Sensitization workshop on mobile membership renewal and authentication service NHIS- UER
The drudgery of people cueing and sleeping daily at the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS facilities, in order to get one’s expired card renewed will soon be over. Since the establishment of the NHIS 15 years ago, it has been bedeviled with many challenges making its delivery inefficient. It is against this backdrop that, the […]
Veep Dr. Bawumia interacts with NAACP President, Derrick Johnson
VIDEO: Africa, Diaspora must collaborate to develop – VP Bawumia
Africa, Diaspora must collaborate to develop – Veep Dr. Bawumia
Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for greater interaction and collaboration between Africa and people of African descent across the world in order to help achieve our collective aspirations. This symbiotic relationship would not only be mutually beneficial, but would also help renew the bonds between the diaspora and the motherland, according to […]
Interior Ministry imposes Dusk to Dawn curfew on Bole following renewed chieftaincy clash
The Ministry of Interior has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Bole in the Northern Region The Ministry announced the imposition of the curfew in a statement issued Monday evening, following a renewed chieftaincy clash between two factions. One person was confirmed dead and two others injured. The incident which happened early Monday morning […]
Protests in Mogadishu against impeachment of president
Somali capital Mogadishu was Monday was rocked by protests against the proposed impeachment of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. Groups of people had as early as 7am (local time), started marching along the main streets, shouting slogans against the motion that was proposed on Sunday by 93 legislators and received by the Speaker of the Lower […]
Campaign intensifies for the creation of Western North region
With less than three weeks to the holding of a referendum for the creation of new regions, the campaign for the carving out of the Western North region from the present day Western region has intensified with the hierarchy of the Wiawso Catholic Diocese joining the traditional authority of the area to galvanize support for […]
French President Macron promises minimum wage rise
President Emmanuel Macron has promised a minimum wage rise and tax concessions in response to weeks of violent protests. France has seen four weekends of violent protests against fuel tax rises, living costs and other issues. Speaking in a televised address, Mr. Macron condemned the violence but said the protesters’ anger was “deep, and in […]
UK PM to meet EU leaders for Brexit talks
Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany’s Angela Merkel after postponing MPs’ final vote on the deal. The UK PM has said she needs “further assurances” about the Northern Ireland border plan to […]
Governments adopt UN global migration pact to help ‘prevent suffering and chaos’
The Global Compact for Migration was adopted on Monday by leading representatives from 164 Governments at an international conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, in an historic move described by UN Chief António Guterres as the creation of a “roadmap to prevent suffering and chaos”. Speaking at the opening intergovernmental session, Mr. Guterres, said that the Compact […]
‘Going green’ is good business says private sector at UN’s COP24 climate conference
Businesses across the world should no longer be viewed solely as greenhouse gas emissions culprits, but more as indispensable partners for climate action, who stand to increase profits from “going green”. That was the key message as the United Nations COP24 climate change conference went into its second week in Katowice, Poland. For years, sectors […]
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President Akufo-Addo to cut sod for US$18 million brick and tile factory
President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo-Addo is expected to cut the sod for work to begin on an US$18 million bricks and tiles factory at Tanoso in the Tano North Municipality of the Bono-Ahafo Region by the close of the year. The project, which is under the government’s One-District-One-Factory, (1D1F) programme, will be executed by the Rhovanni […]
Rwandair to operate Accra-New York flights
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has confirmed that Rwandair, Rwanda’s national carrier, has put in a request for the fifth freedom rights to enable it to operate the Accra-New York route. This, follows an announcement by Kenya Airways to reduce its flights on the route, the GCAA said, although the request has been received, […]
