King Charles III welcomed the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu III to the Sandringham House in the United Kingdom on Tuesday. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is currently in the UK as part of his Silver Jubilee celebrations. This is the first visit of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to the King of England since King […]
The government has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) to strengthen cooperation in the prevention of terrorism and transnational organised crime. The Letter of Agreement (LoA) is intended to accelerate the delivery of technical assistance to Ghana under the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel (CT Travel) programme, build national capacities […]
A delegation from Tanzania made up of government institutions is in Ghana to understudy the country’s carbon market operations. Ghana is one of the few countries in Africa to have developed a comprehensive carbon market operation, with three bilateral cooperative agreements with Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore, all aimed at unlocking investments to create green businesses […]
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, says African countries must build coordinated partnerships with the Arab region to address critical developmental challenges limiting the Continent’s sustainable growth. He said the key nagging issues are food security, energy transition, youth employment, and infrastructure development. Dr Adesina was speaking at the Leaders’ Breakfast Meeting which […]
Regional analysts have voiced skepticism about a so-called standby counterterrorism force announced Sunday by West African bloc ECOWAS. The critics say despite the comments from Nigeria’s president suggesting the force is ready for deployment, ECOWAS has not provided any details about its size, base, funding or mode of operation. Nigerian President and ECOWAS chair Bola […]
Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, has engaged members of the Arab Coordination Group to support the Government’s growth strategy which targets an investment of $12 billion. The Government, having successfully undergone both domestic and external debt restructuring and moved onto the path of economic recovery, seeks to have investments in […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. The Climate Change Bill aims to enable South Africa to meet its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris climate agreement, the presidency said […]
The African Union convened in Ghana on Sunday to address issues related to African integration and to establish a unified stance before engaging with the G20 and UN. Mauritania’s President and current African Union Chair, Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani, urged for the acceleration of the African integration process. He stressed the importance of expediting economic integration to support the […]
Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage — not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia. Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. Here […]
Sudan’s de facto leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, received an Iranian ambassador Sunday and sent his own to Tehran, the government said, cementing a rapprochement after an eight-year rupture. Sudan and Iran agreed last October to resume diplomatic relations, as the army-aligned government scrambled for allies during its war with the paramilitary Rapid Support […]
