Ghana and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Wednesday launched the “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3)” Programme to enhance Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the Africa. The Programme which is being supported by the Governments of Sweden and Ireland was also to scale up youth friendly sexual and reproductive […]
The Princess of Jordan, Her Royal Highness (HRH), Dina Mired, would be the guest of honour at this year’s national commemoration of the World Cancer Day, at the great hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) in Kumasi on February 4. The event would also be attended by the First Lady […]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR Ghana) has explained the rationale for calling on the Ghana Police Service to remove Sudanese refugees who had pitched camp at the entrance of its Accra office. “The Sudanese refugees were on Thursday January 10, removed and taken back to the Krisan refugee camp […]
More than 130 migrants were thought to be missing after two boats capsized Tuesday off the tiny East African nation of Djibouti, the U.N. migration agency said. Local police had found five bodies and search efforts were underway, the U.N. statement said. Witnesses said the boats were overloaded and large waves caused them to tip […]
Ethiopian Airline, Africa’s most profitable airline, is set to officially open to the public its newly constructed $65 million Ethiopian Skylight Five-Star Hotel today. The airline is set to open the million-dollar hotel whose construction began in 2016, officially to the public on the 28th of January, In a release copied to the Ghana News […]
French multinational automobile manufacturer, Renault, Monday said it is considering the establishment of an assembly plant in Ghana. This brings to four, the number of vehicle manufacturers intending to put up assembly plants in Ghana. German auto giant, Volkswagen, Japan’s Nissan and China’s Sinotruk hope to establish assembly plants in the country. Fabrice Cambolibe, the […]
Some readers sent me a link (January 22, 2019) titled, “Italy wants France sanctioned for ‘creating poverty in Africa’.” That morning, I had just watched a BBC report on that very same subject. From the link, Italy’s deputy Prime Minister, Luigi Di Maio, had accused France for their policies in Africa that “have created poverty […]
Ethiopia’s reformist prime minister, Abiy Ahmed has been hailed by the renown Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Global Thinkers that emerged over the past 12 months. Abiy, who took office in April last year, has implemented several reforms across the political, economic, diplomatic and social spheres. Over the last nine months, the 42-year-old […]
France has summoned Italy’s ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to impose sanctions on France for its policies in Africa. He said France had “never stopped colonising tens of African states”. Italy’s populist leadership has […]
The United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday presented office equipment including Lap and Desk top computers, an HP Printer and chairs to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP). Mr Niyi Ojuolape, the UNFPA Country Representative, who handed over the equipment said, it was to support the work of the Domestic Violence […]
