The Tamale Fistula Center and the Yendi Fistula Center, both in the Northern Region, have taken delivery of two fistula kits each to help in treating the disease in the region. The fistula kits were donated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as part of its initiative to amongst others promote maternal health in […]

The United Kingdom through the Department for International Development (DFID), has launched its £14.8 million Marketing Development Programme for Northern Ghana (MADE) project at a ceremony in Tamale on Thursday. Spanning five years the MADE project aims at cushioning and increasing Ghana’s agricultural productivity and food security needs as well as boost investment returns and […]

The fourth session of the Ghana-South Africa Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) has ended in Accra. The PJCC was preceded by a meeting of senior officials from both countries from Wednesday, May 4 to Thursday, May 5. Ms Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration led Ghana’s delegation to the two-day […]

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is partnering sister institutions to use bees to enhance crop yield and improve the nutritional quality of crops in Ghana and six other countries. Kenya, South Africa, Nepal, Pakistan, India and Brazil are the other beneficiaries under the project named: “Global Pollination Project”. It is […]

The US Ambassador in Ghana Robert Jackson, has held discussions with Corporate Ghana on support and partnerships for the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) in the West African sub-region. He reaffirmed President Barack Obama’s commitment to investing in the development of the African youth which he announced in July 2014 after the creation of four […]

The UNICEF in collaboration with the Korean International Corporation Agency (KOICA) has donated 30 Yamaha motorbikes to the Upper East Regional Health Directorate to improve upon New Born Care Services. The motorbikes are expected to fill the transportation gaps within the Regional Health Directorate and to ensure that healthcare workers reach out to communities for […]

The European Union (EU) has condemned the continuous acts of violence against journalist and other media professionals and actors in the discharge of their duties and the exercise of their rights to freedom and expression. The EU has also reaffirmed its determination to support freedom of opinions and expressions as inalienable rights to be exercised […]

A team from the International Monetary Fund (‎IMF) has paid a visit to the Customs Technical Services Bureau to learn more about the Ghana National Single Window since the introduction of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Reporting System (PAARS). The PAARS system is an integrated and shared risk platform that would help overcome the inefficiencies in the […]

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, has called for concerted efforts to ensure that the second Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact comes into force at the target date of June. The nearly $500 million compact would directly strengthen the power sector by creating an enabling environment for investment and improving the creditworthiness of Ghana’s […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is working on a strategy to deal with the menace of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the sub region. European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are supporting the strategy. This has become necessary because of the increasing presence of SALW in […]