Новости за 27.09.2018

A three-day Regional Energy Co-operation Summit, hosted by EnergyNet Africa and the Ministry of Energy, is underway in Accra. The Summit is an annual investors 39; meeting, which focused on cross-border energy infrastructure and the financing of projects in West Africa. It brought together captains of industries in the energy sector in Afric ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the international community, particularly leading actors in world affairs, to support strongly the agenda to reform and strengthen the United Nations to make it more efficient in addressing contemporary global challenges. 39;It is a different world we currently live in, and we should accept t ...

Professor Stephen Adei, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Ashesi University, has noted that a well-coordinated decentralized system can open up Ghana to become an economic power hub. He said intervention policies such the One District One Factory, Planting for Food and Jobs, among others held the key in transforming the economic fortunes of the ...

Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has assured partners and Family Planning stakeholders of the Government 39;s resolve to continue to play a strong leadership role to achieve the country 39;s targets. He said the Government had shown commitment by increasing the budget allocation for purchasing fam ...

When US National Security Advisor John ldquo;The Walrus rdquo; Bolton threatened the International Criminal Court with US Sanctions many of us here in Africa cheered, long having given up hope that the ICC would ever be held to even the slightest account, least of all for its crimes against our continent. The Peoples Indictment against t ...

On Friday 23rd September, 2017, Ghana secured legal victory over La C ocirc;te d 39;Ivore on the three year maritime border dispute in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) under the auspices of the United Nations special Chamber for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It was a victory as well for La C ocirc;te d 39;Ivoire for sho ...

Plaza Premium Group, has recently celebrated 20th anniversary since opening the world rsquo;s first Plaza Premium Lounge. The Group rsquo;s Founder and CEO Mr. Song Hoi See, reflects on his journey over the last 20 years, and shares his vision for the next 20 years. In 1998, travelling was simpler, less restrictive, albe ...

New Castle, Delaware- The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas(ALJA) says Liberia rsquo;s Finance Minister, Samuel Tweah, recent denial and characterization of the previous admission by the Minister of Information Cultural Affairs and Tourism(MICAT), Eugene Nagbe, that the Liberian government is conducting a probe into the reported m ...

This year rsquo;s edition of the highly acclaimed spiritual gathering of Bless Chapel International (BCI), Galilea Kasoa has kicked off. Dubbed ldquo;Get the Oil rdquo; conference, the five day event is expected to attract hundreds of patrons, as the General Overseer of BCI, Prophet Jerry A. Wise is poised on bringing the heavens closer ...

Ghana has legally established a protected area for endangered frog species in the country. Though there are a few protected areas for all manner of species, this is the first one for frogs in Ghana and many other parts of Africa. The area comprises 847 acres of land located in the Ho West District of the Volta region. This event is great n ...

US investors in the Aveyime Rice Project are accusing the Ghana government of deception over how the company has been brought to its knees. Equipment at the collapsed project site continues to deteriorate following what residents say is neglect by government and other shareholders. The Prairie Volta Limited known popularly as the Aveyime Rice ...

Pictures released by the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday suggest that the Accra Sports Stadium is being put in shape for the 2018 African Women rsquo;s Championships. The tournament will run from November 17 to December 1 and Accra and Cape Coast will host the 8 participating countries. http://cdn.modernghana.com/image ...

Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has lauded Commonwealth Hall for the reforms, they have initiated in the academic year. Speaking at the maiden edition of the Commonwealth Hall Sports Seminar, he commended the students for the peaceful procession of their freshmen to the matriculation grounds. ...

Renovation works at the Accra and Cape Coast Sports Stadium, are almost complete ahead of the 2018 Africa Women 39;s Cup of Nations (AWCON), as contractors are putting in minor touches ahead of an inspection team, from the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The playing pitches at the Accra Sports Stadium and Cape Coast Sports Stadi ...

Chairman of the Parliamentary select committee for sports, Kwabena Woyome believes Youth and Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah has been very lucky since taking over the sector. When asked to assess the performance of the the Sports Minister, Hon Kwabena Wayome said, 39;I will say that I think he 39;s been a very lucky Minister, lucky Mini ...

Minister for Youth and Sports, Honorable Isaac Kwame Asiamah has disclosed that work on the Kaneshi Azumah Nelson Sports Complex is going to be completed next year by this time. The Sports Complex has been known to be in a poor state even though it is supposed to be one of the top sporting facilities in the country for the development of ...

The FIFA and CAF normalization committee in charge of Ghana football concluded its first meeting with the Ghana league clubs association on Wednesday, to deliberate on the way forward for Ghana football. The meeting focused on how to resume football activities in the country which found to a halt in June following the airing of the Anas e ...

The Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has told Ghanaians not to expect an 39;overnight 39; springing up of factories across the country as part of the government 39;s one-district-one-factory initiative. Mr Kyerematen was speaking at the National Policy Summit in Tamale. He explained that it takes some time to put up a factory o ...

The office of the former president Jerry John Rawlings has dismissed reports that he is sick and on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). His Communication Director, Kobina Andoh Amoako, assured the general public that he ldquo;is in his usual state of good health and is able to meet the demands of his daily routine activities. rd ...

First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, will in October visit four African countries in a bid to promote child welfare. The countries include Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt. It will be the first time the First Lady will embark on such an international mission in Africa. The choice of the countries according to her, is as a result o ...

The member of Parliament for Prestea Valley Constituency Hon. Lawyer Barbara Oteng- Gyasi (Mrs.) who also doubles as the Deputy minister for Lands and Natural resources has donated an amount of Two Thousand Ghana (Ghc2,000) to a Prestea Himan based NGO, Grow Advance Ghana. The donations is to assist the NGO to help orphans within the municipalit ...

More than 4,000 prisoners serving time for minor crimes in Ivory Coast are to receive a presidential pardon, the government said following a cabinet meeting Wednesday. A statement said 4,200 prisoners of a total 19,000 nationwide would received pardons as an act of clemency, and that, while their crimes would not be expunged from their records ...