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WHO To Hold Meeting To Assess Attainment Of SDG-6

  • October 10, 2018

Dr Owen Laws Kaluwa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Ghana, has said there will be a high level meeting of WHO delegation from October 16 to 19, in Accra. This is to engage member countries on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme. The meeting would help re-assess activities on the attainment of the […]

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Ghana, Japan Discuss Metro Rail Transport For Accra

  • October 9, 2018

Ghana and Japan have initiated discussions towards the establishment of a metro rail transport system in Accra. The Accra metro rail system, which will operate on the lines of the Tokyo system, will be in line with the government’s efforts to restore the country’s rail network to its past glory and enhance economic development. The […]

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Ghana Ranked Seventh Wealthiest African Country

  • October 9, 2018

Ghana has been ranked the seventh wealthiest country in Africa with a total wealth of 63 billion dollars (US$bn 63) as of December 2017. The figures were contained in The AfrAsia Bank Africa Wealth Report 2018 published in September. The report covers wealth, luxury, prime property and wealth management trends in Africa from 2007 to 2017, […]

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UN Report On Global Warming Carries Life-Or-Death Warning

  • October 9, 2018

An international panel of climate scientists’ reports Sunday that preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet. The scientists however provided little hope that the world will rise to the challenge. The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel […]

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US Launches Annual Green Card Lottery

  • October 5, 2018

Tens of thousands of people throughout the world will pursue their American dreams this month, now that the State Department has opened the annual green card lottery, also known as the diversity lottery. The State Department said Tuesday that it was opening the visa lottery, making 50,000 visas available for fiscal 2020 by random drawing. […]

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Early Warning Critical To Conflict Prevention – UN

  • October 5, 2018

Mr Adama Dieng, the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Genocide Prevention, has said that early warning and respect for human rights are critical components in conflict prevention and mitigation. He said that violent conflicts, which resulted into atrocity crimes, did not just happened overnight; adding that there were always early signs of […]

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Ghana Hosts First IFC G20 Compact With Africa Forum

  • October 5, 2018

The German-Ghana Investment Forum on Thursday opened in Accra and Berlin concurrently, with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo re-assuring the investor community of Ghana being a safe place for great investment opportunities. He said the country continued to be a haven of peace, security and stability where the rule of law worked with the private […]