Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has cut the sod for the construction of the Ministry’s office annex building. The $20 million building project is being financed with a grant from the Chinese Government. Yanjian Group Company Limited, which constructed the existing Foreign Ministry’s building, won the bid once […]
French journalist Olivier Dubois returned home on Tuesday following nearly two years in captivity in the Sahel. He was greeted by his family and President Emmanuel Macron at an airport near Paris. Dubois, 48, and 61-year-old U.S. aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was seized in southwest Niger in October 2016 — arrived in the Niger […]
Ghana on Monday commemorated the 53rd Anniversary of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) with a flaghoisting ceremony at the forecourt of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Accra. Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration hoisted the flag of Ghana, while that of the OIF […]
The world has the tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to secure a sustainable future if more ambitious actions are taken, a United Nations report has said, noting that actions taken so far are not enough to tackle the growing threats posed by climate change. A UN panel of scientists stressed in a synthesis […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he gives a “priority” to relations with African countries as he looks for international partners in the face of Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. “I want to emphasise that our country has always given and will continue to give priority to co-operation with African states,” Mr Putin […]
Madam Dorcas Adwoa Paintsil, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Water Resources Commission has called on Ghanaians to mobilise efforts to attain the Sustainable Development Goal Six on access to safe water and good sanitation. She said: “Looking at the target set by the UN to be achieved by countries globally at the end of […]
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to arrive in China on Wednesday for debt negotiations, a source close to the finance ministry told the Ghana News Agency. The Minister is leading a high-level government delegation for bilateral talks on debt restructuring and financing assurances on Thursday and Friday, the source said. The delegation […]
Vladimir Putin has said he will discuss Xi Jinping’s 12-point plan to “settle the acute crisis in Ukraine”, during a highly anticipated visit to Moscow by the Chinese president. “We’re always open for a negotiation process,” Mr Putin said, as the leaders called each other “dear friend”. China released a plan to end the war last […]
More than a dozen European Union member states have agreed to supply Ukraine with at least one million artillery shells over the next year. The plan, worth €2bn in total, was agreed in Brussels on Monday. Ukraine had told the EU it needed 350,000 shells a month to hold back advancing Russian troops and launch […]
The French government has narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence, which was triggered when it forced through an increase in the pension age to 64. The vote, tabled by centrist MPs, had 278 votes in favour, falling short of the 287 votes needed. If it had been successful, Emmanuel Macron would have had to name […]
