Mr. James A. Bever, the Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) has said agribusiness could transform Ghana’s fortune in the future. He said the USAID’s Feed the Future project, one of its interventions to spur sustainable and broadly shared economic growth, had shown tremendous success, especially in the northern regions […]
As World Tuberculosis Day approaches on March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for “global solidarity and action” to support a new 20-year strategy aimed at ending the global tuberculosis epidemic. A statement issued by the WHO and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday said in recent years there had been […]
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) has tasked States to urgently adopt special measures to increase women’s full participation in political institutions and decision-making bodies by 2030, expiry date for gender inequality. Measures UN Women are proposing includes the adoption of quotas, constitutional and legal reforms which implement explicit provisions to […]
Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, has warned against growing food insecurity in Africa and urged the leaders and stakeholders to demonstrate strong commitment to deal with the problem. He noted that Africa remained the only continent where food security continued to be a challenge despite the advancement in agricultural production technology. […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday ended his three-day state visit to Botswana by visiting two diamond factories and polishing companies. The companies, Diamond Trading Company of Botswana and Eurostar Diamond Polishing Company apart from adding value to the huge diamond deposits mined in the country, also employed thousands of Botswana citizens and beyond. President […]
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) Session, currently on-going in New York, has set 2030 as the expiry date for gender inequality. “Achieving this will require unprecedented political leadership, dedicated and vastly increased resources, and new partnerships across the whole of society,” Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of […]
The Embassy of the United States of America (USA), on behalf of the people of the United States, has congratulated the government and people of Ghana on the occasion of the country’s 58th independence anniversary. A statement from the Public Affairs section of the US Embassy in Accra signed by Joyce O. Asiedu and copied […]
Mr Frederic Clavier, the French Ambassador to Ghana, has challenged Ghanaians, particularly students, to develop interest in learning the French language to enhance their academic grades and also maximize their job opportunities. According to him, French was currently an official language in 32 Francophone member countries, the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the […]
An Australian-funded scheme is saving and transforming lives in Akuapem North District, Eastern Region, and in Shai Osu Doku District and Ablekuma Sub-Metro in the Greater Accra Region. A statement issued by the Australian High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday said, with funding from the Australian Government, WaterAid […]
The United States (US) government is considering Ghana as the first partner country in the world for its Child Protection Compact Partnership (CPC Partnership), the US Ambassador to Ghana, Gene Cretz has announced. Mr. Cretz said in a keynote address at the launch of the International Justice Mission (IJM) office in Ghana February 25, 2015, […]
