Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15 years, are denied their right to education, UNESCO/UNICEF Report said. A statement issued by UNICEF and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said, a new joint report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and UNICEF; Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from […]
Africa World Airlines (AWA) would, on Friday, January 23, launch two daily night flights from Accra to Kumasi. The flights; AW 120 and 122, were made possible by the recent installation of Aeronautical Ground Lights at the Kumasi Airport. The move, according to the airline, would mark the launch of an entirely new venture into […]
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has accepted an invitation from the Nations Media Group, to address the Second Kenyan Governors’ Summit slated for February 26 -27, in the Kenyan fresh water lake city of Naivasha. The Annual Summit is an innovation by the Nations Media Group, the largest independent media house in East and Central […]
The Diplomatic Call Care Foundation as part of activities to begin the year has conducted a research on Buruli Ulcer(BU) and is poised to embark on an educational campaign on the disease to create awareness in curbing the prevalence as well as soliciting for funds and assistance to salvage the frightening Ghanaian story of Buruli […]
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Berlin for a State Visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. A statement issued by the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau and copied to the Ghana News Agency said President Mahama would on Monday hold discussions with Federal President, Joachim Gauck, and the German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel. He […]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center have congratulated Ghana for eliminating Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), a water-borne parasitic disease that causes polio. The World Health Organisation has finally certified Ghana as Polio Free Country. The WHO’s International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication, in consultation with Ghana’s Ministry of Health, sent […]
We publish below the remarks by United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Gene Cretz, at the ECOWAS Ebola High-Level Meeting held in Accra on Friday, January 16, 2015. The text was made available to the Ghana News Agency by the US Embassy in Accra. All courtesies extended ……… I would be remiss if I didn’t […]
Mr. Moran Birger, British Airways Commercial Manager for Ghana says the airline will focus on building on its performance in 2014 and has began by offering special discounts on its flights to celebrate the New Year. The airline, in a statement to the GNA, has announced fares starting from $1,000 from Accra to London, and […]
President John Dramani Mahama has been invited by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit that country this year. The visit by President John Mahama to Iran is expected to deepen the long standing relations between the two countries. Mr Valiollah Mohammadi, Special Envoy from Iranian President Rouhani, said this when he paid a courtesy call […]
The BBC is launching an award in honour of its presenter, Komla Dumor, a year after his unexpected death aged 41. Komla Dumor was an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster who in his short life made an extraordinary impact – in Ghana, in Africa and around the world. He represented a confident, savvy and entrepreneurial side of […]
