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Shaping Ghana’s Global Future: A Comparative Look at NPP and NDC Foreign Policy Visions

  • December 6, 2024

Ghana’s foreign policy has consistently mirrored its domestic priorities, evolving with the changing global environment. Anchored in principles such as good neighborliness, regional integration, and economic diplomacy, Ghana’s international engagement has been guided by its 1992 Constitution in the 4th republic.  As the country approaches its 2024 general elections, the foreign policy visions of the New […]

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UK Programme For Jobs Partners Uhuru For £12 Million Investment in Ghana’s Automotive Sector

  • December 5, 2024

The UK Programme for Jobs and Economic Transformation in Ghana Partners with Uhuru Investment Partners to Catalyse £12million of Private Capital into Ghana’s Automotive Sector.  The UK-funded Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET) Programme announces its ongoing partnership with Uhuru Investment Partners (Uhuru), which specialises in growth investments across West Africa. This partnership has unlocked an […]

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Namibia Elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as First Female President 

  • December 5, 2024

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party has been elected president and will be the country’s first female leader, results released by the country’s electoral commission showed on Tuesday. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, is the current vice president. Her victory will extend SWAPO’s 34 years in power since it led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa […]

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Biden Visits Angola on First Trip to Africa as President

  • December 4, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden received a warm welcome at Angola’s pink-hued Presidential Palace Tuesday as he made his first and almost certainly final visit to the African continent as president. After a red-carpet promenade, renditions of national anthems by a military band, an inspection of troops and a 21-gun salute, he and Angolan President Joao […]

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USAID Feed The Future Empowers MSMEs in Upper East Region

  • December 3, 2024

The USAID Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems and Resilience (MSR) Activity has formalised and empowered 80 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Upper East Region to enhance their operations and strengthen their market nets.  The MSMEs received business registration certifications to push them to the formal sector, open doors to credit and […]

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IMF Approves Ghana’s US$360m Fourth Tranche Loan

  • December 3, 2024

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday, December 2, approved Ghana’s third review programme, leading to an immediate US$360 million to the country. This brings the disbursements under the ongoing three-year US$3 billion Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement to about US$1.9 billion, since May 2023. The IMF in a statement copied to the Ghana News […]

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Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Wins Second Term as WTO Chief

  • December 2, 2024

Nigerian economist, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was unanimously reappointed on Friday for a second four-year term as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Trade sources said her early reappointment could be seen as an effort to avoid a veto by incoming United States president Donald Trump, a suggestion the WTO has dismissed. Breaking: the General Council […]

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USA Remains Top Destination For Ghanaian Students

  • November 29, 2024

Ms Virginia Palmer, USA Ambassador to Ghana, says 9,394 students in 2024 are studying in the United States of America, compared to 6,468 students in 2023. The Ambassador said in sub-Saharan Africa, 56,780 students in 2024 were studying in the USA, compared to 50,199 students in 2023. Ambassador Palmer said this at the opening of […]

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UNAIDS Reports 630,000 AIDS-related Deaths in 2023

  • November 29, 2024

A new report from the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), revealed on Tuesday that AIDS-related illnesses claimed 630,000 lives last year, while 1.3 million people worldwide were newly infected with HIV. The 2024 World AIDS Day report, emphasized the importance of taking the “rights path to end AIDS” and reaffirmed the global commitment […]