Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has left Accra for Washington and New York to attend a United Nations (UN) Summit. He is expected to hold meetings with top officials of the World Bank and the UN, as well as address several high level forums. A Statement issued in Accra from the Office of the former […]
Mr Jon Benjamin, British High Commissioner, has called on Mr Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation as part of efforts to understudy Ghana’s efforts to fight climate change. Mr Opong-Fosu told journalists after a closed door meeting with Mr Benjamin, said September 20 to September 24 is slated for the United Nations […]
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has had a closed door meeting with Ivoirian President Alassan Quattara at the VVIP Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport. President Quattara made a stopover in Accra enroute to Abijan after attending an investment conference with investors from the Gulf States in Dubai. The Ivoirian leader who described Ghana as his […]
New York City commemorated the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Wednesday night, powering on nearly 100 7,000-watt xenon bulbs to illuminate into the sky two beams indicating where the Twin Towers once stood. The long-awaited national memorial-cum-museum will open on Thursday on 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks for families of victims. The public […]
Military chiefs in West Africa on Tuesday began a three-day meeting in Accra on security concerns affecting the sub region. They are determined to come out measures that would address the issues that threaten lives and property. High on the agenda are the Ebola disease threat and its security implications, Boko Haram insurgency, the political […]
The British International School (BIS), Ghana on Tuesday organised a workshop, to sensitise parents about the Ebola virus and precautionary measures to help protect students from being infected. Mr Henry Morgan Minski, Director for BIS said the school has a responsibility of protecting students and staff from the Ebola disease, while there is the need […]
The Cuban Embassy in Ghana on Wednesday held a briefing to educate the media on the issues surrounding the arrest and incarceration of five Cuban nationals by the United States of America (USA). The briefing was part of efforts by the Cuban Government to raise public awareness on the injustices relating to the issue and […]
The United Nations today sent out an urgent international rescue call for $600 million supplies to West Africa to stem the exponential rise in the Ebola epidemic. According to World Health Organization, Ebola has so far killed 1,590 people and infected at least 3,500 people in, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the […]
The formal signing to consolidate the partnership between the Government of Ghana, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Governments of China and Denmark on Renewable Energy Technology Transfer has been concluded. The partnership, under the project “China-Ghana-South-South Cooperation on Renewable Energy Technology Transfer”, is to ensure that Chinese renewable energy technologies optimally respond to priorities […]
The Chinese government is to provide scholarships for between 20 and 30 brilliant, needy students in Ghana every year. The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Sun Baohong, who announced this, said so far over 500 students, many of whom were girls, had benefitted from similar scholarships in the past. Mrs. Baohong made the statement when […]
