The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has called on stakeholders to contribute towards bolstering the independence and capacity of human rights organisations in the continent to enable them contribute more towards enhancing its human rights records.  In his address at the 77th Ordinary ... Read More

The Palestinian Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Ghana, Mr Abdulfatah A. K. Alsattari, has emphasised the crucial importance of a two-state solution for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict.  He said the two-state solution would ensure an independent State for the ... Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and President Cyril Ramaphosa The recent announcement of a visa waiver agreement between Ghana and South Africa has brought into sharp focus the prospects of mutually beneficial tourism promotion between the two countries.  Both Ghana and South ... Read More

Mr. Emmanuel Awuni, a private sector consultant at the World Bank, says an unfavourable business regulatory framework is hindering entrepreneurial potential and deepening Ghana’s unemployment situation. He said the existing regulatory framework and requirements from state agencies were a major obstacle ... Read More

An initiative to help reduce prostate cancer incidences in the country has been launched in Accra. It is estimated that an above-average number of African men contract and die from the disease and to change this, the develoPPP programme of the ... Read More

Ghana and China will soon sign a cooperation agreement to explore investment opportunities in the railways, tourism, and other developmental projects in the Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti region. Negotiations for collaboration are far advanced between the two countries for commercial ... Read More

The World Bank says Ghana may not achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on poverty reduction due to the recent global economic shocks. He indicated that the global health pandemic (COVID-19), the Russian-Ukraine War, and the global economic recession had stalled ... Read More

The number of Ghanaians living in extreme poverty has increased since last year, with over a quarter of the population presently living on less than two dollars (GH¢24) a day, the World Bank Country Director, Pierre Laporte, has said.  Inflation over ... Read More

Mochizuki Hisanobu (right), Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, and Theresa Kpebu, District Director of Education, Techiman North, signing the agreement. Picture: ELVIS NII NOI DOWUONA The Japanese government has signed a grant agreement with four local government authorities to construct school blocks ... Read More

Rose Liliana Gomez Cardenas De Westonn, Ambassador of Peru to Ghana, proposing a toast to President Akufo-Addo (right)    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received the letters of credence of six envoys at the Jubilee House in Accra. They were the ... Read More