The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is leading a sustainable rice production in Ghana under a project where 11,000 farmers will be trained on the efficient use of water to reduce the emission of methane. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas ... Read More

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi The president of the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, will visit China from May 24 to 29 during which he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping to review and sign several key trade ... Read More

Visitors to the 'PMC Wagner Centre', operated by founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, in St Petersburg, Russia, in November 2022 Russia’s Wagner mercenary force has attempted to hide efforts to obtain military equipment internationally for use in ... Read More

"Banele e Adama" (Banel & Adama) director Ramata-Toulaye Sy poses at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 21, 2023. Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival's top-rung competition are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One ... Read More

Captain Cecilia Erzuah - A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.  Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March ... Read More

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Japanese Government on Friday handed over a laboratory facility to Ghana at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra. At a short ceremony, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, Director-General Ghana Health Service (GHS), on behalf of ... Read More

The COVID-19 health declaration form for international travellers to Ghana has been suspended with effect from May 20, 2023.  Also, pre-departure testing and tests at all points of entry are no longer a requirement for all passengers.  These were contained in a ... Read More

Shlomit Sufa (left), Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, and Seth Kwame Acheampong (right) toast to mark the anniversary. Picture: ESTHER ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shlomit Sufa, has said Israel’s economic and trade mission’s operation in Ghana has led ... Read More

The provincial health department in the South African province of Gauteng on Sunday announced 19 new cases of Cholera in Hammanskraal, including 10 deaths. South Africa reported its first cholera death in February, after the virus arrived in the country from ... Read More

Sudan's de facto leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, sacked his deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo on Friday, as forces loyal to the feuding generals pressed on with fighting in both Khartoum and Darfur. The United Nations meanwhile warned that humanitarian needs are increasing ... Read More