Africa Energy Forum Relocates To Amsterdam From 20-22 Octobe...
This year’s Africa Energy Forum (aef) has been rescheduled to take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 20-22 October 2020. Previously due to take place in July, the move comes in the interests of all attendees’ safety after monitoring the ... Read More
African Court Former President Dies
The Late Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani
Former President of African Court on Human and People’s Right, Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani, has died, a statement by the African Continental Court said on Saturday.
The statement, copied to the Ghana News ... Read More
Coronavirus: Johnson Reveals ‘Contingency Plans’...
Mr Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has revealed "contingency plans" were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus.
In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, the PM says he was given "litres and litres of oxygen" to keep him ... Read More
Ghanaian Gets Nod To Represent ECOWAS At UN
Mr Mahama Kappiah
A Ghanaian energy icon, Mr Mahama Kappiah has been appointed the Permanent Representative Ambassador of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the United-Nations, in New York, USA, a statement from the Regional entity says.
The ... Read More
German Government Supports COVID-19 Measures In Ghana
Christoph Retzlaff -German Ambassador to Ghana
The German government is supporting Ghana’s COVID-19 rapid response measures with up to 13.4 million Euros.
The amount will cover the funding of a COVID-19 Unit at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Takoradi.
The measure ... Read More
COVID-19: Ghana Extends Border Closure Till May 31
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders for a month.
Addressing workers in a virtual May Day celebration on Friday (May 1, 2020) at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) in Accra, ... Read More
Ghana Marks Workers Day
This year's International Workers' Day of Solidarity, or May Day, will be archived as one marked without the usual colourful parade and funfair by workers.
This is because the world is avoiding large assemblies in a bid to contain the COVID-19 ... Read More
COVID-19: Ghana Has 6th Highest Cases In Africa But Fewer De...
Cases of Coronavirus in Africa have surged past 34,000 with Ghana having the sixth-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus) infections.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, Ghana's 1,671 cases announced yesterday places the country behind Egypt (5,042), South Africa ... Read More
Former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro Jailed 20 Years...
Prime Minister Guillaume Soro
An Ivorian court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who has been living in exile since December 2019, to 20 years in prison for corruption.
This ruling is likely to end Soro’s political ambition with ... Read More
Germany’s Rate Of COVID-19 Infections Grows After Lockdown...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
“The number should stay below one, that is the big goal,” the country’s disease control chief says of the virus reproduction rate.
Germany faces the prospect of having to restore stricter lockdown measures as its number and ... Read More