Ghana and Mexico, Wednesday, held their second consultation under the Bilateral Political Consultations Mechanism towards building a stronger bond. Mr Charles Owiredu, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration co-chaired the meeting with Mr Julian Ventura, his Mexican counterpart.They discussed regional and global issues of common interest and reiterated the commitment of their […]
As time ticks slowly towards 31st August, the end of tenure of office for the beleaguered President of the Africa Development Bank, Dr Adesina Akinwumi, the rumpus at our continent’s apex bank on who becomes its next President from August 31st, 2020, has generated deep sentiments among its major shareholders. The crux of the matterThe […]
Mr Christoph Retzlaff, the German Ambassador to Ghana, has said Africa remains at the heart of the European Union’s (EU) global response to COVID-19. “As ‘Team Europe’, we stand with our neighbouring continent to respond to the immediate priorities of African states, societies and people in need in this crisis”, Mr Retzlaff said in a […]
The World Health Organization has said that the coronavirus pandemic isn’t easing down anytime soon if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions. The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing from the U.N. agency’s headquarters in Geneva on Monday that the crisis isn’t over yet. He said “Let me be blunt, […]
Technology giant, IBM Corporation has appointed Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh as Regional Head for North, East and West Africa where she will be responsible for IBM operations in over 40 countries in Africa including Morocco, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Uganda, Ghana and Tunisia. Before her appointment, Ms. Kyerematen-Jimoh was Chief of Staff to the Senior Vice President in […]
Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died, public broadcaster SABC has reported. She died in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59. The death has been confirmed by a family source, SABC reports. She was the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. […]
The USAID has observed in its recent reports on its progress towards the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free targets, children dying from AIDS-related illnesses, in Western and Central Africa despite its progress. In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, said to see so many tools available, […]
Ivory Coast’s PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting. The 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party’s candidate for October’s presidential election, after Alassane Ouattara said he would not seek a third term in office. Mr Gon Coulibaly had only just returned from France where he had received […]
The murder of political activist and singer, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in Ethiopia, which led to protest last week has caused the death of 239 people. The protest has continued and spread all over Ethiopia and abroad including a demonstration in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square in Lebanon. The government in Ethiopia has turned off the internet for several […]
The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Stephanie Sullivan, in a message ahead of the 244th Independence Anniversary of her country, on Saturday, July 4, rallied the world’s citizens to embrace the responsibility towards ending pervasive systemic racism. She declared: “Today, once again, we face such a reckoning. The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis […]
