The European Union (EU) in partnership with the African Union (AU) has signed a new funding agreement to contribute €50 million to the African Union-led operation in the Central African Republic, Mission Internationale de Soutien à la Centrafrique sous Conduite Africaine (MISCA) as part of efforts to foster security on the African continent. The funding […]
The French Ambassador H.E. Frédéric Clavier together with and the Resident Manager of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Mrs. Amélie July on March 13th , 2014, awarded four Ghanaian innovators for their successful participation in the “Innovations for Sustainable Development” competition organised by the French government. The selected participants, Star Shea Ltd, Bright Generation Community […]
Madam Maniza Zaman, the Deputy Director of the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has called for redoubling of efforts to tackle the inequity in health care delivery in the country. She said despite the positive developments in terms of building especially more community health care facilities, there was still a huge gap as […]
Representatives of eight top class German companies with specialisation in renewable energy have completed a week-long working tour of Ghana to ascertain how they can partner local companies to provide grid-connected electricity solutions to bulk consumers in the country. The high-powered trade delegation on Renewable Energy and Photovoltaic Applications started their mission with a forum […]
President John Dramani Mahama has dispatched a high-level government delegation to China to facilitate the release of the remainder of the $3-billion Chinese loan for the construction of landing beaches and the expansion of the Takoradi Port. The delegation is said to be led by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Seth Terkper. Ghana has so […]
A GH¢648,000.00 office, built for the Ghana Education Service (GES) in Sekyere-Central District, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been inaugurated. This brings to 15 the number of district education offices funded by the US federal government agency across the nation under a US$19.7 million grant. Other projects undertaken […]
Dr. Cheryl Gopaul –Saikali, Counsellor I/C of Development at the Canadian High Commission in Ghana has pledged her country’s readiness to ensure food security in the three northern regions. To this end, the Canadian High Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, has selected six NGOs based in the three […]
Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has called for the deepening of collaboration between Ghana and Israel in various fields of endeavor. He made the call when he inaugurated the Ghana-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Association at Parliament House in Accra. Mr. Adjaho noted globalization demanded that parliamentary diplomacy should be vigorously pursued as a way of […]
The United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women’s 58 session opened at New York with a call from Ghana to the global community to consider gender as a cross cutting issue for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Based on statistics, Nana Oye Lithur, Ghana’s Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection […]
Emirates Airlines has launched its daily, non-stop service between Dubai and Boston with a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in a three—class configuration, offering eight seats in First, 42 in Business and 216 in Economy classes. The route, which was launched on 10 March, 2014, becomes the airline’s eighth US destination and the 142th on its global […]
