Ghana has moved to the next stage of handling the government’s debts internationally and has initiated talks with China over Ghana’s debt following a successful Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has told Citi News that negotiations with China are important because China holds the majority of the external bonds. Mr Ofori-Atta says he will lead a […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, days from its one-year anniversary, is the topic of two prominent speeches Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses his country’s parliament and U.S. President Joe Biden pledges enduring U.S. support for Ukraine. Biden is due to speak from Warsaw, the capital of Ukraine’s neighbor Poland, a day after making an […]
The U.N. General Assembly will vote this week on a resolution underscoring the urgency to find a lasting peace in Ukraine, one year after Moscow invaded its neighbor. The text, drafted by Ukraine in consultation with allies and discussed with interested countries, will be put to a vote at the end of a special emergency […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the international community to send a clear message to coup plotters that coups have never been, and will never be durable solutions to Africa’s political, economic and security challenges. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Statements condemning coups alone without corresponding action will, however, achieve little or nothing, as witnessed […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the international community to send a stronger message and deterrent actions against coup makers in Africa. Stating that coups were not the solutions to Africa’s problems, the President called for adequate preventive measures to stop them, and when they occurred, they must be met with collective and […]
France and Burkina Faso have officially marked the end of French military operations in the West African nation, the Burkinabe armed forces said Sunday, after a flag-lowering ceremony at the French special forces’ camp a day earlier. In January, Burkina Faso gave France one month to withdraw its troops as it ended a military accord […]
An eight-member delegation from the Committee on Legal Affairs of the German Parliament (Bundestag) paid a study visit to the Parliament of Ghana last Thursday. The legislators engaged in a joint meeting with their colleague Ghanaian MPs on the joint committees on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee, Subsidiary Legislation Committee and the […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that African countries are being denied needed debt relief, noting that because of a lack of financial support, the African continent is facing a very difficult situation. Speaking at a news conference held at African Union headquarters after the opening of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, […]
Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) have renewed their commitment to preserve and protect biodiversity. The two countries renewed their position at the Nature Action – Private Sector Mobilisation summit organised by the UK government in London last Friday. It was to catalyse and demonstrate delivery of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The Kunming-Montreal framework […]
The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, the Ministry for the Interior and its agency, the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB), and other stakeholders are putting together a contingency plan to respond and support asylum seekers trooping to Ghana from neighbouring Burkina Faso. Details of the response plan will emerge after a stakeholders’ forum to be organised […]
