Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has cautioned African countries against piling up debts through excessive bonds issue. According to her, unless Ghana and other African states are borrowing from the international market to finance infrastructure, Eurobonds may not be a good thing. “I think it (Eurobonds issues)should be done with measure […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointments of three persons as Ebola crisis managers as part of its international response to the epidemic that has claimed over 3,300 lives. In a statement issued by the UN on Thursday, Marcel Rudasingwa of Rwanda has been appointed Ebola Crisis Manager for Guinea, Peter Jan Graaff […]
Ghana will battle Nigeria for her Independence Day Polo Championship trophy at the Accra Polo Grounds on Saturday, October 11. Kwakye Dopua-Dei, Captain of the Accra Polo Club who announced this in Accra on Wednesday, said the competition formed part of activities marking the Independence Day celebration of Nigeria. He said the competition which had […]
According to a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, Ghana’s public debt would hit a little over 70% of the country’s total economic output by 2015, prompting concerns from the Bretton-Woods institution. The IMF maintains when a country’s debt exceeds 60% of its total economic value, economic stability becomes threatened. The report, ‘Fiscal Monitor’ outlines […]
The United States has released $1 million to Ghana to help with the adequate preparation towards a possible outbreak of the Ebola disease. The amount is part of a total of $175 million the US says, it has committed to fight the epidemic which has had a devastating effect on three West African countries and […]
This year’s Diplomatic Fair is scheduled for December 9 to 10 at the Accra International Conference Centre. The Embassy Fair now rebranded as Diplomatic Fair, is an annual event in Ghana started in 2012 to bring together diplomatic organizations accredited to Ghana to educate, promote their services and showcase achievements in national development. A statement […]
A report by the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund said much more work is needed to be done to end poverty and close the gap in living standards between those in the bottom 40 per cent and the top 60 per cent of the population around the world The Global Monitoring (GMR) Report […]
A team of performers and play practitioners from Flying SeaGull, a United Kingdom-based charity organization, has treated children of the Osu Children’s Home in Accra to a series of exciting plays, games and magical displays. The children could not help but applaud, shout and scream throughout the several-hour-interactive -sessions, and especially expressed great delight in […]
High-level UNDP officials are embarking on a mission to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Senegal, to boost efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak, while helping to preserve essential services and livelihoods. The trip will include site visits to Ebola treatment centres, as well as meetings with Government authorities, partner UN Agencies, NGOs and Civil Society […]
The first Ghanaian Peacekeeping troops of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission In Mali (MINUSMA), Ghana Engineer Company 1 (GHANEGCOY1), who successfully completed their one year duty tour and returned home early this year, were on 30 September, 2014, presented with their United Nations medal, at the 48 Engineer Regiment, Teshie, Accra. The 125 […]
