Mr. Shi Ting Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, says western countries want to take undue advantage of the issue of Hong Kong to undermine China’s stability. “The issue of Hong Kong is by no means an issue of democracy and human rights. Its essence is that western countries want to use Hong Kong as a […]
The government of Korea has pledged to invest more in Ghana’s health sector, which remains a priority area of development assistance and cooperation between the two countries. According to the Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Sungsoo Kim, health constituted a fundamental human right, hence Korea’s resolve to partner Ghana to make quality health care accessible […]
The US House of Representatives is set to vote on how the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump should proceed. The resolution to be voted on sets out a more public phase of the process and is not a ballot on whether or not to impeach the president. The measure also sets out the rights […]
The Embassy of Israel in Accra has announced that it has resumed full service until further notice. On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, the Israeli mission in Ghana announced that due to the decision of the Israeli Ministry of Finance to breach understandings that were agreed upon and signed by the Director General of the Ministry of […]
The Israeli embassy in Ghana has shut down, a statement by the consulate announced Wednesday. As a result, consular services will not be extended to members of the public. No individual will also be allowed inside the premises of the embassy. A statement from the embassy copied to Starr News said: “Due to the decision […]
Ghana and India appear to be following a similar development path in the way in which both economies are run by their current leaderships. Speaking at the ongoing Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi, underscored the need for countries to speedily embrace […]
The United Nations is working for fair globalisation and bold climate action, its Secretary General, Mr António Guterres, has said. He said the world body was also focused on the vulnerable and less privileged in society and therefore, called for more attention to be paid to such people, adding that we are focused on ”the […]
Dr. Anisa Ibrahim was 5 years old when her life was uprooted by the grisly consequences of a gruesome civil war. Fleeing Somalia in 1992 with her family, Ibrahim sacrificed a year of her childhood in refugee camps in Kenya. “There were so many people in small quarters, all of us were fleeing the downstream […]
Africa for centuries has been a place where the world’s super powers like to deepen their presence hoping to secure some of it’s territories and resources. That led to slavery and colonization and their impact have been devastating for years and do not seem to have ended just yet. Since the beginning of the 20th […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo says Ghana wants her relations with the Russian Federation to be characterised by increased trade and investment co-operation, and not by the export and import of raw materials. In a statement Thursday at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia being held on the theme; “For Peace, Security and Development”, President Akufo-Addo said […]
