The German Minister for Cooperation and Development of the Land North Rhina Westphelia Government, a regional government in Germany, Franz-Joseph Lersch-Mense, has paid a day’s visit to Offinso to strengthen ties with the Offinso-Monchengladbach Cooperation for Development, a non-governmental organisation. The visit was also for the minister to acquaint himself with progress of some projects […]
More than 50 children have been given a taste of the award winning in-flight entertainment of Emirates Airline in a movie at the Silverbird Cinemas at the Accra Mall. The movie was to enable parents and children to experience the attention, care and fun Emirates offers kids on board the airline. Having perfected the art […]
The 14th edition of the International Arts and Handicrafts Fair of Ouagadougou has been launched in Accra with Ghana as the guest country for the exhibition on October 28 to November 6, 2016. Held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the International Arts and Crafts Fair, known as Le Salon International de L’Artisanant de Ouagadougou (SIAO) […]
The Australian High Commission in Accra on Thursday hosted representatives from NGOs and government agencies from across its nine countries of accreditation, to celebrate the contribution Australian-funded programmes have made to communities across the region. The reception and photo exhibition showcased the benefits to local communities resulting from partnerships between Australia and organisations in Ghana, […]
The Chinese government is set to fund the construction of Africa’s largest library in Tanzania. According to Chinese News Agency Xinhua, the new library at the University of Dar es Salaam would cost $40 million (£27.5 million) and would hold 800,000 books when completed. Tanzanian President John Magufuli who laid the foundation stone of the […]
The World Food Programme (WFP) has within the past five years bought 5,000 metric tonnes of maize worth $2 million from smallholder farmers across the nation as efforts to transform their livelihoods intensifies. Ms. Magdalena Moshi, its Country Director, who announced this said the strategic direction was to leverage its purchasing power more effectively and support the sustainable development of […]
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced that there is no winner of the 2015 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The award is meant for a recent former African head of state that was democratically elected and demonstrated exceptional leadership and governance during their constitutionally mandated term. The foundation announced the decision after a […]
The Internal Steering Committee (ISC) of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) says it is satisfied with the growing collective ownership of the framework by all stakeholders. “It is a veritable tool of bringing about greater stability in the region,” the Committee said. Dr Aeremi Ajibewa, the ECOWAS Director of Political Affairs, expressed the satisfaction […]
The governments of Ghana and India on Monday signed three agreements as part of the two-day official visit of Indian President Franab Mukherjee. The agreements are: The exemption of visa requirements of holders of diplomatic passports, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the establishment of a joint Commission and the MOU on foreign services between the […]
The French Embassy has organised a training programme on surveillance and trailing techniques for staff of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. Addressing the opening ceremony of the five-day programme in Accra on Monday, Mr François Pujolas, the French Ambassador to Ghana, said the training […]
