Ghana

The World Bank approved $300 million in financing for Ghana on Jan. 23 to help support the African country's recovery from its worst economic turmoil in years.

Athens is standing in the way of an EU-Tirana Defense and Security Agreement over the Albanian government's intransigent stance regarding the incarceration of the ethnic Greek mayor of Himare, Fredi Beleri.

The EU is in the process of speeding up the procedures for signing agreements with third countries outside the Union with a view to better defense cooperation.

More than 20 countries called for the tripling of world nuclear energy capacity at UN climate talks on Saturday as part of efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

A declaration endorsed by nations ranging from the United States to Ghana to Japan and several European countries said nuclear energy plays a "key role" in reaching the goal of carbon neutrality.

The measure of a person cannot be accurately measured in times of ease when there are no challenges to confront, no mountains to climb. The measure of a person can only be accurately experienced in times of difficulty, sometimes in serious difficulty, and with challenges that are even unimaginable.

PARIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday before the Paris Peace Forum.

"A cordial meeting with a great friend of ours, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, before the start of the Paris Peace Forum," Vucic wrote in a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram account.

Tonight's meeting with the President of France is scheduled for 8:15 p.m., and Vui expressed great gratitude that, in addition to all the other participants, Macron took the time for a tête-à-tête meeting with him, adding that he will invite French President to visit Belgrade.

Algeria has offered the military that seized power in Niger a "six-month transitional plan" to restore constitutional and democratic order, instead of the three years they proposed, the country's head of diplomacy said, quoted by "AFP".

Thousands of Niger coup supporters took to the streets on Friday to protest against plans by West African nations to deploy a military force to the country, as a key regional meeting on a possible intervention was scrapped.

An organized criminal group for the distribution of marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine on the territory of Sunny Beach, consisting of six permanent residents of Nigeria and two people from Ghana, has been shut down by the Bulgarian police.

Seven people are in custody with a prosecutor's decree for detention for 72 hours, and one is wanted.

Climate change, migration, artificial intelligence, perspectives on Africa and combating nationalism take center-stage this year at Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair.