ECOWAS To Pilot Biometric Identity Card In 2016
ECOWAS citizens would, from 2016, be issued with the regional bloc’s Biometric Identification Card to ease movement and aid security in the sub-region.
This follows a recommendation made by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers at the end of its 73rd Meeting ... Read More
West Africa Spent US$555m On Malaria In 2013
Funding for malaria control in the West Africa sub-region rose from US$89million in 2005 to US$557million in 2013, which exceeded US$4 per capita per year in three countries -- Cape Verde, the Gambia and Liberia -- the 2014 World Malaria ... Read More
Powering Africa: Summit, The Meeting Place For African Gover...
The Powering Africa: Summit (PA:S) will take place at the St Regis Hotel, Washington D.C. from 28-30th January 2015. The Summit will welcome African Ministries, utility companies and all investment agencies from the US working across Africa to meet with ... Read More
Ghana And Kenya To Boost Ties
Ghana and Kenya are scheduled to sign a number of bilateral agreements in the areas of Tourism, Aviation, Commerce, Agriculture, Trade, Education and Communications during a three-day state visit of President John Dramani Mahama to Kenya, at the invitation of ... Read More
World Bank To Support Second Phase Of GIFMIS Project
Mr Ismaila Ceesay, Task Team Leader for World Bank, has announced its support for the second phase of Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) project.
Mr Ceesay said this during the 7th World Bank implementation review of the first phase ... Read More
UNICEF Declares 2014 a Devastating Year For Children
UNICEF has declared the year 2014 as devastating for children because as many as 15 million children have been caught up in violent conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq South Sudan, the State of Palestine, Syria and Ukraine including those ... Read More
President Hollande Commends Ghana For Strides In Economic Gr...
Francois Hollade - France President
France's President François Hollande has praised Ghana for her strides in economic growth and democratic practice, saying Ghana’s achievements in those areas were worthy of emulation.
He has, therefore, assured of France’s continued support towards enhancing ... Read More
Ghana’s High Commissioner To Malta Presents Credentials
Mr Kenneth Enos Kofi Tachie, Ghana's High Commissioner to Malta, with concurrent accreditation to Libya, has presented his letters of credence to President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca.
Speaking at the ceremony, High Commissioner Tachie said, “Ghana values it long-standing ties with ... Read More
President Mahama Leaves For Kenya
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday morning left Accra to be a Special Guest at the 51st Independence Anniversary Celebration of the Republic of Kenya on Friday December 12.
President Mahama is also paying a three-day state visit to Nairobi, at ... Read More
2014 Korea Cup Fixed For December 11, 2014
The Ghana Taekwondo Federation in collaboration with the embassy of the Republic of Korea, will from December 11-13, organize a taekwondo tournament dubbed "2014 Korea Cup" at the RLG Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.
A statement signed by ... Read More