President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday arrived in the Angolan capital Luanda to begin a two-day state visit. He is in the Central African nation at the invitation of the Angolan leader, Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. It is the first time a Ghanaian Head of State is making a formal visit to Angola. President […]
The continuous rise of Rwanda’s economic profile can be likened to the ancient mythical bird, phoenix, which regenerates and starts another life cycle from its ashes. The 1994 genocide left the country deeply scathed and experiencing economic setbacks as a result of heavy security efforts. Therefore, it has become an inspiration to see this African country rise […]
The Commonwealth Africa office headquartered in Accra, has appointed Fadilah Tchoumba as its Director of Business and Innovation across Africa. Ms Tchoumba will steer the business development department of the office and lead in the creation of innovative ideas and projects that are aligned to the values of the Commonwealth. She will be working closely […]
The Embassy of the United States of America (USA) in Ghana has urged the government to conduct a thorough forensic audit into claims of fraud regarding its contract with Power Distribution Services (PDS). The move, the US believes, will help establish the full facts surrounding the contract. The call was contained in an email from […]
Ghana and Burkina Faso have opened talks to formalise trade relations in food crops, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has announced. To this end, Dr Akoto and his Burkinabe counterpart, the Minister for Agriculture and Hydro-agricultural Equipment, Mr Salifou Ouedraogo, met in Changsha, China, to identify ways to capture data […]
United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described as a transformative experience the time spent in Ghana’s coastal city of Cape Coast as part of her official visit to the West African country. Pelosi told lawmakers in an address on Wednesday that visiting the Cape Coast Castle located in the Central Region was revealing not only […]
A UN report released Tuesday documented that the level of grave violations against children worldwide last year was on the rise. The 2018 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict said that more than 24,000 grave violations against children were verified by the United Nations in 20 country situations. Continued fighting between parties to conflict, […]
In his first cabinet since taking over the leadership of the Conservatives party and becoming the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson named a UK-born Nigerian as one of his junior ministers. 39-year-old Kemi Badenoch (full name Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch) was named the new Minister of Children and Families by the new PM. The official role title […]
Mrs Nancy Patricia Pelosi, Speaker of the United State House of Representative, has called for the deepening of security ties between Ghana and the United States for the mutual benefit of their people. She said the ties between the two nations dates back six decades ago and have endured because of their common history, adding […]
Israel has upgraded its ten years old Neonatal Units at the Kumasi South and Suntreso Hospitals in the Ashanti Region to help enhance infant delivery and reduce mortality. At a ceremony to inaugurate the upgraded units, doctors at the facilities who have been trained by Israeli specialities revealed that every year, each unit saves the […]
