President John Dramani Mahama has decried the senseless and needless pockets of conflicts in the north, which he said continue to reverse the clock of development in the area. He appealed to the people to commit themselves to peace, saying that, no one had ever won a war or conflict and stressed that peace was […]
For a second day running a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people remains missing off southern Vietnam. Investigators are checking identifies of passengers listed. A Texas firm says 20 of its employees were on board. Search teams scoured waters off Vietnam on Sunday with no confirmed signs of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which vanished […]
The United Nations has urged the international community to focus attention on the barriers to social well-being that millions of people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture and disability. This call was made to mark World Day of Social Justice, which fell on Thursday, February 20. The UN General Assembly (GA) in […]
Emirates SkyCargo has announced that starting May 1, 2014, it will move its freighter fleet to the Al Maktoum Airport – Dubai World Central (DWC), under a new trucking contract with Dubai based Allied Transport LLC. A statement issued to the GNA said the five-year contract will see Allied Transport provide road feeder services between […]
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has released a new Runway Safety Implementation Kit (iKit) in line with its ongoing co-operative efforts to enhance global aviation safety. The kit was developed by the ICAO in collaboration with its runway safety programme partners. The new iKit, which was made available to the Ghana News Agency on […]
Visiting President Alpha Conde of Guinea on March 7th, 2014 appealed to Ghanaian companies to increase business relations with Guinea to accomplish the bond between the two countries initiated by late President Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and late President Sekou Toure. President Conde, who was the Special Guest at the 57th Independence parade, said this […]
The Government of Ghana has signed an agreement with Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF) Ghana Limited to establish a cement manufacturing plant capable of producing one million tonnes per annum. Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh who represented the Minister of Trade, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, signed on behalf of the Government, with Mr. Saad Sefrioui, General Director of CIMAF […]
Ghana and Guinea are planning to engage in exchange programmes to share experiences and develop human capacity for the effective exploitation of their mineral resources, energy and oil and gas industries. Under the programme Ghana would tap into its mass base of expertise in the mineral and extractive industries, and make available a training institution […]
Mr. President, On the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Ghana, I have the great pleasure to address to you my warmest congratulations and my wishes of happiness and prosperity for the whole of the Ghanaian people. During last year, your official visit to France and your attendance to the Elysée Summit […]
Israel’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has ended a two-day official visit to Ghana with a commitment to lead in bringing Israelis experts to help transform the agricultural sector. The Minister, Mr Yair Shamir, also expressed commitment of his country to help propel growth and development of Ghana’s economy through strategic investments and technological […]
