President John Dramani Mahama will be leaving for Burkina Faso Friday to witness the investiture of former Foreign Minister Michel Kafando as interim president. Authorities have also picked army officer Lt Col Isaac Zida as transitional prime minister. Col Zida had been among officers who took power when then President Blaise Compaore was forced to […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Member States have been tasked to protect widows from performing negative rites of sleeping beside dead husbands for purification in the face of the Ebola virus disease. Rituals for widowhood rites in some communities include forcing the wife to sleep on the same bed with the deceased […]

The Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Ghana, Mr William Hanna, has called on Ghana and other West African countries to sign on to the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). According to him, that will bolster trading activities between member countries and offer more opportunities and bigger market to the ECOWAS member states. He […]

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has appointed Prof Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu, Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) as a member of a 14- member High Level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations. The Panel is to make a comprehensive assessment of the state of UN peace operations today, and […]

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has advocated a paradigm shift in the relations between Ghana and Japan, adding that there are more opportunities the two sides could explore for the benefit of their citizenry. He said although the partnership between the two countries has yielded significant dividends over the years, “we have to move our cooperation […]

Smallholder farmers and actors in the root and tuber crop production value chain in the country will benefit from a €5 million European Union-funded programme that seeks to create a sustainable link between growers and buyers within the sub-sector while empowering them to increase income, create more employment and improve food security. This follows the […]

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) of the European Union have been described as avenues of guaranteeing European trade, cloaked under the veneer of free trade, but the benefits of which are hyped up to the disadvantage of African people. Mr Tope Fasua, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Global Analytics Consulting Limited, who made the statement, noted that […]

Last weekend’s GUBA Expo 2014, which showcased Ghanaian-made products in South East London, was declared a success and an opening that would allow more trade and economic opportunities for Ghana in the UK. “There are a range of impressive investment opportunities in Ghana and the Made in Ghana products on offer today are just a […]

A Former Brazilian Minister for Social Development and Fight Against Hunger, Mrs.Marcia Lopes, is in the country to take part in the first ever National Social Protection Conference schedule to take place tomorrow in Accra.. Her visit has been necessitated by the recent approval of a cabinet memorandum on Social Protection which is to ensure […]

African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has commended the Government of Equatorial Guinea for its strong show of African Solidarity demonstrated by its acceptance to host the 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in January 2015.   CAF President Issa Hayatou made the announcement on Friday, 14 November 2014, following a […]