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UKaid spends 11.3 million pounds on GHARH Project

  • January 16, 2017

The United Kingdom Agency for International Development (UKaid) has funded the Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health (GHARH) Project with 11.3 million pounds sterling since its inception in early 2014. Mr. Moses Liyobe Nanang, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Representative of the Palladium, an International non-governmental organisation implementing the project, said when he handed over adolescent health corner medical […]

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Profile of Shirley Ayorkor Botchway – Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs

  • January 11, 2017

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, 53, is the Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs, subject to the approval of Parliament. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, made the announcement, on Monday, January 9, when a Chinese delegation paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House. Madam Botchway is a Communication Consultant, Politician, Public Relations Practitioner, Marketer and […]

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ECOWAS Mediators to meet Jammeh again

  • January 10, 2017

ECOWAS Mediator in the political situation in The Gambia, President Muhammadu Buhari and his Co-Mediator, former President John Dramani Mahama are to meet and hold another round of talks with President Yahya Jammeh. Information available to the Ghana News Agency indicates that the decision was announced by Nigeria’s Foreign Minister at the end of a […]

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US-Africa, Ghana relations will remain strong – Linda Thomas-Greenfield

  • January 9, 2017

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of the United States’ Bureau of African Affairs says the bilateral relationship between Africa, and Ghana, will continue to be strong under the new Trump administration. She said United States’ policy towards Africa enjoyed great support from both Democrats and Republicans and will remain so under a Trump administration. Responding to […]

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US Envoy Commends Charlotte Osei

  • January 9, 2017

Head of the United States’ delegation to Ghana’s Presidential inauguration, Madam Linda Thomas-Greenfield, says Ghana should recognise and honour the extraordinary work of the Electoral Commissioner, Mrs Charlotte Osei. She told the GNA in an interview that although the Commissioner has come under serious pressure during the electoral process, she had remained strong and ensured […]

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US Assistant Secretary to Attend Presidential Inauguration

  • January 6, 2017

The United States Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, will attend the inauguration of Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, January 7. Ms Thomas-Greenfield was also in Ghana to observe Ghana’s elections on December 7, 2016. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party […]

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Russian Business to Explore Opportunities in Ghana

  • January 4, 2017

Leaders of Russian business and industries hope to strike corporate deals with local Ghanaian partners and strengthen economic cooperation in the region during Russian-African Forum (RAF 2017) scheduled for March 13 to 14 in Accra. A statement copied to GNA on Tuesday by the organisers said the forum would be arranged as “an exclusive business […]

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Meet new UN Secretary-General – António Guterres

  • January 3, 2017

António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017. Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary-General is determined to make human dignity the core of his work, and to serve as a peace broker, a bridge-builder […]