UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana as the head of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan. Major General Sakyi succeeds Major General Young-Bum Choi of the Republic of Korea, who completed his two-year assignment as Chief Military Observer and head of […]
Two United Nations agencies have released the “Top 10″ list of food-borne parasites of greatest global concern, and new guidelines being developed to control them. According to a report published jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO), the parasites affect the health of millions of people every year, […]
The Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency (H.E) Christopher Thornley, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Mrs. Nana Oye Lithur, to discuss issues of social protection in the country, with particular focus on children. Speaking at the meeting, H.E Thornley said Canada was committed to […]
The newly-appointed British High Commissioner to Ghana, H.E Jon Benjamin has paid a duty call on the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to further reinforce Britain’s commitment towards solving gender and other social related issues in Ghana. H.E Benjamin, who was received by Gender Minister Nana Oye Lithur at her office in Accra, […]
Switzerland and Ghana have signed Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol, to enhance the sustainable assessment tool used to measure and guide performance in the hydropower sector. Switzerland is facilitating the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council and the International Hydropower Association to drive application and learning around the Early Stage tool of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. A […]
The Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President John Mahama, has pledged the sub-regional grouping’s support to the government and people of Mali in their post-crisis era. Mali, which has been faced with political and security instability over the last few years, elected a new President in 2013. Even in […]
The German Embassy in Ghana on June 23, 2014 organised a one-day basketball training event for school children at the El Wak Sports Stadium in Accra. The event, dubbed “Basketball fun day”, sought to celebrate the donation ofbasketball equipment to the beneficiary schools of this year’s German sports promotion initiative as well as foster interactions […]
More than 200 students in the Sremanu community in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region, are benefiting from a furnished junior high school, a new kindergarten block and a toilet facility. A statement from the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy said, the classroom blocks, which are disability-friendly, include office, store […]
The Black Stars crashed out of the FIFA World Cup in Brasil after losing 1-2 to Portugal at the Estadio Nacional Dus Brasilia, in Brasilia on Thursday. The Stars, who were hoping to win in the event Germany beat United States of America (USA) to qualify were unable to realise their dreams when defender John […]
President John Dramani Mahama was on Thursday, June 26, 2014 selected as the Chairperson of the high level African committee on trade at the on-going African Union ordinary session in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. He takes over from Mr. Idris Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, for the next one year. This formed part […]
