Some residents of Abelenkpe in the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region are unhappy with the vehicular and human congestion caused by the large crowd of Canadian visa applicants in their community. A visit by the Daily Graphic to the community saw a lot of people at the Baptist Convention Building, which […]
The head of the African Development Bank has urged African countries to put an end to natural resource-backed loans in an interview to the Associated Press. Akinwumi Adesina called the deals bad and pointed to a bank initiative that helps countries renegotiate them. “The risk that one has with natural resource-backed loans, as far as […]
The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died. According to the estimate, 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, a 51% decrease since 2000 and […]
A Spanish charity ship carrying 200 tons of humanitarian food aid set sail from Cyprus to Gaza on Tuesday, the latest effort to feed tens of thousands of starving Palestinians as fighting between Israel and Hamas militants rages on. The food, gathered by World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef Jose Andres, was […]
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has participated in the annual Buganu festival in Eswatini, as part of her official visit to the Southern African kingdom. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, copied to the Ghana News Agency said the festival commemorates the […]
The visiting Malta President, George Vella, has given an assurance that his country will push for meaningful and tangible cooperation with Ghana, especially through the facilitation of exchanges between the private sector and civil society of the two nations. He indicated that there was ample interest from both sides to further their relations and collaboration […]
Egypt has taken major steps towards lowering its budget deficit by selling real estate as well as agreeing a support package with the International Monetary Fund, its finance minister said on Sunday. Egypt’s primary budget surplus will rise to above 3.5% in the fiscal year that will begin on July, finance minister Mohamed Maait told […]
A women’s agriculture entrepreneurship forum has been held to recognise the efforts of women in national development and honour their remarkable achievements in agribusiness, climate resilience and gender equality. The event showcased success stories and advocated for greater recognition of women’s roles in agricultural value chains and intensified efforts to advance gender parity and inclusivity […]
A World Health Organisation (WHO) assessment of physical activity in the country has shown that 22 per cent of adults aged 18 and above are not physically active. It also indicated that 81 per cent of adolescents are also physically inactive. Based on the fact that physical inactivity was one of the main risk factors […]
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to fly his party’s flag as presidential candidate in the 2025 elections. Katinan Kone, spokesperson of his party the African People’s Party – Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), which Gbagbo founded in 2021 gave the news after a meeting of the party’s central committee on Saturday. Acquitted in 2019 […]
