As part of efforts to increases awareness of the fight against Child labour, the European Union delegation in Ghana last Friday organized a sing-along concert to mark the International Day against Child Labour at Alisa Hotel in Accra. The concert is part of a national awareness campaign on child labour under the Ghana Employment and Social Protection […]
The 46th ordinary meeting of the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has opened in Accra. The meeting, which is being held at the ministerial level, is the first of the mid-year statutory meetings of ECOWAS. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, […]
The European Union Commission has warned that Ghana risks sanctions “as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing”. The warning, delivered in the form of a yellow card in conformity with industry administrative measures, said the “decision is based on various shortcomings in Ghana’s ability to comply with its […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has congratulated the outgoing British High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Iain Walker, on the successful completion of his duty tour of the country. That was when the latter called on the minister to bid her farewell. Mr Walker was appointed British High Commissioner […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented credentials to 21 ambassadors and high commissioners to represent Ghana abroad, with a charge to them to facilitate and attract more foreign investments into the country as part of the COVID-19 economic recovery programme. While 19 of them will be outside Ghana, two will be in Ghana as Ambassador-at-Large […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Ghana for achieving Maturity Level 3 (ML3), a global regulatory benchmark set by the organisation. The WHO last year ranked Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) ML3 for its medicines regulatory system that ensured the safety, quality and efficacy of all medical products imported, manufactured or distributed in […]
COVID-19 has stalled and slowed the art scene but life still goes on. That seems to be what the Colombian Ambassador, Ms Claudia Turbay, and her staff are saying as they rolled off an Exhibition of Pictorial Art this week. Dubbed: “Abstract and Surrealistic View of the World”, the event which is hosted in the […]
Mr Sugandh Rajaram, Indian High Commissioner to Ghana has arrived in Tamale at the start of a week-long official visit to the Northern Region to engage various stakeholders for mutual interest. The High Commissioner arrived in Tamale on Sunday, May 23, and will end his visit to the region on May 28. This is the […]
The Chinese government will not condone the participation of Chinese in illegal small-scale mining in Ghana. Besides, the Chinese government did not approve the procedures some Chinese nationals and other foreigners used to mine. The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Lu Kun, who made this known, said: “They [Chinese illegal miners in Ghana] were neither […]
Ghana has been selected to host the seventh Ubuntu Safe City Hub, a safe space for human rights campaigners who are under threat on the continent. The country will, therefore, be the first English-speaking country in West Africa to play host to the hub. The Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative is a city-based relocation initiative for […]
