The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) has selected Ghana as the host country for the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The decision was announced yesterday at the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger, after Ghana beat off competition from countries including Egypt, […]
The United Kingdom High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Iain Walker, has pledged the UK government’s support to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to make Kumasi a leading industrial hub of West Africa. He said Kumasi occupied a very important place in Ghana’s development for which reason the UK would continue to put the city’s development […]
President Akufo-Addo on Saturday, July 6 left the country to the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, which is being held in Niamey, Niger. The Summit will launch officially the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), after it achieved maturity on 30th May, 2019, when the 22nd Member-State […]
Somalia has announced the severing of diplomatic ties with West African country Guinea. The decision was announced in Mogadishu today after a cabinet meeting. The development is linked to relations between Guinea and Somaliland – the semi-autonomous region of Somalia. Somaliland continues to increase its bid for international recognition, much to chagrin of Mogadishu. Leader of Somaliland […]
Amidst fireworks, family reunions, concerts, barbecues, picnics, parades, baseball games among many other celebrations, Americans will commemorate their independence day today, July 4. In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July or the Fourth, is a holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring […]
Ethiopia has restored mobile internet connection in its capital city Addis Ababa after a 10 days outage. The Ethiopian government is yet to give a statement on the internet outage, but the internet outage started on the evening of June 22, soon after reports came out of a failed coup attempt in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara […]
Four envoys representing Switzerland, Botswana, New Zealand and Pakistan Tuesday presented their letters of Credence to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra. The four envoys all harped on the need to deepen the ties and cooperation between their respective countries and Ghana, particularly in the areas of trade, investment and […]
Ghana on Tuesday honoured Mr Bernard Ehui-Koutouo, outgoing Ambassador of the Ivory Coast and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Mr Mohammed Hussain AI-Failokawi, outgoing Ambassador of the State of Kuwait. This was in recognition of the duo’s outstanding performance during their duty tour of the country. Speaking at a cocktail reception held in honour […]
The United States government has taken a decision not to escalate the visa restrictions it imposed on certain categories of Ghanaians in February this year. The decision is the result of fruitful discussions between the two governments in an attempt to find an amicable solution to the deportation of some 7,000 Ghanaians residing illegally in […]
Beginning in January 2020, countries within the West African sub-region will be able to use a single currency called ECO. The currency was adopted by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Saturday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The West African leaders endorsed the currency at their 55th Ordinary Session and approved a road map […]
