The Speaker of the United States (US) House of Representatives, Ms Nancy Patricia Pelosi, has lauded Ghana’s pivotal role in securing peace and security in other parts of the world, especially Africa. “We compliment you on the strength of your role as an exporter of peace and security on this continent and also having peacekeepers […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States, Ms Nancy Pelosi, on Monday afternoon laid a wreath at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra on behalf of the government and people of US and signed the book of condolence. She arrived at the museum with a Congressional delegation and was welcomed […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, Ms Nancy Patricia Pelosi, is scheduled to address Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. The Majority Leader and Chairman of the Business Committee of Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, made this known Friday, July 26, 2019, when he presented the business statement of […]
China’s Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, says his country is interested in the Ghana government’s industrialization policy, the one district one factory, and fully supports its implementation. He cited China’s show of support to the 1D1F policy by the massive investments of Chinese companies in the manufacturing industry in Ghana. One such example, according […]
Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) continues to hear shocking and damning revelations of the extent to which former president Yahya Jammeh violated human rights and abused power during his 22-year reign. The commission which opened in January this year,has board members drawn from all the country’s major regions, its five main ethnic groups […]
The United States Embassy is asking for a thorough enquiry into the death of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, seven months after he was shot by unknown gunmen at Madina in Accra. With little in the form of a breakthrough for the investigators, the embassy said Mr Suale’s death was more than an attack on Ghana’s […]
The Minister of Planning, Professor George Gyan-Baffour, has said Ghana has made progress on many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. He said overall, poverty declined marginally from 24.2 per cent in 2013 to 23.4 per cent in 2017, with growth in domestic productivity, measured in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), accelerating […]
South African Deputy President David Mabuza has pledged to put every HIV patient in the country on treatment. “As government, we wish to commit to a re-invigorated response to this epidemic by prioritizing primary prevention and ensuring that everyone who needs treatment is put on treatment,” Mabuza said on Tuesday at the launch of the […]
The African Union (AU) has urged African countries to intensify efforts in combating deforestation so as to drive African countries’ common aspiration towards developing green economies. “Despite their prominent contribution to the development of Africa and the realization of the AU’s Agenda 2063, as well as the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), forest resources are […]
King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia will host 200 pilgrims from families of the victims of Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand. The hosting is part of the Saudi King Guests Program for Hajj and Umrah that is implemented and supervised by the Islamic Affairs Ministry. Minister of Islamic Affairs and General Supervisor of […]
