The Embassy of the State of Israel in collaboration with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the UN in Ghana have commemorated the 2021 International Holocaust Remembrance day in Accra. It is to rally all people to end racism, antisemitism and discrimination of all forms. The 2021 International Holocaust Remembrance day, was […]
The Netherlands Embassy in Accra says Ghana is not included in the list of country’s affected by its international travel ban as it fights to curb the spread of Covid-19. It said due to the emergence and spread of various strains of the coronavirus, the Dutch government has introduced additional measures regarding travel on Friday. […]
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history. “Democracy has prevailed,” he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. Donald Trump – who has not formally conceded the presidency to Mr Biden – snubbed the inauguration […]
Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lock down on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus cases that has resulted in “unprecedented deaths and transmission rates”. This is the capital’s second lockdown since the outbreak of the pandemic. The government had in March enacted a countrywide lockdown that lasted 45 days. […]
The French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave has said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which came into full force on January 1, 2021, will take more time to settle down as the regional integration policy in her view could be more complicated than estimated. AfCFTA seeks to harmonise 1.3 billion people in […]
Dr. Ozlem Ergun Ulueren, the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana is advocating for active participation of Ghanaian businesses in an upcoming Ghana-Turkey Trade Mission webinar which seeks to boost trade between the two countries. The four-day event to be held within the framework of virtual trade delegation is an initiative of the Turkish Republic Ministry of […]
The French Embassy in Ghana has inaugurated a new building for its Chancery on the Fourth Circular Road in Cantonments in Accra. The new site for the embassy became necessary because the former was situated close to the Jubilee House, the seat of Ghana’s Presidency. The new building, which was designed by Lyon-based architectural firm, […]
The first consignment of Ghanaian shipments to the U.K. to face post-Brexit tariffs docked at Portsmouth last night, including 185 metric tons of bananas, the majority of which were so-called Fairtrade. Because Britain and the European Union reached a trade deal so close to the divorce transition deadline of Dec. 31, some other “continuity” deals […]
United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden says he looks forward to working with Ghana’s President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to address the common problems facing both countries. In a letter dated December 2020, Biden who will be sworn in as US President on January 20 said he regrets that he had not yet spoken to […]
Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) have reached a consensus on the main elements of a new trade agreement after the UK completed its separation from the European Union (EU) on December 31, 2020. This is to provide the basis to replicate the effects of the existing trade relationship between Ghana and the UK, a […]
