Ghana and the United Arab Emirates have signed five co-operation agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, in different sectors of their respective economies, aimed at deepening the ties of co-operation and the bonds of friendship that exist between the two countries. The agreements were signed on Monday, November 18, 2019, after the President Nana Addo Dankwa […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday, 17th November 2019, for a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Germany, and the United Kingdom. “At the invitation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, President Akufo-Addo is in Abu Dhabi […]
South Korean diplomat, Mr Ban Ki-Moon has expressed gratitude to President Akufo-Addo for playing a key role in his election as UN Secretary-General. The former UN Secretary-General said he was indebted to President Akufo-Addo who as Ghana’s Foreign Minister played a very good role as a campaign manager which resulted in him (Ki-Moon) winning the election […]
World leaders and high level representatives of communities and organisations, from 164 countries have gathered in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi to recommit to end preventable maternal death, meet women’s demand for family planning and stop violence against women and girls by 2030. The leaders are attending a three-day “Nairobi Summit on ICPD25” taking place 25 years after the International Conference on Population and […]
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have encouraged member states affected by the closure of Nigerian land borders to continue consultations to reach a solution acceptable to all parties. In a communique issued at the end of the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit in Niger last Friday, the authority of heads of state chose […]
The Canadian High Commission has commended the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)-Ghana for its dedication and playing a key role in Ghana’s democratic process. Pasquale Salvaggio, Counsellor, Political and Public Affairs at the Commission encouraged WANEP-Ghana not to relent on its efforts in ensuring peace. “We are very pleased to be supporting this project, […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and the Vice-Premier of China, Ms Sun Chunlan, jointly cut the sod in Tema yesterday for the upgrading of 15 technical universities, polytechnics, technical and vocational training centres in the country to world-class status. The project includes the construction of training workshops for programmes such as Mechanical, Automobile, Civil and […]
The Embassy of the Republic of Angola Tuesday organised a colourful event to climax the celebration of the country’s 44th independence anniversary in Accra. The event brought together citizens of the country living in Ghana as well as other ambassadors, high commissioners, government’s officials, diplomats and representatives of foreign missions in the country. Independence anniversary […]
The German government has presented labour market information equipment to the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations to support the ministry to operationalise the Ghana Labour Market Information System (GLMIS). The German Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Christoph Retzlaff, handed over the items to the ministry yesterday at the opening of the Ghana-German Centre for Jobs, […]
Ghana has received 300 million Yuan grant and 250 million Yuan debt write-off from the People’s Republic of China, as part of efforts to boost the nation’s infrastructural development. Additionally, the rest of the $649 million being the first tranche of the Sinohydro Bauxite Barter Arrangement between the Chinese engineering and construction firm, Sinohydro Group […]
