Ghana has endorsed United Nations (UN) efforts to develop appropriate legal frameworks and tools to effectively address gaps and challenges faced by older persons. The country supports the comprehensive approach and the leading role of the UN and the continuous effort by the international community towards a binding legal framework for the aged. Nana Oye […]
The European Union (EU) has extended support to the Regional Maritime University, to help deliver more ground-breaking training programmes to enable maritime experts deal fully with sea crime along the coast of theGulf of Guinea. Maritime experts have in recent times, raised concerns over maritime insecurity, such as human and drug trafficking, smuggling, illegal fishing, […]
For a long time, the narrative has been that China is investing massively in Africa. But as it turns out, it is not a one-way traffic. Africans are also investing in China. Africans are reported to have invested a cumulative $14.2 billion in China by the year 2012, a 43 per cent increase from the […]
The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama is travelling to the Italian capital, Rome to meet Italian President and Prime Minister. According the Office of the President, he leaves Accra today, July 15, 2015 and tomorrow, July 16, 2015 he will meet President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi for discussions. The discussions will […]
The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says it has achieved the Millennium Development Goals (MDG 6). “The AIDS targets of MDG 6—halting and reversing the spread of HIV—have been achieved and exceeded,” a new joint UNAIDS report says. According to the report, new HIV infections have fallen by 35 per cent and AIDS-related deaths […]
The French Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Frederic Clavier, is advocating the strengthening of ties between Ghana and France in the domain of local government administration. This, he hopes, will become the next line of greater co-operation between the two countries for their mutual benefit. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Graphic on his last […]
Mr. Min Zhu, the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says partnership, commitment and flexibility would be key in moving further on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth. Speaking at a United Nations (UN) Conference on Financing for Development, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mr Min, said the world had changed since […]
A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says governments need to step up tax action to curb the tobacco epidemic. According to the WHO’s report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic-2015, too few governments levy appropriate levels of tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; they therefore, miss out on a proven, low-cost measure to […]
China has become the largest supplier of imports to Ghana. According to a GNA report citing statistics from the Ministry of Trade, China has supplied 18.3 per cent of Ghana’s imports worth over $2 billion in 2013. Ghana imports food, live animals, beverages and tobacco; Crude materials except food/fuel, minerals, vegetable oil, fat, wax, chemical […]
A report on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), has revealed that many countries are increasingly taking ownership of NTD programmes and are pursuing innovative approaches to combat these devastating diseases. While these new methods have produced substantial progress, a further scale-up is necessary to reach the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) 2020 targets, the report said. The […]
