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Ghana Launches 2018 World AIDS Day

  • November 2, 2018

The 2018 World AIDS Day has been launched in Accra with a call on the citizens to know their HIV status and be able to make informed choices that will help Ghana achieve the 90-90-90 target. Attaining the 90-90-90 target will also ensure that the country achieved the ultimate goal of ending AIDS by 2030 […]

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Ethiopia Supreme Court gets its first woman head, Meaza Ashenafi

  • November 1, 2018

The women-led wave in Ethiopia shows no signs of abating as the country welcomed its first Chief Justice, i.e. President of the Federal Supreme Court, on Thursday morning. Meaza Ashenafi, was approved unanimously by the lawmaking chamber, House of Peoples Representatives, HoPR, she had been nominated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Ashenafi, who is the […]

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Russia Creates Platform To Dialogue Africa

  • November 1, 2018

The first Russian-African Social Forum, organised jointly by the World Association of Foreign Alumni of Russian Universities and African Business Initiative Union, has been held in Moscow. More than 500 people made up of political and public officials, academia, the business community, student and youth organizations participated. Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, his Madagascar counterpart, […]

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Education Is The Right Of Every Child – UNICEF

  • October 30, 2018

Education is the right of every child, Mr Fiachra McAsey, Acting Representative United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ghana, has said. He said children must be given the opportunity to go to school and learn, thereby allowing them to realise their right to education. Mr McAsey said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency […]

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FAO To Support Private Sector To Create Jobs

  • October 30, 2018

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations will support the private sector in the country to boost food production and to enhance job creation for the people. Mr Abebe Haile-Gabriel, the FAO Representative to Ghana and Regional Programme Leader for Africa, said supporting the private sector in agriculture would go a long […]

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UN Sustainable Development Partnership With Ghana Launched

  • October 30, 2018

The United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership (UNSDP) 2018-2022, between Ghana and the UN has been launched in Accra. The five-year partnership framework outlines the UN’s support to national development efforts and sets out the collective support of the 24 UN Agencies working in Ghana. The UNSDP with Ghana was launched on Monday in Accra by […]

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EU Ghana Delegation Celebrates Climate Diplomacy Week

  • October 30, 2018

The European Union Delegation to Ghana has celebrated the Climate Diplomacy Week 2018 Awards Ceremony with students from some selected schools in the Greater Accra Region, in collaboration with Environment360, in Accra. It was marked with an art competition, organised to aid the students better understand what Climate Change is and how to incorporate the […]

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ECOWAS Builds Media Corps For Election Reporting

  • October 30, 2018

The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) on Monday opened a two-day capacity training workshop aimed at developing and sustaining media interest in the delivery of credible, transparent and peaceful elections in the Sub-Region. ECONEC considers the media as playing key functions as a medium for public information, education and dissemination of useful and factual […]

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President Off To Germany For G-20 Forum On Africa

  • October 29, 2018

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Saturday to participate in the three-day conference on the G-20 Compact with Africa, taking place in Berlin, Germany, from October 29. The President, on his way, made a stopover in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to confer with his Ivorian counterpart, President Alassane Ouattara, on bilateral and regional issues. […]