It is a familiar sight in this remote rural town: a migrant in a headscarf and thick winter coat carrying her belongings to the overcrowded reception center as a storm brews over the flat landscape. For many here and across this nation once known as a beacon of tolerance, it is too familiar. “Immigration is […]
Drop by disappearing drop, water is an ever more precious resource on Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union. Taps flow just one day out of three in this French territory off Africa’s eastern coast, because of a drawn-out drought compounded by years of underinvestment and water mismanagement. Diseases like cholera and typhoid are […]
This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump’s New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to answer probing questions from prosecutors. On Monday Mr Trump’s defence team will begin presenting their side, calling the former president’s […]
Ghana’s foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, is participating in a leaders’ meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Cook Island as a special guest. The 18-member Forum in Rarotonga, capital of the Cook Islands, includes Australia, New Zealand and small island nations, among them Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga. Earlier in the week, […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Ghana have signed a $102.59 million protocol agreement for budget support. The grant is to support the government’s Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Recovery Programme aimed at boosting recent fiscal consolidation and economic recovery reforms. Mrs. Abena Osei-Asare, a Deputy Ministry of Finance, speaking at the signing ceremony, said the […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Thursday defended his tough economic measures in his first State of the Nation address since coming to power last year, saying they were necessary to get the country back on track. There has been widespread anger among Kenyans over his government’s decision to remove food and fuel subsidies and implement […]
The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, has called for the establishment of a new chapter in the relations between his country and Ghana. He said as part of a new strategy of the Czech Republic, it was increasing cooperation and activities in countries around sub sahara Africa and, therefore, said his visit […]
French President Emmanuel Macron gave opening remarks on Thursday in Paris at an aid conference for Gaza, stressing that “all lives have equal worth.” Representatives from more than 50 nations, including the U.S. and several Arab states, were in attendance. Israeli officials weren’t invited but were informed of the meeting in advance, Macron’s press office […]
Ghana has appealed to its development partners to share their digital innovations to help build a transformative digital ecosystem and create sustainable jobs. Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI), said developing countries should not be left behind the global digital drive to ensure an inclusive digital space. The Minister […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has presented relief items to flood victims of the North, Central and South Tongu Districts of the Volta region. The items comprised boxes of dignity kits, trampolines, digniloo (plastic/ movable toilets), toilet seats and vent pipes. The relief items were donated by Global Communities through UNICEF to the Volta […]
