Mr Robert Jackson, United States Ambassador to Ghana has added his voice to the growing calls on government to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI) to show that the country is truly serious about press freedom. He said “Ghana will host the World Press Freedom Day in May, this year. I believe that it […]
Egyptian politician Mousa Mostafa Mousa said on Monday he would compete in presidential elections, hours before a nomination deadline was set to make President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the sole candidate after withdrawals and a boycott call. Several leading opposition figures called for a boycott on Sunday, of the March election, citing a wave of repression […]
Ambassador William Hanna, the Head of European Union Delegation to Ghana, has urged Ghanaian exporters to add value to their products in order to attract lower tariffs on the European market. He said Ghana’s exports to the European Union (EU) market enjoyed duty-free and quota-free access under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and, therefore, encouraged […]
President Donald Trump has launched a fierce attack on “predatory” trade practices, warning trading partners at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the US will not tolerate unfair trade. He said these predatory practices were distorting markets and the US “will no longer turn a blind eye”. Mr Trump said he would always put […]
Oprah Winfrey has told the US magazine InStyle that she does not “have the DNA” to be US president. She has been widely touted as a future Democratic contender for the 2020 elections after a rousing speech at the Golden Globes earlier this month. But she told InStyle: “I’ve always felt very secure and confident […]
The Nigerian government has officially responded to an open letter by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, in which he advices incumbent Muhammadu Buhari against seeking reelection in the 2019 elections. A statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, thanked Obasanjo for his views but added that Buhari was still focussed on delivering […]
Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men has cautioned the U.S. president Donald John Trump against damaging the country’s relations with Africa. Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland, Gates said the U.S. could lose Africa to China if Trump abandons Africa and […]
Mrs Heather Cameron, the Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, has advised Ghanaian students with interest to study in Canada to apply for their visas early to avoid last minute stress. She said very often students waited until the eleventh-hour to apply for their visas and that always created traffic and work for the Embassy. “The […]
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, known in South Africa as the “mother of the nation”, was hospitalized for a kidney infection, the family announced on Tuesday. Winnie Mandela, 81, who is considered a heroine in the fight against apartheid, had been persecuted by the authorities of the white minority regime. She was appointed minister after the 1994 election. […]
Military authorities in Gambia arrested two of ex-strongman Yahya Jammeh’s generals after they returned unexpectedly from exile over the weekend, the army said in a statement on Monday. Gambia’s current President Adama Barrow was sworn in a year ago as a West African regional intervention force closed in on the capital Banjul forcing Jammeh, who […]
