Ms Mutinta Chimuka, the Representative of the World Food Programme (WFP), has pledged her commitment to work closely with stakeholders to support and promote the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). She said the GSFP, which is a school meal initiative aimed at providing a critical safety net and encouraging more regular attendance at schools, needed […]
Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report has revealed. The report, dubbed “Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s how”, suggests that 60 per cent of this can be prevented. It also highlighted that if hearing loss was detected early enough, and if children […]
President John Dramani Mahama will on Sunday March 6 review a national parade of school children, voluntary organisations and security services at the Black Star Square to commemorate the 59th Anniversary of our Independence. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Investing in the Youth for Ghana’s Transformation”. A statement issued by the Flagstaff House […]
Ghana and Turkey on Tuesday signed two agreements and two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) as part of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day visit to the country. The bilateral agreements include; promotion and protection of investments and bilateral agreement on communications, while the Memoranda of Understanding include; Sports, Energy and Natural Resources. The MOU on […]
The quest to make the country the aviation hub of West Africa was given a fresh impetus when the sod was cut for work to begin on the Terminal 3 building at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra Tuesday. President John Dramani Mahama, who was joined by the Turkish President, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, […]
The White House has shelved the petition on its website calling for the US government to end its sanctions against Sudan, which petitioners had said were “oppressing the poor and innocent”. When the deadline of February 15 ended, the petition had recorded 117,150 signatures – thus meeting the threshold of 100,000. But a statement on […]
One in five children on the continent still do not receive life-saving immunizations, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region has said. It said despite considerable progress in expanding access to vaccines in Africa, one in five children still lacked access. The WHO in a report titled: “Fulfilling […]
Mr. Robert Abolo, a Togolese Member of Parliament (MP) of the Adjangu Constituency, has said the bilateral ties between Ghana and Togo ought to be made stronger for the mutual benefit of their nationals. He said the two countries must not allow the artificial boundaries created by the colonial authorities to continue to separate their […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Ergogan would, on Tuesday March 1, address the Parliament of Ghana as part of a two-day state visit to the country. This would be the second time a Turkish leader would be addressing Ghana’s Parliament. President Erdogan’s address, according to Ms Kate Addo, the Deputy Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, […]
Child marriages are illegal in Ghana as highlighted by both the 1992 constitutions and the 1998 Children’s Act which set the legal age for marriage at 18 for both girls and boys. The marriage of either a girl or a boy before the age of 18 is recognised in international legal instruments as a violation […]
