Russia has threatened to scrap the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which enables the safe export of grain from Ukrainian ports onto the world market. The threat comes as members of the G-7 group of rich nations are reportedly mulling further sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due […]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is set to visit Ghana today (Tuesday, April 25), as part of her efforts to reinforce support for Sub-Saharan Africa. During her two-day visit, she will meet with policymakers, business leaders, and civil society representatives to discuss making globalisation work for Africa. The visit […]
In the past one week, the Republic of the Sudan has been gripped by a deadly conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, resulting in avoidable casualties. Khartoum, the capital, has been the epicentre of the clashes with civilians being most affected. A number of Ghanaian nationals, particularly students, have […]
Countries are rushing to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from Khartoum, Sudan’s capital as fighting between the two rival factions in the Northeastern African country’s capital continues. Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United States are among the nations using aircraft and convoys to bring foreign nationals out of Sudan. More than 420 […]
INTERNATIONAL Ghanaian Marketing Communications Company, Akwaaba UK, in collaboration with the British High Commission in Ghana, launched this year’s editions of the Ghana Party in the Park and Expo Ghana at a colourful event at the residence of the British High Commissioner to Ghana in Accra recently. Ghana Party in the Park, currently the biggest […]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate halt to fighting in Sudan on Thursday and appealed for a three-day cease-fire to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to enable trapped civilians to seek safety and supplies. “This must be the first step in providing respite from the fighting and paving […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declined to sign a bill that would require the death penalty for homosexuality in some cases and sent it back to Parliament for “strengthening.” Museveni’s decision was announced late Thursday after he met with lawmakers in his ruling National Resistance Movement party, almost all of whom supported the bill. The meeting […]
Emeritus Professor Kofi Aidoo has been appointed to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (JECFA). The Professor of Food Safety and Microbiology at the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, School of Health and Life Sciences (SHLS) […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, was welcomed to Rome by Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy, Merene Botsio Benyah, in a strategic diplomatic collaboration to showcase Ghana in Italy, with a focus on trade and investment. Speaking during the national day celebration to commemorate Ghana’s 66th independence at the Cavalieri Waldorf […]
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, announced a provisional approval of the R21 vaccine during a media briefing on Monday. The regulatory agency’s consent came days after Ghana approved the vaccine. NAFDAC said the vaccine is 70 to 80 percent efficient in preventing the mosquito-borne disease and could protect millions […]
