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Denmark Urges Stronger Democratic Values, Equal Partnerships at Constitution Day Reception in Accra

  • June 9, 2025

Denmark has renewed its call for the protection of democratic principles, equality, and multilateral cooperation with Ghana.  These values, it says, are deeply embedded in its Constitution and proudly reflected in its partnership with Ghana.  This comes at a time when global democratic norms face increasing pressure with calls for nations to stand firm in […]

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Ghana And Malawi Strengthen Biodiversity Data Management

  • June 9, 2025

Ghana and Malawi are improving biodiversity data access by training key stakeholders to centralise, manage, and share national information through the Bioland Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) Portal.  The two-day capacity-building workshop, held in Accra, was organised by Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, and Technology (MEST) in collaboration with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences […]

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Sports Minister Begins Consultation in UK, Seeks Transformational Plan For Borteyman Sports Complex

  • June 9, 2025

Kofi Iddie Adams, the Minister for Sports and Recreation has embarked on a working visit in the United Kingdom to discuss long-term solutions and commercial viability of Ghana’s sports infrastructure.  Key among these infrastructures is the country’s only multipurpose sports facility, the Borteyman Sports Complex.  The complex, first of its kind in Ghana has a 1,000-seater […]

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Ukraine And Ghana to Deepen Cooperation in Cybersecurity And Digital Innovation

  • June 9, 2025

Ukraine and Ghana have committed to advancing bilateral cooperation in cybersecurity, digitalisation, and information technology following a high-level virtual meeting between officials of both countries on Tuesday, June 4, 2025. The engagement, which took place between Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Anton Demokhin, and Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Information Technology, and […]

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UNESCO, Media Groups Push For Swift Passage of Broadcasting Bill

  • June 9, 2025

Media stakeholders, civil society groups and regulators are urging Parliament to pass Ghana’s broadcasting bill, describing it as necessary to address challenges facing the country’s growing and evolving media sector, especially in community broadcasting. The call was made at a consultation meeting organised by the UNESCO Accra Office on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The event […]

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Former Zambian President Lungu Dies Aged 68

  • June 5, 2025

Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68, his party has said in a statement. He had “been receiving specialized treatment in South Africa” for an undisclosed illness, the Patriotic Front (PF) added. Lungu led Zambia for six years from 2015, losing the 2021 election to the current President Hakainde Hichilema […]

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Ivory Coast: Opposition Candidates Barred From Electoral Lists

  • June 5, 2025

Unless the decision is overturned, Ivorians will not be able to tick the box next to any of these names in October’s presidential elections: Tijane Thiam, Laurent Gbagbo, Charles Blé Goudé and Guillaume Soro, all four candidates for opposition parties, have been barred from the electoral lists, which were published in their final version this […]