Anger and frustration from developing nations vulnerable to climate impacts are likely to linger following the conclusion of the climate change summit in Azerbaijan, COP29, as nations adopted a $300 billion global finance target to help poorer nations cope with climate change, a deal that many recipient nations slammed as severely insufficient. Global North countries, […]
The United States is urging the Zimbabwe government to double down on reforms aimed at returning the country to the prosperity it once enjoyed. Speaking to reporters in Harare on Monday, Pamela Tremont, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe, said her country wants to have cordial relations with the southern African nation. She urged the government […]
Developing countries, including Ghana have been handed a financial package of USD 300 billion per year for the next decade to implement climate actions and build resilience against changing weather impacts. Though this package is three times the previous 100 billion pledge, it is less than the proposal of USD 1.3 trillion developing countries put […]
Ghana is expected to receive an additional US$360 million from the IMF, with the Bank’s Executive Board set to review and approve the country’s third programme review on December 2, 2024. The IMF Executive Board’s calendar indicates a meeting in December to review Ghana’s third assessment under its US$3 billion Extended Credit Facility (ECF). IMF […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed over 100 observers to Ghana for the 2024 general election scheduled for December 7, the Head of the Electoral Assistance Division of ECOWAS, Serigne Mamadou Ka, has said. He said an initial team of 16 long-term observers arrived on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, while a […]
The World Health Organization (WHO), said on Friday that the mpox outbreak, continues to represent a global public health emergency. A committee comprising around a dozen independent experts, made the decision at a meeting in Geneva. It came three months after the WHO in August, declared a health emergency, due to the spread of mpox, […]
The Peru Embassy in Ghana has organised a masterclass on one of its national drinks, Pisco, for some stakeholders in the hospitality and tourism industry in Accra. The event was to inspire new opportunities to bring the drink to Ghanaian consumers and discover Pisco’s potential in Ghana’s hospitality and tourism industry. It also sought to […]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, accompanied by First Lady Linda Ramkalawan, received a warm reception on Wednesday upon landing at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport for his inaugural official visit to Ghana. The visit coincides with the 100th Anniversary celebrations of Asantehene Nana Agyeman Prempeh I’s return from exile in Seychelles, underscoring historical ties between […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday swore in five new ambassadors at the Jubilee House in Accra. The new envoys, all seasoned diplomats, include Mrs. Matilda Aku Alomatu Osei-Agyeman (Ambassador to Austria), Ms. Vivian Kafui Akua Asempapa (Ambassador to Senegal), Mrs. Regina Appiah-Sam (Ambassador to Spain), Mr. McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong (Ambassador to Iran), and […]
Dr. Abdul Razak Saeed, Head of Environment and Climate, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), says the transition to greener practices requires deeper research-informed insights for sustainable practices. He said the research into green transition must unearth the possible pitfalls and opportunities on how Ghanaian’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) could adopt sustainable methods and […]
