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Ghana-Denmark Sign Strategic Sector Cooperation Agreement

  • March 20, 2024

Ghana and Denmark have signed the second phase of the strategic sector cooperation (SSC) on statistics to promote evidence-based decision-making in the country. This follows the successful implementation of phase one of an initial project which focused mainly on capacity building. Representatives from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Statistics Denmark (SD) and the Danish Embassy […]

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Austin: US, Free World ‘Will Not Let Ukraine Fail’

  • March 20, 2024

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the United States remains determined to provide Ukraine with the resources it needs to fight Russian aggression, even as a U.S. Congress has yet to approve new funding for Ukraine. “The United States will not let Ukraine fail. This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and the free world […]

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Kudos, Stay The Course – IMF Boss To Ghana

  • March 19, 2024

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has urged managers of the economy to stay the course after achieving “many good indicators in this short period of time” in the country’s programme with the fund. “Your growth is better than expected, your inflation is lower than expected, the progress in debt […]

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Military Rule Not Alternative To Multiparty Democracy – ECOWAS

  • March 19, 2024

“I am of the view that military and dictatorial rule is not a viable alternative to electoral multiparty democracy,” the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Dr Abdel-Fatau Musah, has said. “Empirical evidence in Africa between 1970 and 1990, as well as the struggles of current military regimes makes that debate mute. “Military […]

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US Holds Out Hope For Partnership With Niger

  • March 19, 2024

The United States is not ruling out a continued military presence in Niger, despite a statement by the country’s ruling military junta that it was ending an agreement allowing for the presence of American forces engaged in counterterrorism missions. U.S. defense officials said Monday the U.S. has yet to withdraw any of its approximately 1,000 […]