Akufo-Addo Swears In 12 Ministers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn in 12 out of the 13 ministers approved by Parliament. At a ceremony held at the Flagstaff House Friday, the President charged the ministers to live by...
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The Gambia Thanks Senegal’s Macky Sall For Post-Election Intervention
The Gambia has expressed gratitude to its only landed neighbour, Senegal, for its intervention in the post election crisis. Senegal’s efforts in terms of mediation and by military intervention...
Ethiopian Airlines Expands Operations
Management of Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to launch seven new destinations within five months this year. The move will be one of the greatest expansions...
Ethiopian Airlines Starts Services To Conakry, Guinea
Ethiopian Airlines has marked the commencement of its new services to Conakry, the capital of Guinea, at a reception ceremony held at the Addis Ababa Bole Airport. A statement issued in Accra and...
African Leaders Sign Continental Trade Agreement
Heads of State and Governments who attended the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) have signed the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), which is intended to ensure...
Akufo-Addo Holds First Cabinet Meeting Today
Sources claim that the meeting will focus on preparations for the 2017 Budget. President Akufo-Addo will today, February 2, 2017 chair his maiden cabinet meeting after assuming office early January...
Nana Addo To Chair First Cabinet Meeting, Budget On the Agenda
President Nana Akufo-Addo will today chair his first cabinet meeting. The meeting will include all Ministers of State who have been approved by Parliament and those yet to be. According to sources,...
How Akufo-Addo Saved Mahama’s Secretary
President Akufo-Addo has narrated how he helped to secure victory for former Secretary to President John Dramani Mahama in the recent election for African Union (AU) top job during the just-ended...
Nana Addo To Chair First Cabinet Meeting, Budget On the Agenda
President Nana Akufo-Addo will today chair his first cabinet meeting. The meeting will include all Ministers of State who have been approved by Parliament and those yet to be. According to sources,...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has acknowledged his humanity in his effort to transform Ghana into a modern state, suggesting that mistakes will be inevitable. “They will not be mistakes...
Visa-On-Arrival Policy Will Boost Trade
The implementation of a system for nationals of other African countries to acquire a Ghanaian visa upon arriving in the country will enhance the African Union’s call to increase trade among African...
Akufo-Addo Back From AU Summit
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has arrived in Ghana from his trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he attended the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). He arrived at the...
0.2% AU-Funding Import Levy Likely
The AU has agreed that member countries impose the levy to internally generate additional funds A 0.2 per cent tax on imports could soon be implemented by Ghana as its contribution for the funding of...
I’ll do my best but will make ‘genuine’ mistakes – Nana Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has acknowledged his humanity in his effort to transform Ghana into a modern state,...
African Union Backs Mass ICC Withdrawal
Africa has 34 signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty that set up the court The African Union has called for the mass withdrawal of member states from the International Criminal Court (ICC)....
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has acknowledged his humanity in his effort to transform Ghana into a modern state, suggesting that mistakes will be inevitable. “They will not be mistakes...
Inside the African Union Race
It is the morning after the night before and the cold chill of the night have lifted. At the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa it's post mortem time and everyone is asking one question: how...
NDC Activist Salutes Ambassador Quartey
Central Regional Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Kwesi Dawood, has congratulated Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey, for emerging victorious as the new Deputy...
Akufo-Addo’s Vote of Thanks At 28th AU Ordinary Session
VOTE OF THANKS DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 28TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION, ON JANUARY...
AU Swears In New Officers, Moroccan King ‘happy To Be Back Home’
The African Union (AU) swore into office new officials who were voted on Monday, January 30, 2017, the first day of the 28th Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Heads of State elected...