As we mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, I invite you to return for a moment to our earliest days. When the Organization first opened its doors, many of its staff bore visible wounds from war — a limp, a scar, a burn. One of them was Major Brian Urquhart, the second person to be hired by […]
Chinese community in Ghana has donated relief items valued at over GH₵1 million to thousands of displaced persons in the Savannah Region following the Gbinyiri conflict that claimed lives and displaced more than 40,000 people. The items included bags of rice, boxes of tomato paste, blankets, 10,000-liter water tanks, buckets, boxes of mosquito coils, bags […]
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would not recognise the authority of the United Nations’ top court, based in The Hague. “The ICC has proven itself incapable […]
Ghana’s First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, took the global stage at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to deliver a keynote address during the 7th Annual Prayer Service for Children. The event was on Monday, September 22, 2025, at the Church Center for the United Nations, Tillman Chapel, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York. The […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has handed over a hand-pump borehole to the Dakuma/Hiel Basic School in the Sissala West District as part of efforts to boost enrolment in the school, especially among girls. The water facility is expected to reduce water-related absenteeism and the burden associated with water collection, especially on […]
Kenya’s president on Monday said the situation in Haiti “can and must be solved”, despite logistics and resources issues associated with the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti. William Ruto spoke at the High-Level meeting on Haiti during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He said the biggest challenge the MSS faces […]
President John Dramani Mahama yesterday received the credentials of 10 new envoys at the Jubilee House, using the occasion to highlight critical regional issues and economic opportunities. The diplomats included the Kenyan High Commissioner to Ghana, Colonel (rtd) Shem Ishahilidza Amadi; Pakistani High Commissioner, Najeeb Durrani; British High Commissioner, Christian Rogg, and EU Ambassador, Rune […]
Ghana will receive another batch of 40 West African deportees from the United States in the coming days under a third-country returns arrangement, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has confirmed. Speaking in an interview on Channel One on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, Mr Ablakwa said the new arrivals would follow two […]
Ghana has secured a financing agreement with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) to unlock up to $500 million in support of the 24-Hour Economy initiative. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) headquarters in Accra yesterday established an initial $60 million funding through Development Bank Ghana […]
Ghana and Burkina Faso are set to strengthen their bilateral cooperation with a high-level meeting aimed at validating framework agreements and memoranda of understanding for their shared international land boundary. The three-day meeting, hosted by the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), commenced in Accra yesterday brought together key stakeholders from both countries reviewed and finalised key […]
