President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, have pledged to strengthen the mutual cooperation that exists between the two nations. The two leaders made the pledge at a meeting at the close of the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan last Saturday. According to a […]
Mr Ian Walker, the British High Commissioner has charged recipients of this year’s Chevening Scholarship to use the opportunity given them to deepen and broaden their network both professionally and individually. Mr Walker said this skills, coupled with building ties with the United Kingdom (UK) would serve as a consequence for receiving the prestigious scholarship […]
A Sudanese judge formally indicted former president Omar al-Bashir on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption on Saturday. Questioned in court for the first time, Bashir said that he had received $25 million from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as well as funds from other sources, but that he had not received […]
Japan is to provide credit facilities to Ghanaian peasant farmers to procure machines for processing and value addition of their produce. The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Tsutomu Himeno, who made this known, said the arrangement was to enable Ghanaian peasant farmers to add value to their produce to earn more income. The programme would […]
The Embassy of Israel in Ghana has moved into a permanent office on the eighth floor of the Manet Towers at the Airport City in Accra. The building was constructed in a record time of six months by a Ghana-based Israeli company, Rolider, and the office occupies a full floor of 800 square metres within […]
The British High Commission has donated a brand new vehicle and electronic gadgets to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to aid the service’s newly created specialised unit for combatting visa fraud and related offences. The electronic gadgets included special laptops, fraud detection equipment, batons and handcuffs. The Regional Capacity Building Manager at the commission, Mr […]
Julius Maada Bio, the president of Sierra Leone, has terminated the appointment of his chief of protocol (SCOP), Fatmata Kargbo, after she went to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) owned by Nigerian clergyman, TB Joshua, to testify of how God has favoured her. Kargbo was featured on Emmanuel TV owned by TB Joshua, […]
The UK’s Minister for Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster will visit Ghana and other partner countries in West Africa from August 26 to 28, 2019. His visit is reflective of the strong and enduring partnership Ghana and the UK share, reaffirming the UK-Ghana defence relationship. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra on […]
Ghana and South Africa are to meet next month to conclude negotiations on a visa waiver between the two countries to allow citizens travel to each other’s country without visas. South Africa’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Ms Lulu Xingwana, said South Africa’s Head of Immigration would be in Ghana to conclude the agreement. “We are […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Saturday, August 24, 2019, for Japan, to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe. The objective of the conference is “to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.” Japan is a co-host of the conference, with the co-organizers being the United Nations Office of the Special […]
