The government of Equatorial Guinea has announced a solidarity contribution of $2 million to China over the rampaging coronavirus outbreak. The decision was reached after a cabinet meeting this week. It was chaired by President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The cabinet also expressed solidarity and support for the Chinese government. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of […]
A shea butter processing and warehousing facility has been opened at Sorogu in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region to provide the needed infrastructure to add value to the commodity in the area for improved incomes. The new facility, meant for Tiyumtaba Women’s Shea Cooperative, is to help increase incomes for 600 women, who […]
A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption case that he has sought to avoid for months. The warrant was issued after the National Prosecuting Authority requested it, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported. Zuma was meant to appear […]
Kenya’s former president Daniel Arap Moi has died aged 95, according to a statement from the current head of state Uhuru Kenyatta, announced on the state broadcaster on Tuesday morning. Moi, a former schoolteacher who ruled Kenya for 24 years, becoming the country’s longest-serving president had been in hospital for over a month. Despite being […]
The outgoing President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, Mr Bashir Mamman, and some officials of the bank called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House last Friday to introduce the newly elected President of the bank, Dr George Agyekum Nana Donkor, to him. Mr Mamman told the President that […]
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has given an assurance that Ghanaians living in China, especially in the Wuhan and the Hubei provinces which are at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus, are not in danger of the disease. It said there were designated hospitals in Wuhan and other places in China for the treatment of […]
A team from the World Food Programme (WFP) has paid a working visit to Ghana to assess efforts aimed at dealing with malnutrition in the country. Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan – the WFP’s Special Adviser to Mother and Child Health and Nutrition – led the delegation. Accompanying her was Paul Kiernan, WFP’s Executive Board […]
Following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, Ghana is expected to benefit from a zero duty on all exports as well as a quota free market access. This is according to some of the proposals under the new trade deal being discussed by the Ghanaian Embassy and the United Kingdom officials, […]
The US has announced it is expanding its curbs on immigration to include six more countries, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar will now be blocked from obtaining certain types of visas. People from those countries will still be able to visit the US as tourists. […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked diplomats in Ghana to help his government fight and win the war on corruption. Addressing members of the Diplomatic Corps at this year’s Diplomatic New year Greeting Ceremony at the Peduase Lodge in the Eastern region, the President urged the envoys to expose sleazy state officials to aid […]
