yu zhengsheng The Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Yu Zhengsheng, arrived in Accra on Saturday for a four-day state visit. Mr Yu, one of the top leaders of China’s Communist Party, was met ... Read More

Dr Christine Evans-Klock, the United Nations Resident Co-ordinator in Ghana, has lauded the country’s record of having a very active free press, impressive public access to information and the protection of fundamental freedoms. She said there could be no accountability without ... Read More

FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has commended Africa for making great strides in tackling hunger - achieving a 30 per cent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger from 1990-2015. The FAO ... Read More

A United States Agency for International Development initiative, Africa Lead II, has facilitated the formation of women network to venture into agribusiness and help accelerate agricultural growth, raise income and fight poverty. The Women in Agribusiness Network Ghana (WIANG) under the ... Read More

The Internal Steering Committee (ISC) of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) is raising the stakes in bringing stability to the region as it seeks to galvanise all stakeholders for the smooth implementation of the Framework. Thus, the ISC met with ... Read More

Emirates says it has placed an order for an additional two new A380 aircraft to be delivered in the 4th quarter of 2017. Emirates already operates the world’s largest fleet of Airbus A380s, with 75 in service and a further 65 ... Read More

PM Desalegn of Ethiopia & President Mahama The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development (EIIPD). The agreement would enable the two institutions to work together and ... Read More

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is going through financial difficulty; owing largely to dwindling sources of income, Mrs Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs Peace and Security has said. She explained that ECOWAS relies mostly ... Read More

Desmond Swayne Mr Desmond Swayne, United Kingdom Minister for International Development, as part of his visit to Ghana visited the site of the Building Business on Value Integrity and Dignity (B-BOVID), at Mpohor in the Western Region. The visit to the ... Read More

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in collaboration with the Australian High Commission has launched a training programme for small-scale miners in Ghana. The three-month training programme, which is being funded by the Australian High Commission at the cost of ... Read More