The Faculty of Law, University of Milan is to offer a six-month internship opportunity to two Ghanaian best female law students in experienced law firms in Italy. The students would be provided with an all-expense trip to Italy to enrich and broaden their perspectives on international law. They would receive an all-expense trip of 5,000 […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday said members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would in the coming years focus on job creation in the sub-region. He said the population of Africa is growing annually than any other continent and therefore the dereliction of job creation in their political agenda could result […]
Ghana is among six other nations appearing before the 69 session of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN-CRC) to respond to issues raised by the committee. The issues are on the implementation of the convention on the rights of the child. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, Nepal, and the Netherlands are […]
Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General (D-G) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said the organisation is creating a single new response programme for health emergencies across the globe. She said the programme is designed for speed, flexibility and rapid impact with benchmark reactions. Dr Chan made this known in a speech to the 68th […]
Ghana faces a possible ban on groundnuts exported to the EU following high recorded incidence of aflatoxin contamination of the crop yields. The European Commission recently conducted a thorough examination on vegetables, groundnuts and other cereals produced in Ghana, and found that a large quantity of these produce are vested with high level of aflatoxin, […]
The Bureau for Internal Affairs (BIA) an anti-corruption organisation and a centre for information gathering on public concerns, has called on the authorities to investigate allegations of intimidation by traders who ply the Ghana-Ivory Coast Border. The BIA said most of the traders complain of harassment by security officials, which they view as having a […]
The 47th Ordinary session of ECOWAS is set to open at the Accra International Conference Centre Tuesday morning. It is however unclear if there would be the election of a new chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. There have been media reports that President John Dramani Mahama will be chairing […]
The Police Service will close some roads in Accra to allow for the smooth running of the ECOWAS Summit scheduled to take place Tuesday, May 19, 2015. A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Superintendent Cephas Arthur said the Liberation Road from Accra towards Tetteh Quashie Interchange would be partitioned into two with […]
The Fordham University in the United States of America (USA) has conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters on the First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, in recognition of her humanitarian work and commitment to improve the lives of vulnerable children and women in Ghana. The degree was conferred on her and nine other prominent personalities […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Tigo Ghana Limited, Roshi Motman, has been named the second most young, promising and prominent female executive on Sweden’s list of 75 outstanding women. At an awards ceremony held in Stockholm by Swedish based NGO, Ledana (The Leaders), Roshi Motman was acknowledged for her outstanding contributions in turning around the […]
