Ghana must remove “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll before the European Union resumes budget support suspended a year ago, the EU ambassador to the West African country, William Hanna, said on Tuesday. EU grants worth up to 200 million euros ($250.14 million) could be crucial as Ghana seeks to recover from a fiscal […]
Ghana has expressed her satisfaction and appreciation for the support the United States of America (USA) has given to her budding democracy which has been touted one of the most successful on the African continent. His Excellency Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America, expressed the sentiment when he […]
Emirates’ Airline operations, which constitutes the main environmental impact of the Emirates Group, has seen ongoing improvements in its fuel efficiency, as the airline continues to add new aircraft to its fleet and prioritise fuel-saving operational techniques. Key to the Group’s environmental strategy is the airline’s Eco-efficient fleet, which is at the leading edge of […]
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ghana on Wednesday announced the publication of the new edition of the “White Book” on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine. A statement in Accra from the Embassy and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the July – November, 2014 edition was […]
The African Development Bank is providing a grant of 2.124 million euros for the feasibility studies into the Sogakope-Lome Trans-Boundary Water Supply Project to promote bilateral relationship between the two countries. The project would enable Togo to secure its water supply from the Volta River at Sogakope for delivery to Lome. Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister […]
A New York law firm has agreed to file a lawsuit on behalf of Saltpond Offshore Producing Company Limited (SOPCL) and its operators against “Wall Street Journal” (WSJ) for defamation. The WSJ has been engaging in a campaign of smear and calumny against SOPC, the Solicitor of the company has said. He said the world […]
The 46th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, ended in Abuja, Nigeria on Monday evening, with the leaders resolving to tackle the growing instability and the Ebola scourge in the sub-region. The leaders also committed to deepen democracy and good governance, and to make West Africa an investment destination, […]
Mr Gene Cretz, United States Ambassador to Ghana has congratulated the government on its efforts leading to the closure of the alleged witches’ camp at Bonyase in the Central Gonja District. He delivered the congratulatory message at a brief interaction with journalists in Tamale on Monday, as part of his visit to the Northern Region […]
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 […]
