Ghana will be hosting the First Ladies Conference on ending child marriage and other harmful traditional and cultural practices and the second African Union (AU) Girls Summit in August, 2018. The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCP) in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo and the AU Commission, […]
A former Georgia lawmaker and author has taken a major step towards becoming the first ever African-American female governor of a US state. Stacey Abrams won the Democratic Party primary on Tuesday, telling voters that trying to “convert” Republicans into Democrats had previously failed. A Democrat has not held the red state’s governor’s mansion since […]
Mr. Robert P. Jackson, the United States (US), has given high marks to Ghana good political and economic governance and said he found it refreshing the “positive changes” over the last two decades. It has a strong democracy and making progress with the economy. “We are very excited about Ghana’s potentials. It’s been 20 years […]
Ghana is hosting an international workshop on conservation of genetic resources that is aimed at helping African countries to improve their technology for conserving genetic resources in the face of climate change. The four-day workshop, which falls under a Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative, is aimed at providing training to build the capacities of […]
Mrs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Thursday, re-affirmed the country’s commitment to the implementation of all ECOWAS protocols especially with free movement of persons. The other protocols includes the right of residence and the right of the establishment of goods and services, stressing that, trade was the pillar […]
Mr Jiang Zhouteng, Acting Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Ghana, has said China is ready to work with African countries to strengthen strategic cooperation. He said it was also ready to further implement the China-Africa Regional Aviation Cooperation Plan and build a China-Africa Air Silk Road for the benefits of both Chinese […]
A $400-million credit facility is to be released to Ghana by the China National Building Material (CNBM) Corporation to support the establishment of 22 factories under the government’s One-district, One-factory (1D1F) initiative. The credit facility is being sourced from major Chinese financial institutions by the government as part of efforts to give more meaning to […]
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his closeness to the people of the Central African Republic, where on Tuesday at least 15 people, including a priest, were killed and scores wounded when unidentified gunmen attacked a church. The pontiff, after his weekly address to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, invited the faithful to pray […]
At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents underscoring insecurity in parts of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria’s 2015 elections partly on promises to bring security to Africa’s largest economy and most populous […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm at increasing air pollution and the high number of people breathing air that is of poor quality. According to its new database, a copy was made available to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) an estimated nine out of 10 people have been breathing air that falls below […]
