Inadequate waste management systems, has become a major public health, economic and environmental problem, with 7-10 billion tonnes of urban waste churned out annually, according to UN study estimates. About three billion people worldwide lack access to controlled waste disposal facilities ... Read More

Mrs Salamatu Husseini Suleiman, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, ECOWAS Commission, has called for concerted efforts from member-states, in an effort to confront challenges pertaining to Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the sub-region. She said the Commission on ... Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria arriving in Accra, Ghana for a one-day working visit Ghana has agreed to continue to work with Nigeria to guarantee the security and socio-economic prosperity of their people. Consequently, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both ... Read More

The UN Conference on Climate Change scheduled for December in Paris is fast approaching, and some countries are still preparing their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), while others have submitted theirs, Kenneth Nana Amoateng, Executive Director of Abibiman Foundation said ... Read More

Hannah Serwaah Tetteh – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hanna Tetteh, has assured a team of Japanese business executives exploring investment opportunities in the country of conducive climate to ... Read More

Ambassador of China to Ghana, H.E Sun Baohong Madam Sun Baohong, Chinese Ambassador in Ghana, on Friday broke the ground for construction work to begin on a new three-storey expansion project to upgrade the Awutu /Senya West District Assembly Junior ... Read More

Two Ethiopians defied all odds to emerge winners of both the male and female 21k category of the maiden International Millennium marathon race at the Independence square in Accra on Saturday. The race which started around 6am began from the Independence ... Read More

Mr Henry Kerali, World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone has challenged Ghana to institute actionable strategies to exploit the country’s abundant resources to get people in the savannah zone out of poverty. “There is no reason why ... Read More

A new United Nations (UN) brief says an estimated 80 per cent of global deforestation occurs as a direct result of agricultural chain-practices. It said in a release to the Ghana News Agency that government subsidies, estimated at $ 200 billion ... Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support smallholder farmers, who lost their livelihoods in the June 3 disaster. The agreement is to restore farming activities of 2,200 ... Read More