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Swiss Ambassador Commends Akufo-Addo For Giving More Women Political Positions

  • November 29, 2022

Mrs Simone Giger, the Swiss Ambassador to Ghana has praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo’s government for appointing more women to leadership positions. She said women had huge potentials and their active involvement in government could spur rapid socio-economic growth and holistic national progress. Mrs Giger gave the commendation when she paid courtesy call on Madam […]

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Rishi Sunak: Golden Era Of UK-China Relations Is Over

  • November 29, 2022

Rishi Sunak has said the so-called “golden era” of relations with China is over, as he vowed to “evolve” the UK’s stance towards the country. In his first foreign policy speech, the PM said the closer economic ties of the previous decade had been “naïve”. He said the UK now needed to replace wishful thinking […]

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Ghana Asked To Ratify The ILO Convention 190

  • November 28, 2022

The Gender Center for Empowering Development (GenCED) has called on the government to ratify the ILO C190 as it joins the rest of the world to mark the UN’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” campaign. The 16-day campaign is to enhance awareness and deepen advocacy against gender-based violence (GBV) to be concluded with […]

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Shared Prosperity, Poverty Reduction Critical To Ghana’s Development – World Bank

  • November 28, 2022

The World Bank says shared prosperity and poverty reduction are critical to national development while calling for a strategic approach towards social interventions to achieve the desired results. Ms. Cynthia Nimo-Ampredu, Social Protection Specialist, World Bank, made the call in Kumasi at a stakeholders’ consultative workshop towards the development of a national social protection and […]

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4 Killed In Sao Tome’s Failed Coup Bid, State Media Reports

  • November 28, 2022

Four people were killed in a failed coup attempt on Sao Tome and Principe, the state news agency STP-Press said Sunday reporting a toll from the armed forces chief of staff. The military, which Friday thwarted a coup bid in the tiny Portuguese-speaking archipelago off central Africa considered a beacon of democracy, announced “four human […]

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30 Ghanaian Firms To Export Under AfCFTA

  • November 25, 2022

The government has assisted 30 Ghanaians firms to secure certifications of origin that will enable them to start trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The certified firms were assisted through the (Ghana) National AfCFTA Coordination Office, which serves as the liaison between Ghana and the AfCFTA Secretariat. The firms are part of […]

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Uganda Closes Schools To Fight Ebola, New Cases Fall

  • November 25, 2022

Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting to AFP that new cases had declined. The directive to close schools two weeks before the end of term was announced earlier this month following the deaths of eight children from the highly contagious disease. But in recent […]

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Kanye West Announces 2024 Presidential Bid

  • November 25, 2022

Rapper Kanye West has said he intends to run for US president in 2024, despite facing several scandals over his recent behaviour. The star, who has legally changed his name to Ye, posted a video of his campaign logo to social media, alongside the caption Ye 24. He also claimed to have asked Donald Trump […]