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 […]
US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will make his first official trip to Africa when he visits Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria from Tuesday, March 6 to Tuesday, March 13, 2018. It will be President Donald Trump’s first significant outreach to a continent his administration has not focused on since coming to power in […]
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated the need for Ghana and Nigeria to strengthen the bilateral trade between them, to advance their economies and improve the lots of their peoples. He said it was time to move Ghana and Africa beyond aid, which calls for trade between African countries, saying; “We look forward for […]
