Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Tuesday for Cote d’Ivoire to attend the funeral of the late Ivorian Prime minister, Hamed Bakayoko. Accra, March 16, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Tuesday for Cote d’Ivoireto attend the funeral of the late Ivorian Prime minister, Hamed Bakayoko. Bakayoko, 55, died […]
Mr Iain Walker, the United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Ghana, has commended the country for being the first in Africa to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility. “I was delighted to stand alongside the Minister-designate for Health… as Ghana becomes the first country in Africa to take delivery of a vaccine […]
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration-designate, has appealed to Serbian investors to come and invest in Ghana. The Foreign Minister-designate, made the appeal on Tuesday, when Mr Djura Likar, Ambassador of Serbia to Ghana, paid a courtesy call on her in Accra. She noted that though bilateral trade between […]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for the launch of a global vaccination plan under the auspices of the Group of 20 leading economies to help head off the coronavirus pandemic. Guterres told the annual Munich Security Conference that an emergency task force was needed to draw up a strategy along with overseeing […]
Ghana has presented 100,000 units of election thumbprint pads to the Republic of Niger to support its second round of presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, February 21. Mr. Jonathan R. Magnusen, Ghana’s Ambassador to Niger, handed over the materials to the Niger Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) at a short ceremony at Niamey on Wednesday. […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her “historic” appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. In a letter addressed to the new WTO boss, President Akufo-Addo expressed delight at the fact that her election was by consensus of the General Council of the WTO, thereby making Dr […]
The United Kingdom (UK) government has said it will continue to support Ghana on its development agenda, particularly in addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. This will comprise both financial and technical support in the social sector, such as health care and education. This was contained in the UK government’s response […]
The Cuban Government has offered to transfer technology on a COVID-19 vaccine — currently undergoing trial in that country — to Ghana through an agreement with the Ghanaian pharmaceutical industry. Under the agreement, the Cuban Government will supply active pharmaceutical ingredients for the formulation, production and packaging of the vaccine in Ghana. COVID-19 vaccine Known […]
World Trade Organization (WTO) members made history on Monday, February 15, 2021, when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on March 1, 2021, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. […]
