President Joe Biden used his final address before world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to call for peace in Lebanon and an end to the conflict in Gaza — two prospects that analysts say are unlikely to happen soon. “A full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” Biden said, referring to the escalating […]
As Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to reveal a “victory plan” to President Joe Biden on Thursday, Kyiv is looking to the US leader for a strong show of support before he leaves the White House. A senior official in Kyiv said they wanted him to “make history” in his final months in office. While details […]
The European Union (EU) has hosted an agribusiness seminar on the sidelines of the 2024 Ghana Industrial Summit and Exhibition (GISE) to support private sector development and investment flows between the EU and Ghana, The seminar, on the theme, “Promoting industrial development and digitalization of the Ghanaian agribusiness sector: challenges and opportunities”, was organised in […]
The bilateral trade volume between China and Ghana in the first half of 2024 reached nearly $ 6 billion, an increase of 13.3 per cent the previous year. In 2023, the trade volume exceeded $11 billion, an increase of 10.4 per cent year-on-year, Mr Tong Defa, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, announced […]
Mr. Charles Abani, United Nations (UN), Resident Coordinator, says urban planning policies must prioritise environmental sustainability by promoting energy-efficient infrastructure, waste management, and green public transport. He said urbanisation continues to accelerate in Ghana and that the government and relevant stakeholders must ensure that cities were sustainable and liveable. The UN Coordinator was speaking at […]
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has held its first general meeting on capacity building of directors-general of copyright offices to strengthen the return of cultural property to countries of origin. The workshop held in Accra, was in partnership with Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture (MOTAC) aimed to adopt a strategy for the […]
Madam Malgorzata Pitura, Programme Officer, Economic, Private Sector and Trade Section, European Union (EU) Delegation to Ghana has reiterated the EU’s commitment to the advancement of digital farming practices in Ghana. She said the EU believes that in Ghana, the digitalization of practices in the farming sector could be advanced, and “that is why we […]
Russia has declined to support a UN blueprint aimed at bringing the world’s increasingly divided nations together to tackle 21st-century challenges from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty. Speaking on Monday in New York at the Summit of the Future meeting, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey […]
A total of 103 cases of conflicts between Fulani Pastoralists and some settled farmers in the Bole District of the Savannah Region have been amicably resolved. This was through the implementation of the Mitigating Fulani Pastoralists and Settled Farmer Land Conflict in Bole District project, implemented from May 2022 to October 2022 with support from […]
Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas. This would bring the Kenyan contingent, deployed incrementally since June to help the Caribbean nation’s beleaguered police force, up to 1,000. During a visit to the country, […]
