The Government of Ghana has welcomed a diplomatic rapprochement between Europe and Iran aimed at de-escalating the rising hostilities between Israel and Iran. It describes the move as a necessary step towards peace and stability in the region. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana expressed strong support for the initiative, […]
Lance Corporal, Mr. Dunstan Guba, a member of the Cybercrime Department of the Ghana Police Service and host of the cybersecurity show on GH Police Television, has made the nation proud by winning a silver medal at the prestigious INTERPOL Digital Security Challenge 2025. The competition, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, brought together over 100 […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a strong warning to the public to prioritize water safety and protect themselves and others from drowning. According to the WHO, drowning is often silent, sudden, and unexpected, making it difficult to detect until it is too late. Globally, drowning claims over 300,000 lives each year. “Anyone can […]
Following consultation with the Council of State, President John Dramani Mahama has nominated 15 individuals for appointment as Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul-Generals designated for various countries. They are the first batch of ambassadorial appointees under President Mahama’s new administration. Hammed Rashid Tunde Ali is heading to the United Arab Emirates with Grace El Mahmoud […]
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was made at the 67th Ordinary Summit of the regional bloc, which was held on Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria. President Bio will serve a […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Regional heads of state gathered to evaluate the bloc’s current state, which continues to grapple with internal instability following a wave of military coups in several member countries. ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray is scheduled to […]
The two opposition parties excluded from the forthcoming presidential election in Ivory Coast have formed an alliance demanding to be allowed to participate in the polls. The alliance aims to demand that its leaders, Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, be allowed to run in the next presidential election and that other opposition candidates be removed […]
China has ramped up its economic engagement with Africa, injecting more than USD 22.85 billion in fresh investments and funding. It has also posted a record-high trade volume of USD 134 billion within the first five months of 2025 alone. Mr Tong Defa, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, disclosed this during a quarterly media briefing at […]
Madam Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister of Trade, Agribusess and Industry, has urged Chinese investors to leverage government initiatives to strategically invest in Ghana under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The initiative is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese Government in 2013 to invest in more than 150 countries and international organisations. […]
Ghana and China’s Hunan Province have committed to strengthening economic cooperation in agriculture and agribusiness, smart industrialisation, and sustainable mineral processing, following high level talks at the Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. These agreements were reached when Mr Cao Zhiqiang, Vice Governor of Hunan, hosted Ghana’s Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Mrs Elizabeth […]
