The African Union (AU) has tagged 2018 as the African Anti-Corruption year, aimed at elevating the efforts and activities that key players are deploying and implementing in fighting corruption on the continent this year. Mrs. Charity Hanene Nchimunya, Executive Secretary to the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption, who announced the theme in Arusha, Tanzania, […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has said 106 Ghanaians have been evacuated from Libya on a chartered flight with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). It said this followed the 127 Ghanaian nationals earlier transported to Accra on November 29, 2017, which was similarly facilitated by the IOM. This […]
The Government of Germany, through its International Cooperation Agency GIZ, has handed over monitoring and radio equipment worth 1.2 million Euros to the ECOWAS Commission to support the operations of the Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) Zone F. As part of the implementation of ECOWAS Integrated Maritime Strategy, the portion of the Gulf of Guinea […]
Investors from the United States of America have arrived in Cape Coast, the Central Region capital, to explore viable areas for business. The founder of United States-based Top Construction Firm Douchette & Associates Contractors (DAC), Mr Doucette Sterling, and business partners Donnie Marcus Bradford and David Jason Bradford have expressed strong interest in investing in […]
The Argentine president, Mauricio Macri, welcomed the all female Ethiopian Airlines flight to Buenos Aires. The maiden trip from the Ethiopian capital to the Argentine capital was historically underatken on the occassion of International Women’s Day. Marci believes the introduction of the five weekly flights by Ethiopian Airlines will boost tourism, sports and commercial relations […]
The United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson is hopeful that homosexuality will be legalised in Ghana within the next decade. Ambassador Jackson in an interview with Ghanaweb stated that he was hopeful all Ghanaians regardless of their sexual orientation will enjoy the same rights within the next decade. He said: “We are […]
CIA director Mike Pompeo has defended Donald Trump’s decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the president understands the risks. Mr Trump “isn’t doing this for theatre, he is going there to solve a problem,” the spy chief told Fox News Sunday. The president has said the yet-to-be-arranged summit could produce the “greatest […]
Mario Balotelli, Italy’s most famous black footballer, said on Wednesday a politician who has become the first black person elected to the Senate should be ashamed of himself for representing a fiercely anti-migrant party. Nigerian-born Toni Iwobi moved to Italy in 1976 and joined the League in 1993, serving as a local councillor. He was […]
The United States will give more than $533 million in humanitarian aid for victims of conflicts and drought in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and the West and Central African countries bordering Lake Chad, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday. Tillerson made the announcement at a speech in Virginia before departing for a […]
President Mahammadu Buhari of Nigeria has hailed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his efforts in resolving the political crises in Togo. He praise his Ghanaian counterpart for brokering peace among the feuding political parties in Togo. President Buhari made the commendation at the Independence Square in Accra during Ghana’s 61st Independence Day Celebration on […]
