Judges of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice have called for the amendment of the Court’s Rules of Procedure to take cognizance of its expanded mandate relating to the protection of the human rights of community citizens. “The existing rules were developed for the period when the court served as an inter-state court and could […]
A joint report by the WHO and UNICEF has warned that lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water. The final MDG progress report on water and sanitation which was made available to Ghana News Agency, by Fadéla Chaib, WHO Communications Officer, […]
The Government of Japan has donated $ 300,000 to support the United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) operations in Ghana. A statement by Ms Patience Folley, the UNHCR’s Assistant Public Information Officer, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the money would enable the UNHCR to provide international protection and humanitarian assistance to 9,800 Ivorian […]
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has been honoured at the Weizo 2015 conference in Accra. The Minister was adjudged the West African Tourism person of the year by the African Travel Market, organisers of the Akwaaba in Lagos, Nigeria. She was honoured for championing the ‘Destination Africa’ through Ghana’s […]
The world will be gathering in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from July 13 to 16, 2015 to discuss ways to finance development, but just as delegates are preparing for the meeting a UNESCO report released this week shows that the number of children and adolescents who are out of school is on the rise. The report […]
“I take this opportunity on behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, and on my own behalf, to express our gratitude to the World Bank for their continuous and unflinching support for Social Protection (SP) in Ghana and this novelty of a reverse mission. “I am told the idea of a co-ordinated approach to […]
The World Food Programme (WFP) has presented cheques for GH¢ 600 to GH¢ 800 to 52 girls who excelled in last year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) to cater for their educational needs at the Senior High School (SHS) level. The 52 girls, who were selected from WFP-assisted junior high schools in the Northern and […]
ECOWAS has lauded the Forum for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) for its research and publication on the implementation of the Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the sub-region. Mr Abayomi Adeomi, the Programmes Officer for Small Arms at the ECOWAS Commission, said the publication would serve as a guide to the […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), one of India’s largest engineering and manufacturing firm is to build a 400 Megawatts capacity power station in the country estimated at $ 400 million. A memorandum of understanding was signed on behalf The Sol Group Limited, a United Kingdom (UK) based Development Company and Joni Sukumaran also of UK […]
Ghana would play host to Africa’s first ever Air Expo, bringing together about 200 international exhibitors from the aviation industry across the world. The air expo, which would run from October 12 to October 14, 2016, would be held under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport. It would also be used to send messages […]
