President Mahama Attends ECOWAS Extraordinary Session
President John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama departs Accra on Tuesday to participate in an Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, to discuss the political situation in Burkina Faso.
The Immediate past Chairman of ... Read More
Australia Offers Scholarship To West African Professionals
Fifteen West African nationals have received scholarships to study under the Australian prestigious international scholarship programme from January 2016.
Four Ghanaians, six Liberians and five Nigerians received the Australian Government scholarship to study various courses in that country.
Addressing a pre-departure reception ... Read More
Ghana Elected To UN World Tourism Organization Executive Cou...
Ghana has been elected to serve on the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at the 21st session of the General Assembly of the UNWTO held in Medellin, Colombia.
The Executive Council is the UNWTO’s highest decision ... Read More
Global Development Partnership Requires Revamp – UN Report...
UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon
A new report launched by the United Nations says a revamp of the global partnership for development (MDG 8) is necessary due to persistent gaps in development assistance, access to markets, medicines and technologies.
Millennium Development ... Read More
Ghana And China Sign Agreement For Biomedical School
Ghana and China on Friday signed an acceptance certificate, following the completion of the construction of a School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in the Volta region.
Under the project, the Chinese government provided a ... Read More
Ghana-Burkina Faso Borders Open But Security Tightened
There is heightened security along Ghana’s common borders with Burkina Faso in the Upper East Region, which were opened on Friday after a three-day closure following a military takeover in that country.
Visits by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the ... Read More
Three Ghanaians Awarded The Burt Award For African Literatur...
Three Ghanaian authors who have distinguished themselves in their literary writings were on Friday awarded the William Burt Award for African literature 2014.
The Burt Award consist of monetary prizes of $ 9,000 for first prize, $ 7,000 for second prize ... Read More
Standard Bank West African Investors Conference Held
The Standard Bank West African Investors Conference, a confab that enables investors to get first-hand information from listed companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), has been held in Accra.
The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, said the economy was ... Read More
Powering Africa Summit: Gov’t To Get ‘Tough’ On Tariff...
Power Minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor has hinted that government will have to take a ‘tough’ decision regarding power tariffs in order for them to reflect the actual cost of generation.
He maintained that “underlying the historic underinvestment in generation, transmission and ... Read More
Over 50,000 Women Worldwide Get Fistula Annually – UNF...
Mr Babatunde Ahonsi, Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday indicated that over 50,000 new cases of Obstetric Fistula which affects women globally, were recorded every year.
Obstetric Fistula is a disease which attacks women, and comes ... Read More