Ghana was on Wednesday given thumbs up for her consistent peacekeeping role in over 50 years despite the country’s budgetary and developmental constraints. “It is never easy for countries that are themselves facing budgetary and development constraints to muster courage and resources to support the needs of others. “Yet this is what Ghana has done […]
The 2013 PANAFEST and Emancipation Day celebrations was on Wednesday launched to kick-start activities lined up for this year’s programme. The celebration, on the theme: “Re-uniting the African family; Pan Africanism and the African Renaissance, is aimed at assessing the current pattern of aligned African States and peoples, inclusive of the African Diaspora worldwide. Mrs […]
The World Bank Group has announced an amount of $1 billion in proposed new funding to help provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund hydroelectricity projects in support of the Great Lakes peace agreement that was signed by 11 countries in February. This was on the first day of a […]
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) of Ghana has received some equipment and tools from the British government to aid its work in the areas of organised crimes such as human trafficking. The equipment were given to the EOCO’s Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) by the Drugs and Crime Team of the British High Commission […]
Ghanaian R ‘n’ B star Chemphe was in Nairobi recently to record a song for the African Union Golden Jubilee celebrations. The song was written and recorded by Dan “Chizi” Aceda at his Aces Media studio, and features the golden voices of Kenya’s Amileena and rapper Rabbit, as well as Jimmy Hope from Togo. I […]
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the release of all women held in connection with “terrorist activity”, the defence ministry says. The decision was aimed at enhancing peace efforts in Nigeria, it added. The army is conducting an offensive in three states, where an emergency was declared last week to fight the militant Islamist group […]
Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng has announced he has completed his move to English Premier League side Fulham from Ukrainian club Dnipro. The 30-year-old wrote on his Twitter account: “I have signed a two-year deal with Fulham FC! I’m happy to see this deal confirmed! “Thanks God, my family and everyone who support me!” Boateng also […]
J A Plant Pool, distributors of Chinese heavy duty equipment and other vehicles, is to establish a vehicle assembling plant in the country to assemble trucks, buses and other earthmoving and heavy duty equipment. The initiative is in line with the company’s new drive to reposition itself as the market leader in all segments of the business, […]
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the President of the World Bank Group and Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General will from May 22-24 make a historic joint visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region. This is in support of a recent landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in one of the world’s most troubled […]
President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday received five Ambassadors, who were at the Flagstaff House, Accra, to present their letters of credence to begin their duty tour of Ghana and to strengthen their diplomatic relations. They are Mrs Nezha Alaoui from Morocco, Ms Hege Hertzberg from Norway, Mr Simeao Archer Pinto from Portugal, Mr Marco […]
