China hands over 1000 boreholes to Ghana
The Chinese Government has handed over 1,029 boreholes it constructed across 10 regions of Ghana to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to enhance access to potable water by rural communities towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal-Six. The project was funded through a grant from the Chinese Government, under the Economic and Technical Corporation […]
Royal Commodities gets 30 new trucks for cocoa evacuation
Management of Royal Commodities (ROCO), a Licensed Cocoa Buying Company (LBC), has taken delivery of over 30 new trucks funded by GCB bank to ensure efficient internal purchases of cocoa beans across the cocoa-growing regions. The trucks will help in primary and secondary evacuation of cocoa from the farm gate to depots. The move comes […]
President Akufo-Addo appologises to Persons with Disabilities over blind and deaf comment
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has rendered an qualified apology to Persons with Disabilities over comment he made purporting to malign the visually and hearing impaired persons at rally at La Bawleshie in the just ended Ayawaso West Wuogon by election. A statement on his Facebook wall expressed regret and assured persons with disabilities the […]
Gender Minister visits children at Cape Coast Hospital
Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison has charged social workers especially staff of social welfare and those under her ministry to up their game by visiting hospitals and other institutions they could be of help to. According to her, there are many people especially children and women who are going through serious […]
Australian city braces as floodgates open
Thousands of residents in and around the Australian city of Townsville have been warned of “unprecedented flooding” after dam gates were fully opened on Sunday as monsoon rains continued. Rain in the state of Queensland, where Townsville is located, has swollen the Ross River dam beyond its capacity. Officials earlier warned that up to 20,000 […]
US fake university sting angers India
India has made a diplomatic protest to the US after 129 Indian students were arrested for enrolling in a fake university. The University of Farmington, advertised as based in Michigan state, was run by undercover agents from the Department of Homeland Security to expose “pay-to-stay” immigration fraud. Prosecutors say those who enrolled knew that the […]
President Akufo-Addo leaves for South Africa, USA & Ethiopia
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, February 3, 2019, for an 8-day working visit to South Africa, the United States of America, and Ethiopia. In South Africa, President Akufo-Addo will participate in the 2019 edition of the Investing in African Mining Indaba, the world’s largest mining investment conference dedicated to the […]
US visa sanctions on Ghana unjustified – Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has expressed disappointment with the decision by the United States to implement visa sanctions on Ghana for alleged lack of adequate cooperation in accepting Ghanaian nationals ordered removed from the US. It said those allegations were unfounded and the sanctions imposed on Ghana were without any justification. […]
US Ambassador condemns ‘senseless’ murder of Hussein-Suale
The Ambassador of the United States to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, has condemned the murder of Investigative Journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, describing it as “senseless”. She said the United States condemned the act on Mr Hussein-Suale, who was a young journalist performing his duty. Ms. Sullivan said during her first interactive session with the media since assuming […]
Virginia governor says sorry for racist photo
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has apologised after his 1984 student yearbook page emerged, showing a photo featuring men in racist costumes. “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” he said in a statement. Black politicians […]
Refugees flee to Ghana from Burkina Faso Chieftaincy Dispute
An appeal has been made to the government, through the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister and the Member of Parliament for the Zebilla constituency, Frank Fuseini Adongo to as a matter of urgency intervene with the Burkinabe authorities to resolve the Chieftaincy dispute that erupted in Zoaga a town in Burkina Faso. Some of the […]
President Akufo-Addo sworn into office two new Ambassadors
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn into office two new Ambassadors at a brief ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra. They are Mrs. Jennifer Lartey who is heading to Norway and Mrs. Harriet Sena Siaw Boateng Ambassador to Belgium and Ghana’s permanent representative at the European Union, (EU). President Akufo Addo charged them […]
JDM calls for swift investigations into Ayawaso West Wuogun by-election violence
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the Ghana Police Service to expedite investigations into the circumstances leading to the violence which was perpetrated against members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Thursday’s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra. Scores of NDC members and supporters, including the Member […]
NPP accuses NDC for 'fomenting an imaginary chaos' at Ayawaso
The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoah has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of fomenting an imaginary chaos to discredit Ghana’s electoral system to the international community. Reacting to an earlier press briefing by the opposition NDC which accused the NPP of being behind the violence that erupted […]
