The Ghana cedi has made its mark in Guangzhou city and is now accepted by restaurants in the Chinese city. This follows negotiations that had existed between Ghana and the China in the past days to accept the Ghanaian currency. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency stated that, Mr Horace Nii Ayi Ankrah, […]
The ECOWAS biometric Identity Card, which aims at facilitating mobility and promoting security in the region, would become operational this January. The identity card would help to ensure the freedom of movement across the sub-region. Dr Toga Gayewea McIntosh, Vice President of ECOWAS Commission, who announced this at the 35th Meeting of the West African […]
Mr Robert Porter Jackson, newly appointed United States Ambassador to Ghana is arriving in the country today to take up his appointment. Mr Jackson swore the oath of office administered by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in Washington D.C on November 30, 2015, a statement from the American Embassy in Ghana […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday January 14, 2016, declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa. But the Organisation says the job is not over, more flare-ups are expected and that strong surveillance and […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) will launch its report, World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016, on Tuesday, January 19. A statement issued by the ILO and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday said the launch would be jointly performed by Guy Ryder, the ILO Director–General, and Raymond Torres, Head of the […]
Archbishop Kwaku Frimpong Manson, a United Kingdom based Ghanaian community leader, was among recipients who were awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) by the Queen of England. The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. […]
Africa has changed enormously over the past 10 years, with an emerging middle class promoting growing consumer power – an area the likes of Coca Cola and others know all too well. Other conglomerates are now starting to follow suit including cosmetics giant Estee Lauder, who aims to increase global sales by tapping into the […]
The United States government has expressed gratitude to the Government of Ghana for providing refuge for two Yemeni detainees of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and for assisting in the closure of the facility. The two Yemeni detainees are identified by the New York Times as Khalid Mohammed Salih al-Dhuby and Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Bin […]
A doctoral thesis on how to be immune from war crimes prosecution, turned out to be the most checked out book in 2015 of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the United Nations’ headquarters. The library, named after the second UN Secretary General, is home to many UN publications and other materials for use by UN […]
With 110 journalists killed in connection with their work or for still unclear reasons in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a non-governmental organisation that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press, is calling on the UN to find a better way of protecting journalists. The organisation wants the world body to […]
