The UN’s climate change summit has opened in Egypt with a warning that our planet is “sending a distress signal”. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was responding to a UN report released on Sunday saying the past eight years were on track to be the warmest on record. More than 120 world leaders are due to arrive […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will lead Ghana’s delegation of climate negotiators to this year’s 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Egypt. COP 27, scheduled for November 7 to 18, would be hosted in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, and will provide the platform for climate activists and negotiators to […]
Over 100 Heads of State and Government have confirmed their participation in this year’s United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh. The political authorities, power blocs, climate experts, negotiators, as well as key stakeholders, will be at the global table with cards that experts in the […]
Ghana is to benefit from United Kingdom’s investment in West Africa’s agriculture sector through increased trade and jobs. A statement issued by the British High Commission and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday said the COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had exacerbated the challenges of energy, finance, and food security. It said […]
As part of efforts to tackle hesitancy and demystify perception about COVID-19 vaccines, a training workshop has been held for key stakeholders to become “myth busters” in the Western Region. The workshop, organised by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Care Continuum Project, was to encourage more people to get vaccinated […]
The Board of Governors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has unanimously increased the bank’s authorised capital from $1.5 billion to $3.5 billion with effect from January 2023. An authorised capital is the maximum amount of share capital that a company is authorised by its constitutional documents to issue to shareholders. A […]
Human Rights Watch said Friday that a truce reached by Ethiopia and Tigrayan authorities earlier in the week “provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe.” The cessation of hostilities agreement was reached Wednesday after 10 days of talks in Pretoria, South Africa, mediated by […]
Christine Akuol — not her real name — is just 15 years old but already is the mother of two children. Three years ago, her impoverished family married her off in exchange for food. Unfortunately, the man she was married to delivered only pain, both physical and emotional. A scarcity of resources forced her into […]
Climate change diplomacy between China and the United States cannot be separated from broader political tensions between the two sides, and Washington must take responsibility for the breakdown in talks, China’s foreign ministry said. Nearly 200 countries are about to gather in the town of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for another round of global climate negotiations […]
Twitter says it will inform its staff on Friday about whether they will be laid off following the firm’s takeover by Elon Musk. In an internal email, the social media company said the cuts are “an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path”. The firm added that its offices would be temporarily closed and […]
