A Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing hurt by potentially deadly means. A Malaysian court sentenced Doan Thi Huong to three years and four months in jail, starting from her arrest in February 2017. However, under Malaysian law she […]
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has raised the country’s minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($116) a month from 1,200 pounds, he said at an event on Saturday celebrating women. Sisi said the raise would apply to all Egyptian workers and added that pensions would rise by 15 percent, with pensioners receiving a minimum increase […]
Africa must develop a strategy to reap the demographic dividend that the continent’s youthful population offers, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Thus, African leaders ought to leverage the continent’s vast wealth to develop and empower their respective youth populations, which are the largest generation of young people in history. Delivering a speech at […]
Mrs Stephanie Sullivan, the United States Ambassador to Ghana on Thursday swore-in 35 Peace Corps Volunteers in Accra. The new volunteers, who would be serving for two years, join nearly 5,000 Americans who have served as Peace Corps Volunteers in Ghana over the past 58 years. Of the 35, 15 would be taking up postings […]
Strategic Security Systems International and the American Engineering Group (AEG) International, on Wednesday signed an agreement for United States Government grant support for feasibility studies towards the building of small-scale solar systems for the Ghana Catholic Church. The project, which is expected to take off after the feasibility studies, will benefit six out of the […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Thursday to begin a nine-day visit of the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba. He’s visit to the United States is to honour outstanding invitations extended to him to participate in public engagement programmes there. He will deliver speeches at the Harvard Kennedy School […]
The United States (U.S) Embassy in Accra, in collaboration with the Knutsford University Collage on Wednesday, held a panel discussion on the topic: “Women in Agriculture: Reversing Trends, Changing Lives. The programme attracted stakeholders from the Agricultural sector majority of whom were young women with an aim to share knowledge, achievements and challenges of women […]
Ghana and Malta Tuesday signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), providing broader cooperation and partnerships between the two countries. The agreements are in the areas of Medicine, Bilateral Air Services, Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Income Taxes on Income, Tourism and Joint Commission for Bilateral Co-operation. They […]
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Tuesday, proposed to ECOWAS to consider providing budgetary allocation, from the Sub-regional levies, to professional Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for productive engagements in the common interest of citizens. The Business Community, he said, should also sustain their investments in peace and security by providing financial support to these CSOs. The missing […]
U.S. Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan honored Ms. Stella Saaka, from the Talensi District in the Upper East Region, with the U.S. Embassy’s 2019 Ghana Woman of Courage Award during a breakfast ceremony hosted at the Ambassador’s residence. Like the U.S. Secretary of State’s annual International Women of Courage Award, this award recognizes a Ghanaian woman […]
