UK And Canada, Help Ghana Fight Climate Change
Ghana has been selected alongside Bangladesh and India, to benefit from the15-million Canadian-dollar project for Delta, Vulnerability and Climate Change, Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)
The DECCMA project which is been sponsored by the Canadian and the British Governments, under the Collaborative ... Read More
Obama Becomes First US Leader To Adress African Union
President Obama adressing the AU
US President Barack Obama is due to address the African Union in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, on the last day of his trip to East Africa. He is the first US leader to deliver a ... Read More
West African Religious Practices Support Family Planning
Almost all the major religious practices in West Africa has components that support the practice of family planning.
As a result, the Health Policy Project (HPP), in collaboration with religious leaders of the major religions practiced in the sub-region had come ... Read More
Canadian Teachers Federation Donate To Nabdam School
The Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF), in partnership with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), had donated assorted educational materials to the Damolgo Primary School in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The materials, which cost 2,500 dollars, included ... Read More
WHO Calls For Urgent Action To Curb Hepatitis
The World Health Organisations (WHO) is to use the 2015 World Hepatitis Day, slated for July 28 to highlight the urgent need for countries to enhance action aimed at preventing viral hepatitis infection.
A statement issued by Christian Lindmeier, WHO Communications ... Read More
ECOWAS Bank To Focus on Economic Growth
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) says it would continue to focus efforts on providing support to private and public sector initiatives to grow the economies and create jobs in the sub-region.
Mr Bashir Ifo, EBID President, said everything ... Read More
ECOWAS Holds Workshop On Renewable Energy Efficiency
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), has organised a five- day training workshop for Anglophone West African entrepreneurs and technicians in the clean cooking industry.
The workshop, which started on Monday, was organised through the West African ... Read More
Outgoing US Deputy Ambassador Lauds Ghana
Pat Alsup
Ghana has been lauded for being the first African country to join the Voluntary Principles (VPs) to guide extractive companies in maintaining safety and security of their operations.
Pat Alsup, the outgoing United States Deputy Ambassador said as the ... Read More
African first ladies attend conference on cancer
It is estimated that cancer kills over eight million people globally every year, constituting close to 13 per cent of the total deaths worldwide. Seventy per cent of cancer deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, majority of which are ... Read More
FAO Supports Ghana Government To Clear Obsolete Pesticides
Government in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched the Technical Cooperation Project in support of the safe disposal of obsolete pesticides in Ghana.
The project is to improve on the capacity of relevant government institutions and agro-input ... Read More