Global population will reach 9.9 billion by 2050, up 2.3 billion or 29 percent from an estimated 7.6 billion people currently, according to projections by Population Reference Bureau (PRB) included in the 2018 World Population Data Sheet. PRB continue to produce ... Read More

Preparations have reached fever pitch in Beijing ahead of the September China-Africa forum. The Chinese capital is awash with banners and billboards on the summit expected to attract African presidents, government officials and business executives. The forum is the talk of town ... Read More

The Ghana Contingent serving with the United Nations Peace Support Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), has held a solemn memorial service in honour of the departed former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. A statement issued to the Ghana ... Read More

Shani Cooper The State of Israel has appointed Madam Shani Cooper as the new Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ambassador Cooper replaces Mr Ami Mehl who ended his term of service in July 2018. A statement copied to the Ghana ... Read More

German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to bring up illegal migration and create stronger economic ties with Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria during a trip to West Africa later this week. “Africa has many conflicts, and some people are fleeing very, very difficult ... Read More

Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, says Ghana has taken urgent steps to stop the spread of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Disease as a measure to improve yields for greater returns. He said about 680,000 hectares of ... Read More

Ghana would host the Regional Border Security Seminar, aimed at sharing information border enhancements concepts and identify opportunities, for collaboration. The seminar fixed for August 27-31, at the West Africa Regional Training Center, Accra, would involve security chiefs from Ghana, Togo, ... Read More

Kofi Annan President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has constituted a nine-member Committee to see to the organisation of the State Funeral for Mr Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nation. The Committee is being chaired by former Secretary to ... Read More

UN Photo/Manuel Elias Secretary-General António Guterres signs a book of condolences during a ceremony honouring the memory and legacy of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away on 18 August 2018. During a wreath-laying ceremony in New York, the current ... Read More

Ghana and China will exchange ideas on national development strategy and the formulation of blue-prints to guide and prosper their future relations when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo honours President Xi Jinping’s invitation for a State-visit to China, next month. The ... Read More