President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday ended his three-day state visit to Botswana by visiting two diamond factories and polishing companies. The companies, Diamond Trading Company of Botswana and Eurostar Diamond Polishing Company apart from adding value to the huge diamond deposits mined in the country, also employed thousands of Botswana citizens and beyond. President […]
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) Session, currently on-going in New York, has set 2030 as the expiry date for gender inequality. “Achieving this will require unprecedented political leadership, dedicated and vastly increased resources, and new partnerships across the whole of society,” Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of […]
The Embassy of the United States of America (USA), on behalf of the people of the United States, has congratulated the government and people of Ghana on the occasion of the country’s 58th independence anniversary. A statement from the Public Affairs section of the US Embassy in Accra signed by Joyce O. Asiedu and copied […]
Mr Frederic Clavier, the French Ambassador to Ghana, has challenged Ghanaians, particularly students, to develop interest in learning the French language to enhance their academic grades and also maximize their job opportunities. According to him, French was currently an official language in 32 Francophone member countries, the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the […]
An Australian-funded scheme is saving and transforming lives in Akuapem North District, Eastern Region, and in Shai Osu Doku District and Ablekuma Sub-Metro in the Greater Accra Region. A statement issued by the Australian High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday said, with funding from the Australian Government, WaterAid […]
The United States (US) government is considering Ghana as the first partner country in the world for its Child Protection Compact Partnership (CPC Partnership), the US Ambassador to Ghana, Gene Cretz has announced. Mr. Cretz said in a keynote address at the launch of the International Justice Mission (IJM) office in Ghana February 25, 2015, […]
The Ghana Netherlands Business and Culture Council, a merger between The Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Culture (GHANECC) and the Netherlands African Business Council (NABC), has been launched. The Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Culture was the agency that facilitated and supported business cooperation between Ghana and the Netherlands since its inception in […]
Ghana is to participate in the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) slated for March 9th to 20 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Representatives of member states, UN entities, and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and accredited non-governmental organisations from all regions of the world will attend […]
The British High Commission in Accra has dismissed an employee over visa fraud allegations. A statement from the High Commission confirming the dismissal did not put out the name and nationality of the employee but the High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin in a tweet said it was a Ghanaian national. The dismissal took effect from Thursday February 26, 2015. […]
Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted a declaration in the context of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) campaign to end statelessness within 10 years. “We recognise the importance and urgency of obtaining concrete information on the causes of statelessness and the number and profile of stateless […]
