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, […]
Former President Donald Trump has said he does not expect to run for election again in 2028 if he is defeated in this November’s US presidential poll. Trump, 78, has been the Republican candidate for three national elections in a row and has reshaped the party greatly over the last eight years. In an interview […]
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a blueprint to bring the world’s increasingly divided nations together to tackle 21st-century challenges. Those range from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty. The 42-page “Pact for the Future” challenges leaders of the 193 U.N member nations to turn promises into real […]
The U.S. is returning Special Forces troops to Chad after leaving at the country’s request nearly five months ago. “We have reached an agreement on the return of a limited number of Special Forces personnel,” Maj. General Kenneth Ekman, who oversaw the recent U.S. withdrawal from Niger at the request of U.S. Africa Command chief […]
Leading medical experts, doctors and physician assistants from Ghana and the United States of America are expected in the country from September 25 to 27 for a medical conference that is aimed at providing cutting-edge updates on diagnosis, management and prevention strategies for various medical conditions. To be hosted by the Ghana College of Physicians […]
ECOWAS is strengthening its social protection systems through a 5-day workshop in Abuja. The workshop, which started from September 16, 2024, will end today, Friday, September 20, 2024. The workshop, led by experts in collaboration with the TRANSFORM hub affiliated to the ILO, FAO, UNICEF, and the African WFP, aims to build a network of […]
