The United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR on Tuesday launched its annual World Refugee Day Campaign with the release of several films, featuring celebrity supporters that tell the human side of the refugee plight. A statement issued by Ms Patience Folley, the Assistant Public Information Officer of UNHCR and copied to the Ghana News Agency said, […]
Germany is investing €50 million into the West African Science Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). The investment is to enable WASCAL develop it basic infrastructure as it seeks to fulfil its mission of training climate change researchers. Mr Mahama Ayariga, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, said this during the […]
The World Bank has awarded Mr Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu, Programme Manager of STAR-Ghana, the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) Award for Leadership in Social Accountability for the African Region. The GPSA Award is a recognition granted by the WB’s Global Partnership for Social Accountability, to individuals in government, civil society organizations, or the private sector, […]
A Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the KorleBu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Agbeko Ocloo, has written to the Spanish Ambassador protesting the refusal of a visa to him without proper justification. Dr. Ocloo feels insulted at the suggestion that he would not return to Ghana if he was granted the visa. He said he is too comfortable […]
The British High Commissioner to Ghana Jon Benjamin has said British High commissioners and other diplomats do not fly first class.According to him, the UK has strict rules on how resources are used by its foreign staff and therefore rarely allow its diplomats to travel on the luxurious part of the plane.Ghanaian and diplomats of […]
Ms Hannah Serwah Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, at the weekend said government is considering a review of the country’s involvement in peacekeeping operations to ensure effective participation and minimise risks. Government is also committed to improve the logistical needs of peacekeepers in order to better protect and empower them to discharge […]
The Chinese Embassy has donated learning materials and cash amounting to GH₵ 20,000.00, to help support 100 brilliant but needy girls. The beneficiaries are in the Birim North and Upper Manya Krobo Districts in the Eastern Region. The package includes the payment of school fees, school bags, notebooks, mathematical sets and other learning materials, sanitary […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has arrived in the Vatican City for an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis. The meeting takes place today. A statement issued by Mr Kofi Badu, the Chief of Staff at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, said the Asantehene was accompanied by a delegation of the Ashanti Royal Family, […]
South African Airways (SAA), the leading carrier on the African continent on Thursday announced the introduction of new route which would link Ghana directly to North America. Speaking at a news conference in Accra, Mr Nico Bezuidenhout, Acting Chief Executive Officer, SAA, described the introduction of the new route as a major boost for travellers […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has advised Ghana to make use of research and knowledge generated and apply them systematically to influence policy response to prevent avoidable maternal, newborn and child deaths. “There is a wealth of research and knowledge being generating …in Ghana that we can take better advantage of and learn from each […]
