The Ghana Battalion (GHANBATT) currently serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) under the Command of Lt Col Albert Sison Ogaja has inaugurated a rehabilitated veterinary clinic in Bentiu, South Sudan. This landmark project was undertaken by the Battalion as part of its Civil –Military Cooperation (CIMIC) activities aimed at building confidence […]
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has declared 2021–2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to massively scale up the restoration of degraded and destroyed ecosystems as a proven measure to fight the climate crisis and enhance food security, water supply and biodiversity. A statement issued and signed […]
The European Union (EU) Thursday signed an agreement with Ghana towards providing €40 million to enable the Government to accelerate the implementation of structural reforms essential for strong, inclusive and job-creating growth. The EU Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Diana Acconcia and Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, signed for their respective sides, at a […]
The United States of America has expressed her commitment to fully support Ghana’s power sector towards transforming the economy and achieving the “Ghana Beyond Aid” agenda. The US government pledged to continue investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the power sector to aid the government of Ghana’s industrial agenda. Madam Stephanie Sullivan, the US […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term, the election commission says. The 76-year-old defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, with a margin of nearly four million votes. Mr Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result. Turnout was 35.6%. Delays and violence marred the run-up to […]
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin has affirmed the UK government’s commitment to increase her investment in Ghana and ensure greater economic harmonization between the two countries. Recounting the economic gains and significant strides aimed at formalizing and improving the Ghanaian economy in the last few years, Harriet Baldwin, together […]
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed to partner Ghana in a bid to aid the development and robustness of her capital markets infrastructure. The agreement was reached when Ghana’s delegation, led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, held a joint meeting with the leadership of the LSE, at the sidelines of the Ghana-United-Kingdom Business […]
ecowasThe ECOWAS, the AU and the UN has called on all candidates, political parties and all Nigerians to continue to exercise patience, calm and restraint, in order to allow for the full results of the election to be released by the Independent National Elections Commission (INEC). The call was necessitated by the rejection of the […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Resiliency in Northern Ghana project (RING), has presented two Nissan pick-up vehicles to two Assemblies to enhance monitoring and supervision of the project. The beneficiary Assemblies were Gusheigu Municipality in the Northern Region, and North Gonja District in the Savannah Region. Mr James Lykos, Deputy […]
The United Kingdom-Ghana Business Council Meeting underway in London from February 25 to 27, is part of efforts to accelerate “Ghana Beyond Aid” through a common purpose. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the UK Government welcomes Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The […]
