The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana has hosted a working visit by Ms Catarina Vieira, a Dutch Member of the European Parliament, as Ghana’s cocoa sector comes under renewed international focus over compliance with the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Ms Vieira, who represents GroenLinks–PvdA within the Greens/EFA Group of the […]
Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has highlighted significant progress in Ghana–Japan diplomatic and economic relations following a series of high-level engagements with Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Ayano Kunimitsu, who led a 35-member Japanese business delegation to Ghana. The visit, described by the Minister as “substantive and mutually beneficial,” […]
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sabah Zita Benson, has appealed to Ghanaian PhD students in the UK to exercise patience as efforts continue to clear outstanding scholarship payments, including school fees and stipends. Speaking to JoyNews, High Commissioner Benson said she is working closely with the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to facilitate the release […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has publicly condemned what it described as the unacceptable conduct of some players and officials during the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final between Senegal and Morocco, warning that disciplinary action will follow after a review of match footage. The condemnation follows a chaotic climax to the contest, which […]
President Donald Trump has sent a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, reiterating his resolve to take control of the embattled Greenland territory, arguing that such a move is necessary to secure global peace and protect U.S. strategic interests. The message which was first reported by PBS and confirmed by Norway’s government office […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana’s resolution of issues surrounding the $750 million facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a significant boost towards completing the country’s debt restructuring. “This marks a crucial step toward completing Ghana’s debt restructuring,” Ms Julie Kozack, Director of the IMF’s Communications Department, said, welcoming the agreement in principle reached […]
The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, António Guterres said Washington’s “clear conviction” was that multilateral solutions were irrelevant. What mattered, he continued, was the “exercise of the power and influence […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election extending his four decades in power by another five years. He gained 72% of the vote, the election commission announced, against 25% for his closest challenger Bobi Wine, who has condemned what he described as “fake results” and “ballot stuffing”. Wine has not […]
From the moment he seized power in September 2021 Guinea’s Mamadi Doumbouya struck an imposing figure. Just 36 years old at the time, the broad-shouldered colonel, standing at well over six feet (1.8m), wearing military fatigues, mirrored sunglasses and a red beret certainly made an impression when announcing the coup. A relatively unknown member of […]
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has held bilateral talks with the visiting Japanese Foreign Affairs Madam Kunimitsu Ayano in Accra. Present at the meeting were Mr Hiroshi Yoshimoto, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana and representatives of Japanese investor groups. They were joined by Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr Sampson Ahi, Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Trade, Agribusiness, […]
