Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump and his administration’s ban of travellers from 7 countries by Executive Order, during a rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2017. Photo – AFP Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump and his administration’s ban of travellers from 7 countries by Executive Order, during a rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2017.
Category: Africa Travel
Russians looking for a handshake from Nana Akufo-Addo
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has praised Ghanaian authorities for efforts at conducting another successful presidential and parliamentary elections and hailed the electorate for showing maturity at the polls held on 7 December 2016. In an official statement posted Tuesday, the Ministry noted that “observers from the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have recognised the election results as credible, as no serious violations that could have affected the expression of the people’s will were reported.”
More than 7,100 migrant deaths in 2016 is a world record; most were in Mediterranean
More migrants have died or disappeared in 2016 than in any previous recorded year, more than half of them in the Mediterranean Sea. In a survey of migration routes across the world, the International Organization for Migration reported last week that 7,189 migrants and refugees have died so far this year.