President John Dramani Mahama has announced the admission of nine countries into the Presidential Council of the Accra Reset Initiative, a flagship framework aimed at advancing African health sovereignty and reshaping global development cooperation. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where President Mahama unveiled the expanded leadership […]
Ghana’s Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has indicated that Google is currently working closely with the University of Ghana and GDI Hub to advance speech recognition and AI tools for Ghanaian languages including Twi, Ewe, and Dagbani to improve learning outcomes. The groundbreaking initiative will significantly lower barriers to learning and digital participation as its […]
President John Dramani Mahama has outlined five pragmatic measures African leaders must adopt to secure a meaningful place at the table in the emerging new world order and reduce the continent’s long-standing donor dependency on multilateral institutions and Western countries. Speaking on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in 2026, themed […]
Your Excellencies and my distinguished colleagues, friends and partners in global transformation, let me begin by thanking the World Economic Forum for creating space for this session, and to our various strategic partners, not least the African Development Bank, the Global Fund, Afro Champions, Georgetown University and the Rockefeller Foundation for stepping forward at a […]
Military authorities in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau have scheduled presidential and legislative elections for 6 December, despite calls for a swifter transition to civilian rule. Transitional President Horta N’Tam signed a decree on Wednesday after meeting members of the National Transitional Council, military, and government officials, as well as representatives of the electoral commission. He told reporters […]
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invite for Canada to join his newly constituted ‘Board of Peace’, in the latest spat between the North American neighbours. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining,” Trump said on Truth Social in a […]
Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, in what officials say is the first meeting attended by all three countries since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion nearly four years ago. The Kremlin confirmed Russian officials would attend the talks following a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and […]
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sabah Zita Benson, has assured Ghanaian PhD students studying in the UK that government is taking steps to address persistent delays in the payment of their tuition fees and stipends. The assurance was given during a meeting with executives of the PhD Scholars’ Cohort in the UK, after […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced the rollout of the Students Desk initiative across all 72 Ghanaian embassies abroad, following the success of a pilot phase in 11 missions. He made the announcement during engagements with student leaders representing Ghanaians studying in Europe, Asia, and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign […]
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has commended GHANA for hosting the 2024 Children’s Model Summit of the Future in Accra, where 82 children engaged in policy discussions. The Committee made the commendation as it wrapped up its review of Ghana’s sixth and seventh combined reports under the Convention on the […]
