UN condemns ‘cowardly’ attack on Libya’s national oil corporation headquarters
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the National Oil Company (NOC) headquarters in Tripoli. An armed group reportedly stormed the building, which is in the centre of the city, and witnesses say they heard blasts and gunfire. According to a security official at the site, at least two […]
Teacher licensure examination: candidates stranded at OLA College of Education
Hundreds of teachers who trooped to the OLA College of Education Centre in Cape Coast on Monday morning for the teachers licensure examination were left stranded and frustrated because as at 1100hrs the exams had not began. The first-ever teacher licensure examination is taking place in the colleges of education throughout the country from September […]
Anglican bishop of Accra leads service to welcome Kofi Annan's body
The Anglican Bishop of Accra Reverend Dr. Daniel Slyvanus Mensah Torto, on Monday evening led a solemn service to receive the body of former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Kofi Atta Annan at the Accra International Conference Centre. It was preceded by pouring of libation by Nana Brewuo III, Otumfuo’s Tudwono Krokrohene of Konongo […]
Busumuru Kofi Annan Final Journey Home
The body of Kofi Annan, a former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Laureate, arrived in Accra, on Monday, ahead of a three-day state burial. The aircraft carrying the statesman taxied to the tarmac at the Jubilee Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport, at 1728 hours, where President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and First […]
Ghana is set for three-day State Funeral for Kofi Annan
Ghana is ready for the three-day State Funeral of its illustrious son, Busumuru Kofi Annan, a former UN Boss. President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo was at the Kotoka International Airport today to receive the body for a State Funeral, which would begin on Tuesday, September 11 and end with a private burial on […]
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Body of Busumuru Kofi Annan arrives at Jubilee Lounge, Kotoka International Airport
"Collapse of banks the result of acts of lawlessness" – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that many of the problems that plague the country have something to do with the mal-functioning of the law, including the banking crisis that has led to the collapse of some indigenous banks. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the story of every bank that has had problems, be they […]
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WHO says 800,000 people commit suicide every year
Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016. Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday, September 10, a toolkit to help communities to prevent suicides has been released by the World Health Organization, WHO, and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Suicides happen in all countries and regions, […]
Experts to weave strategy for financing industrialization in Central Africa
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Chad are convening government representatives and experts in various development fields from across Central Africa and around the world, to debate and propose a harmonized strategy of unlocking finances for industrializing the economies of Central Africa. The actors will be meeting from September 18-21, […]
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation charts 3-year cooperation plan
The 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held September 3-4, 2018 under the theme “China and Africa: Toward an Even Stronger Community with Shared Future through Win-Win Cooperation”. The summit was attended by the Heads of State, Government and Delegations of the People’s Republic of China and 53 African countries, the […]
Police raid criminal hideouts in Cape Coast
A combined team of armed police personnel from the Central Regional Police Headquarters and Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly Task-force on Friday demolished some hideouts of criminals at Anaafo, a suburb of Cape Coast. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ken Kuntogli, the Metropolitan Crime Officer, who led the […]
