Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Embassy of Japan have signed the Exchange of Notes on Japanese Grant Assistance for the “Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship,” a substantial grant of 420 million Japanese Yen. The Foreign Affairs Ministry in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said Mr Ramses Joseph Cleland, the Chief […]
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 […]
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 […]
Japan has reaffirmed its commitment to finance the construction of the Volivo Bridge over the Volta Lake, a critical component of the Eastern Corridor road project. The assurance was given by the Senior Executive Vice-President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Miyazaki Katsura, during a courtesy call on President John Mahama at the Jubilee […]
Dr. Fiona Braka, World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative to Ghana, says tobacco-related diseases are responsible for the deaths of approximately eight million people, including one million who die from exposure to secondhand smoke, globally each year. This equates to one death every four seconds because of tobacco use or exposure. She said this at […]
The Italian Ambassador to Ghana, Laura Ranalli, has reaffirmed her country’s commitment to continued collaboration with Ghana in the area of security, with a shared resolve to stabilise the Gulf of Guinea region. She noted that Italy would support this collaboration through bilateral, multilateral, and European partnerships with Ghana in pursuit of that objective. The […]
Ghana and Japan have deepened long-standing partnerships with the signing of an agreement for the Japanese Grant Assistance under the “Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship” (JDS), totalling Four Hundred and Two Million Japanese Yen (approximately USD 2.6 million). The agreement was formalised on Monday, June 2, 2025, in Accra through an Exchange of Notes […]
The Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Ghana, Mr Mohammed Lawan Gana, has said young persons with disabilities must be included in West Africa’s integration and development agenda if the region is to move forward together. He made the remarks on May 29, 2025, during a donation to the Demonstration School for the Deaf at Mampong […]
Many Koreans living in Ghana were joined by some citizens to embark on a clean-up exercise to rid beaches in the Krowor municipality of filth ahead of this year’s World Oceans Day, which is commemorated on June 8, every year. The three-hour exercise saw staff of various Korean companies operating in the country, including the […]
A high court judge in South Africa on Tuesday dismissed an application by former President Jacob Zuma to end his graft trial. Zuma together with French company, Thales, are facing charges, including corruption, money-laundering, and racketeering, that date back to a 1999 multibillion rand arms deal. Together, they had applied to have all of them […]
