The King has welcomed South Africa’s president at the start of the first state visit he is hosting as monarch. King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, formally greeted Cyril Ramaphosa at Horse Guards Parade in London as the two-day trip began. The president will visit Westminster Abbey before attending a banquet hosted by the […]
The European Commission set out a 20-point action plan on Monday designed to address surging migration in the central Mediterranean ahead of an emergency meeting of interior ministers. Over 90,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in the European Union this year via the central Mediterranean route, such as across the sea from North Africa to […]
The European Union (EU), has injected €2.5 million into Ghana’s agricultural sector to help increase farmers’ access to credit facilities to finance their agricultural production and businesses in the agricultural value chain within the next six years. The fund would be managed by the Sinapi Aba Savings & Loans (SASL), a non-banking financial institution providing […]
South Africa’s highest appeals court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma must return to prison, saying his release from a contempt of court sentence last year on medical parole was unlawful. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma lost his appeal Monday to remain on medical parole. The 80-year-old has been serving a 15-month sentence […]
The President and Chairman of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Donkor was on Friday awarded the prestigious Prix de la Fondation by the Crans Montana Forum at a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland. The award was presented to Dr. Agyekum Donkor by His Royal Highness Prince Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie […]
The lives of millions will be under threat in Ukraine this winter, the World Health Organization says. Half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed, and 10 million are currently without power, said Dr Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe. Temperatures are predicted to plummet as low as -20C in […]
The South Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Jung-Taek Lim, has said his government will continue to support Ghana in its development agenda through various Korean agencies. “Our agencies such as the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), the Korea Exim Bank, Korean Programme on InternationalAgriculture (KOPIA), and Korea Trade-Investment Agency […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn in two envoys for Guinea and Algeria. He administered the oaths of Secrecy and Office to Maxwell Awiaga and Yaw Bimpong, who are representing the country in Guinea and Algeria, respectively. According to the President, the two were appointed as a result of their experience as Foreign Office […]
The U.N. top trade official said Friday a shipment of Russian fertilizer is scheduled to leave a Norwegian port Monday bound for Malawi, helping to ease a backlog of 300,000 tons of the agricultural products currently in European ports. Speaking at a news briefing in Geneva, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan […]
The French Chamber of Commerce in Ghana (CCIFG) has, in collaboration with its partners — MDS-Lancet, Quest Medical Imaging and International SOS — organised a two-phase ultrasound and mammography screening for 45 women. It was part of the chamber’s corporate social responsibility. The first phase benefitted 20 members of OAfrica (OA), a non-governmental organisation in […]
