The Government of Ghana and the European Union (EU) have met to review progress towards the implementation of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). The VPA is aimed at ensuring the legal means of selling timber products exported to the EU and at the domestic market. Nii Osa Mills, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, said […]
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire have been selected by UNICEF and UNILEVER to become the first batch of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to benefit from a partnership between the two organisations that would seek to improve access to safe water. The new partnership would include financial investment as well as strategic engagement with government […]
Ambassador Kojo Amoo-Gottried, the President of Ghana-China Friendship Association, (GHACHIFA), has said Ghana must utilise the vast expertise and experiences of China to facilitate her socio-economic growth. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, Ambassador Amoo-Gottfried said the rapid socio-economic progress chalked by China since1961 was a clear proof that China had […]
Ghana has acknowledged the role UNFPA and UNICEF are playing to end child, early and forced marriage. UNFPA and UNICEF have jointly launched a Global Joint Progamme to Accelerate Actions to End Child Marriage to reaffirm the United Nation’s commitment to move towards collective action. Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection […]
The European Union through the Trade Related Assistance and Quality Enabling (TRAQE) Programme has presented laboratory equipment valued at 374,000 Euros to the Customs Division Laboratory of the Ghana Revenue Authority. The Customs equipment is to help the laboratory authorities conduct effective inspection and verification of goods. Mr William Hanna, the EU Ambassador to Ghana, […]
Ghana and Burkina Faso have vowed to fight cross border crimes, and may not depend on the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) protocols to help apprehend criminals. In a communique after a joint Regional Security Council meeting between Ghana and Burkina Faso in Wa, it noted that the use of ECOWAS Protocols all […]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture have launched a technical cooperation project dubbed “Emergency assistance to control bird flu outbreaks and mitigate risks for virus spread” in Accra. The project, which was signed by the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Hanna Bisiw in December 2015 with […]
The University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom would, on Friday, hold a special convocation to confer on President John Dramani Mahama an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (Honoris Causa). The convocation, which would take place at the University’s Kings College, would form part of the President’s working visit to Scotland. President Mahama, […]
The bold interventions launched by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has improved nutrition among children and pregnant women and triggered decline in stunted growth in the Volta Region, health officials reported on Wednesday. The aid, in the form of cash and direct technical support, helped regional health officers to train hundreds of counsellors and […]
President John Dramani Mahama and his wife, Lordina, have arrived in Glasgow, Scotland for an official visit, which will include a meeting with the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament, Mr Nicola Sturgeon. A statement from Flagstaff House Communications Bureau copied to the Ghana News Agency, said ahead of Thursday afternoon’s meeting, President Mahama will […]
