Ghana’s position as a regional leader in Africa is unquestionable, the outgone Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs. Shani Cooper-Zubida, has observed. She said the positive experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, the re-election of Ghana for the ECOWAS chairmanship, the hosting of the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the election of […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging African countries to focus on vaccinating persons described as most at-risk to avoid needless deaths from covid-19. A statement issued by the WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, notes that West Africa has in the last four weeks recorded its highest number of Covid-19 deaths since […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in Germany for a seven-day visit at the invitation of the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel. The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, who disclosed this in Accra last Friday, said the seven-day visit was aimed at deepening the bond of friendship between the two nations. […]
The outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Emad Magdy Hanna, has said that Ghana’s good foreign policy makes the country a leader in African affairs with credible global standing. These, he explained, were evident in Ghana becoming the hub of international conferences, including the hosting of the ACFTA Secretariat and the election of President Nana […]
The United Nations (UN) in partnership with Okyeman Environmental Foundation (OEF) has begun initiatives to restore vegetation at degraded mining sites, as well as other critical Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenges in the Akyem Abuakwa State. The UN envoy in Ghana secured $1m grant from the UN Human Security Trust Fund, and an additional $1.3m […]
Ivory Coast has begun an Ebola vaccination programme following the confirmation of its first case since 1994. The country’s health ministry said the family of the infected teenager and health workers involved were the first to be given the jab. Health official Serge Ehole said that they planned to have vaccinated by Wednesday “all the 2,000 people […]
Government has taken delivery of 249,600 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine delivered under the COVAX facility. The double-schedule vaccines presented by COVAX were donated by the government of the United Kingdom. That brings to 1,765,050 the total number of vaccines that have come into the country, out of which 1,566,450 were AstraZeneca double-schedule vaccines. […]
Parliament has approved a Visa Waiver Agreement between Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement is in respect of diplomatic, service/special and ordinary passport holders. The agreement, which was approved on Thursday, August 05, 202, follows the adoption of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government, […]
Two envoys who have completed their duty tours of the country yesterday bade farewell to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra. They are the outgoing Ambassador of The Netherlands, Mr. Ron Strickker, who has been in the country for five years, and his Angolan counterpart, Mr. Augustus Da Silva Cunha. […]
The ECOWAS Commission has organised with the support of GIZ a two-day retreat for Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), as part of the ECOWAS Vision 2050 development process. The event which was held at Transcorp Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria, started from August 5-6, 2021. In his keynote address, the ECOWAS President, Dr. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, welcome […]
