EU–West Africa Arts Event Takes Off In Accra – 12 Ar...
A musical, arts and cultural event aimed at bringing together people in the creative and arts industry from Ghana, Togo, Benin and European Union (EU) member states to compete and promote cultural exchange between the countries will take place at ... Read More
US Invests In Africa In Effort To Counter Chinese Influence
The United States has struck hundreds of deals worth $14.2 billion with African nations over the past year as Washington tries to counter growing influence on the continent by China.
The 547 new trade and investment agreements represent a 67% increase ... Read More
Ethiopia Asks Bondholders For Debt Relief Early, ‘Like...
Ethiopia's finance ministry said on Friday that it was asking its international bondholders to offer early, "likely once and for all" debt relief, as it hurtles towards default having missed a coupon payment.
It said in a statement published on the ... Read More
Ukraine Gets EU Membership Boost, But No New European Aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk during her visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 15, 2022.
The European Union failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) package in financial aid that Ukraine ... Read More
Putin: No Peace In Ukraine Until Russia Achieves Goals
President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there will be peace in Ukraine when his country achieves its goals, and that those aims remain unchanged.
Two months shy of the two-year anniversary of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ... Read More
U.S. Invests $82 Million Towards Africa’s Digital Transfor...
The United States has invested some $82 million under the Digital Transformation with Africa (DTA) initiative, Mr Judd Devermont, the National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs of the State Department, has disclosed.
The amount invested is towards achieving a ... Read More
First Lady, Two Other Prominent Ghanaian Women, Honoured
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has conferred honorary doctorate degrees on three prominent Ghanaian women for demonstrating commitment to humanitarian causes.
They are the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Justice Joyce Bamford-Addo, Ghana’s first female Speaker of Parliament, and ... Read More
Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce Donates To Affe...
The Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce has donated some items to the South Tongu and some communities affected by the Akosombo Dam Spillage.
Mr. Yang Qun, President of the Ghana-Chinese Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and the Asogli Power Plant, noted that ... Read More
UNDP Engages Stakeholders On Agriculture Value Chains To Cre...
A week-long consultative stakeholders engagement workshop to identify notable value chains that have the potential to create employment opportunities and help prevent the insurgence of violent extremism in the sub-region has begun in Tamale.
It is to solicit relevant stakeholders’ input ... Read More
Collective Efforts Needed To Build Climate Resilient Communi...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Feed the Future Policy LINK project has called for collective actions from all stakeholders to deal with issues of climate change in communities.
It was thus important to build the capacity of actors, particularly ... Read More