The heads of six United Nations agencies have decided to activate a Travel and Transport Task Force in order to support the global efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola disease outbreak. The agencies include the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Civil Aviation Organization, the World Tourism Organization, Airports Council International, International Air […]
Health authorities of Ghana and Togo have deepened collaboration along the frontier, especially at Aflao, in the wake of the deadly Ebola disease sweeping across the sub-region. The two sides meet at the level of the Joint Border Security Cooperation Committee of frontier agencies, at which meetings the sides share technical notes, strategies and efforts […]
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has stressed the need to avoid panic and fear on the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, amidst growing concerns about the alarming rate of its spread in the sub-region. At a media encounter at the UN headquarters in New York, he maintained that “Ebola can be prevented. […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the outbreak of the Ebola disease in West Africa continued to escalate, with 1975 cases and 1069 deaths reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. A statement issued by the WHO and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Friday said no new cases had been detected in […]
The Cote d’Ivoire Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Bernard Ehui-Koutoua, has expressed appreciation to Ghana for its hospitality to the numerous Ivorians who fled to the country during the recent political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire. According to the Cote d’Ivoire Embassy figures, out of the nearly 300,000 people who went into exile, over 250,000 have returned […]
Former Nigerian President General Abdulsalami Abubakar on Monday, August 11, 2014 paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor in Accra. The former Nigerian Leader is in the country for his honorary doctorate degree conferment from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) together with former President Jerry John Rawlings and Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, […]
The European Commission will provide additional funding for the Airport Communication Project (AIRCOP) to disrupt the illegal networks that are disseminating drugs and other illicit products through smarter, more effective, well-connected and intelligence-led counter-narcotic activities of participating airports. Its purpose is to strengthen detection, interdiction and intelligence capacities in several countries in Africa, Latin America […]
Mr. Jean Cahuzac, Chief Executive Officer of Sub-Sea 7, a world renowned offshore Fabrication Company, has said the company would continually engage and train Ghanaians to effectively participate in the Oil and Gas business. He said their commitment is to give meaning to the Local Content and Local Participation Law of 2013, and urged other […]
Journalists from Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria have participated in an hour-long online press briefing to discuss Climate Change and the upcoming UN Climate Summit in New York. The summit is being convened by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to mobilize action ahead of 2015 when countries hope to make strong global commitment and […]
Africa’s economic prosperity and security took top billing at the just ended first ever US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, D.C., which the White House said would build on President Barack’s Obama’s trip to Africa in 2013 and strengthen ties between the US “and one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest growing regions”. During the […]
