The Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Yu Zhengsheng, arrived in Accra on Saturday for a four-day state visit. Mr Yu, one of the top leaders of China’s Communist Party, was met on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport by the Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho, accompanied […]
Dr Christine Evans-Klock, the United Nations Resident Co-ordinator in Ghana, has lauded the country’s record of having a very active free press, impressive public access to information and the protection of fundamental freedoms. She said there could be no accountability without information and that Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target was to […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has commended Africa for making great strides in tackling hunger – achieving a 30 per cent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger from 1990-2015. The FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, however, said climate change, conflict and social inequality continued to present major challenges in the […]
A United States Agency for International Development initiative, Africa Lead II, has facilitated the formation of women network to venture into agribusiness and help accelerate agricultural growth, raise income and fight poverty. The Women in Agribusiness Network Ghana (WIANG) under the management of a nine-member leadership, has been launched attracting applause from local and international […]
The Internal Steering Committee (ISC) of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) is raising the stakes in bringing stability to the region as it seeks to galvanise all stakeholders for the smooth implementation of the Framework. Thus, the ISC met with Focal Points, officers of stakeholder components as well as representatives of the Development Partners […]
Emirates says it has placed an order for an additional two new A380 aircraft to be delivered in the 4th quarter of 2017. Emirates already operates the world’s largest fleet of Airbus A380s, with 75 in service and a further 65 on firm order. The additional two, to be powered by Rolls Royce Trent 900 […]
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development (EIIPD). The agreement would enable the two institutions to work together and to share their experiences. Ms Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, initialed for Ghana; whilst her […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is going through financial difficulty; owing largely to dwindling sources of income, Mrs Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs Peace and Security has said. She explained that ECOWAS relies mostly on its community levy, which is often not remitted or delayed; this had put […]
Mr Desmond Swayne, United Kingdom Minister for International Development, as part of his visit to Ghana visited the site of the Building Business on Value Integrity and Dignity (B-BOVID), at Mpohor in the Western Region. The visit to the B-BOVID also formed part of the Minister’s agenda of gathering information on the impact of the […]
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in collaboration with the Australian High Commission has launched a training programme for small-scale miners in Ghana. The three-month training programme, which is being funded by the Australian High Commission at the cost of AU$ (Australian Dollars) 60,000, aims at teaching good practices in surveying, prospecting, mining, mineral […]
