President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday arrived in the Nigerian Federal Capital, Abuja, to chair an end-of-year summit of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS). The summit would review the major activities of the year, including the security situation in the sub-region and the fight against Ebola. The one-day summit, which opens on […]
ECOWAS citizens would, from 2016, be issued with the regional bloc’s Biometric Identification Card to ease movement and aid security in the sub-region. This follows a recommendation made by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers at the end of its 73rd Meeting in Abuja at the weekend, seeking the issuance of the biometric cards on a […]
Funding for malaria control in the West Africa sub-region rose from US$89million in 2005 to US$557million in 2013, which exceeded US$4 per capita per year in three countries — Cape Verde, the Gambia and Liberia — the 2014 World Malaria Report has revealed. Meanwhile, it is estimated that an amount of US$5.1billion is needed annually […]
The Powering Africa: Summit (PA:S) will take place at the St Regis Hotel, Washington D.C. from 28-30th January 2015. The Summit will welcome African Ministries, utility companies and all investment agencies from the US working across Africa to meet with the international power community and discuss the progress of the energy sector following the successful […]
Ghana and Kenya are scheduled to sign a number of bilateral agreements in the areas of Tourism, Aviation, Commerce, Agriculture, Trade, Education and Communications during a three-day state visit of President John Dramani Mahama to Kenya, at the invitation of President Uhuru Kenyatta. President Mahama, accompanied by a delegation of ministers, left Accra Thursday morning […]
Mr Ismaila Ceesay, Task Team Leader for World Bank, has announced its support for the second phase of Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) project. Mr Ceesay said this during the 7th World Bank implementation review of the first phase of GIFMIS project in Accra. He commended Ghana for a successful implementation of the […]
UNICEF has declared the year 2014 as devastating for children because as many as 15 million children have been caught up in violent conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq South Sudan, the State of Palestine, Syria and Ukraine including those internally displaced or living as refugees. A report by New York/Geneva issued to the Ghana […]
France’s President François Hollande has praised Ghana for her strides in economic growth and democratic practice, saying Ghana’s achievements in those areas were worthy of emulation. He has, therefore, assured of France’s continued support towards enhancing Ghana’s democracy, good governance, and economic development. President Hollande said this during an interaction with Ghana’s Ambassador to France, […]
Mr Kenneth Enos Kofi Tachie, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Malta, with concurrent accreditation to Libya, has presented his letters of credence to President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca. Speaking at the ceremony, High Commissioner Tachie said, “Ghana values it long-standing ties with the government and people of Malta and will work hard to strengthen the existing […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday morning left Accra to be a Special Guest at the 51st Independence Anniversary Celebration of the Republic of Kenya on Friday December 12. President Mahama is also paying a three-day state visit to Nairobi, at the invitation of President Uhuru Kenyatta, following a resolve by the new Kenyan leader, […]
