A Japanese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Monphy and Youth Foundation, is putting up a 16-classroom storey building at Nkoranza, to start an International Private School within the township. The project, estimated at about GHȼ480,000.00 and started this year, is at the roofing level. Mr. Charles Effah-Gyan, the Ghanaian Director of the NGO, told the Ghana News […]
The Canadian Government is supporting an initiative by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada (SickKids) and the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) to train 1,500 paediatric nurses in Ghana. The 22-million dollar-project is aimed at training about 1500 paediatric nurses locally and to improve the health and survival of the about […]
Mr. Gene A. Cretz, the United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Ghana has commended the country for its enviable democratic credentials. He observed that the country since 1992 had had multiple and peaceful change of government, saying that it was a generally good record of human rights. Mr. Cretz made the recommendation during an […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday announced that Ghana and Brazil would soon establish a Joint Permanent Cooperation Committee that would enable them to have bilateral engagements in the socio-economic development of their countries. He said the two countries had over the years engaged in so many collaborations and the formation of such a permanent […]
The Government of South Korea is providing a $1.5 million grant towards improving the transportation system in the Greater Accra Region. To this effect, the Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on has launched the Transport Master Plan for the project, which would be completed in 18 months. Speaking […]
The Japanese Government is assisting Ghana’s health sector with a grant of $1.66 million in its efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals targeted at preventing maternal and child mortality. Speaking at the signing for the Exchange of Notes, Mr Kaoru Yoshimura, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, expressed the hope that the financial contributions would be […]
In 2013, a United Nations report estimated that the cocaine trade through West Africa was worth at least $1.25 billion a year. This is higher than the combined government budgets of several countries in the region, which has become an important transhipment point between Latin America producers and consumers in the United States and Europe. […]
As the world marks the International Day of Remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the UN has called for an end to modern day slavery manifesting in various forms. The world body said though the horrific tragedies of slavery ended 1807, the world still faced widespread discrimination, prejudice, child trafficking […]
The 70th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations has been launched in Accra by the United Nations Association of Ghana (UNA – Gh). Ms Janet Edna Nyame, Secretary General of UNA – Gh said the UN’s 70th anniversary theme “Strong UN, better world”, was very relevant in the face of the sprout of the UN […]
The Australian High Commission in Ghana has held a dialogue for stakeholders in the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) sector. The dialogue is the second Public-Private Dialogue on Mining Governance, supported by the Australian Government, in partnership with the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET). The dialogue, which brought together key representatives of government, civil […]
