us...

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can subtly influence the way a baby’s face is formed, researchers have found. The finding includes even drinking at low levels...

A four-year-old disabled schoolboy starved to death clinging to his mother’s body after he was left there with her corpse for more than two...

Singer Ariana Grande and her friends paid tribute to victims who died in a suicide bombing in Manchester last month. See concert in pictures.

Plastic bags are used daily across Africa - the bans are hoped to tackle the pervasive problem of waste. In both Tunisia and Kenya,...

For Sylvie Nantcha it is vital that she sends money to her mother in Cameroon every month. "In our country there is no social welfare and...